About King's
King's College London provides a dynamic habitat for individuals looking to expand their career prospects
Foreword from our Senior Vice President (Academic), Professor Rachel Mills
“As one of our four interdisciplinary academic health faculties at King’s College London, the Florence Nightingale Faculty of Nursing, Midwifery & Palliative Care plays a key role in our commitment to addressing society’s challenges, with the Faculty being a major contributor to the London, and increasingly international, nursing, midwifery and palliative care workforce. The role of Executive Dean is critical for delivering the Faculty’s vision to improve and transform health and care, through our cutting-edge research and by educating future leaders across the health and care spectrum. Additionally, the Executive Dean will contribute to University strategy as a key member of the University Executive. This is an extraordinary opportunity to shape the future of a globally leading Faculty known for its exceptional research and education, and to drive successful relationships with our NHS partners that will support the delivery of the NHS 10 Year Health Plan. We invite applications from candidates who share our commitment for nurturing excellence in research and education, with a strong vision for societal impact, and the ability to lead with compassion to foster a vibrant and inclusive interdisciplinary community.”
Appointment details
Reports to: Professor Rachel A. Mills CBE
Salary
A competitive salary commensurate with the academic profile and experience of the successful applicant will be offered. Start-up packages would be subject to separate negotiation and would-be time-limited for the period of the Executive Dean appointment.
Terms
Please refer to 'How to apply' section for more information
Closing date for applications:
30 September 2025 23:59
Vacancy ID
119828
King’s is looking for an outstanding leader to steer the Faculty through the next stage of its evolution. It is expected that the Faculty continues to build on its research and educational excellence, including delivery of an outstanding student experience, and recruiting and retaining high-quality staff and students. In addition, it is expected that the Executive Dean will strengthen relationships with the Chief Nurses across the full range of partner NHS Trusts, in order to maximise educational opportunities and to strengthen allied health research in our Academic Health Science Centre. Development of a range of new activities around philanthropic giving, international partnerships and blended innovative education delivery are key to the future of NMPC and the Executive Dean will be expected to drive these new initiatives.
Main duties and responsibilities
Leadership, Strategy, Planning & Partnerships
• Work with the Vice Chancellor, Senior Vice President (Academic), Senior Vice President (Health and Life Sciences) and the broader University Executive to deliver the vision and broader academic mission of the university; assuming collective responsibility for its strategic direction, development and performance, as well as leading specific institution-wide initiatives. • Lead the continued success of the Faculty, playing a pivotal role in the strategic development, governance and operation of the Faculty’s education, research and enterprise through the effective leadership of staff and management of resources, and in alignment with University and Faculty strategic goals. • Drive the Faculty’s partnership agenda, fostering strong strategic relationships with key stakeholders, including NHS health partners, government and industry, which enhance the Faculty’s role in education, research and enterprise. • Serving on King’s committees and participating in corporate activities, as well as representing the Faculty and King’s externally, by networking and attending key national and international events, with the aim of enhancing reputation and contributing to the university’s continual development.
Education and Research
• Ensure, within the planned available resources, that effective arrangements exist within the Faculty to enable academic excellence in education, research and external engagement, within the strategic framework established by the University. • Work closely with the VP (Education & Student Success) and Faculty Vice Dean (Education) to enable delivery of an exceptional student experience, underpinned by a world-class education, which equips students for academic and lifelong success. • Working closely with the VP (Research & Innovation) and Faculty Vice Deans (Research) and (Enterprise & Engagement) to enable sustainable excellence in research and innovation, with particular focus on research growth and Impact, high-quality outputs and enhancing research culture. • Foster an environment in which academics identify and exploit strategic opportunities and build on interdisciplinary links and partnerships internally and across other King’s Faculties, as well as with external academic and industrial partners.
People and Culture
• Promote and foster a positive and inclusive culture that supports diversity, equality, engagement and wellbeing across our community of staff and students and in all aspects of the Faculty’s operations. • Establish and maintain a high performing, inclusive and respected senior leadership team, and oversee the management, performance and development of the Faculty’s academic staff, in a manner that builds a thriving staff community, underpinned by King’s guiding principles. • Establish appropriate systems and tools to enable the effective management of workload across the Faculty,
Finance
• Accountable for Faculty financial performance. • Drive the Faculty’s financial strategy, identifying and executing opportunities for revenue growth, including securing philanthropic engagement in areas of work which align with Faculty and University strategic ambitions. • Lead the Faculty’s planning processes, ensuring that all resources are deployed to maximise efficiency and effectiveness and delivering agreed performance targets in support of strategic priorities. • Foster innovation and entrepreneurship within the Faculty and King’s more broadly, proactively developing, and encouraging faculty relations with alumni, philanthropists and other key stakeholders.
Please note this job description reflects the core activities of the Executive Dean. There may be changes in the emphasis of duties and it is expected that the post holder recognises this, adopting a flexible approach to work and willingness to participate in training. If changes to the post become significant, the job description will be reviewed by the post holder and line manager(s), to provide Human Resources with the revised job description.
Background & Experience
Ideal candidates will have the ability to: • Translate strategic vision into reality, designing frameworks to turn plans into action. • Think analytically and creatively to solve complex strategic and organisational problems. • Respond positively to change, demonstrating agility and flexibility when responding to challenges. • Demonstrate confidence and courage to respond to challenges, as well as own and implement difficult decisions, being accountable for actions. • Build strong relationships and support for initiatives, working collaboratively to align activity and resources to delivery faculty objectives, as well as encourage multi-disciplinary and cross-functional working to achieve shared objectives. • Articulate ideas and messages with clarity and consistency in a variety of ways to diverse audiences. • Cultivate strong networks and build links with the wider community, business, industry and other stakeholders.
Our people
Through all our work, we aim to make the world a better place.
Faculties & Departments
Our 9 academic faculties
Florence Nightingale Faculty of Nursing, Midwifery & Palliative Care
We improve and transform health and care so that people can live better from the start to the end of their lives
The successful candidate will be expected to demonstrate evidence of the following skills, capabilities and experience:
Essential
• PhD or professional doctorate in a relevant academic area. • A strategic and visionary outlook with the ability to support and lead the Faculty, fostering teamwork, including intra and cross-Faculty collaboration. • Prior leadership experience in a complex university and from within NMPC teaching and research disciplines – nursing, midwifery, palliative care, – with significant experience of managing budgets and people. • Role-modelling and championing academic excellence by demonstrating standing and credibility within the academic community. • A strong track-record in research and of attracting research funding. Whatever their discipline, candidates should have a general understanding of all disciplines within the Faculty in order to support this agenda. • A track record in ensuring a diverse, inclusive, and supportive work environment with the ability to devise and implement appropriate interventions where required. • A good understanding of what it takes to fulfil the tripartite mission of providing high-quality research, high-quality education, and high-quality partnership activity at scale. • The ability to inspire and empower others within the Faculty from junior members to those on the leadership team. • A strong communicator with excellent interpersonal skills and an ability to influence culture change, particularly during a period of growth.
Desirable
• Excellent Ambassadorial skills. • Understanding and delivery of financial sustainability, with knowledge of UK HE governance and funding arrangements. • Awareness of the overseas and postgraduate student markets. • Experience of making strategic, commercial and financial decisions. • Experience of innovation and engagement with commercial partners, or evidence of successful philanthropic engagement.
Additional Information
• The Executive Dean will embody King’s guiding principles, inspiring excellence, fostering inclusion, and upholding the highest standards of integrity and respect. • This job description reflects the expectations of the Executive Dean role. Duties may evolve over time, and a flexible approach to responsibilities is essential.
King’s College London is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes applications from all qualified candidates, regardless of background. This is an opportunity to lead and shape a vibrant and globally respected Faculty at a pivotal time in its evolution.
King's College Hospital
NHS King's College Hospital
Guy's & St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
Putting patients at the heart of what we do
About King’s
Kings has over 40,000 students from over 150 countries studying in person and online, and has over 12,000 employees. King’s academics are members of 9 Faculties, based on 5 campuses in central and SE London. Together the King’s community delivers a comprehensive portfolio of outstanding and impactful research and education in close collaboration with our King’s Health Partners in SE London along with other universities and partners across the globe. We are ranked 31st in the world (QS World University Rankings 2026) and 36th in the world (Times Higher Education World Rankings 2025). King's College London offers an intellectually stimulating environment in which to work, where staff are dedicated to the advancement of knowledge and learning in the service of society. We are a multi-Faculty institution, providing high-quality education, research and innovation across the humanities, sciences, medicine, law, dentistry, and social sciences. King’s vision is to make the world a better place through world-leading education, research and service to society. King’s provides world-class education which enables students to become rounded critical thinkers, set up for success and with the character and wisdom to strive for social change. Through enquiry-driven research, King's delivers transformative insights and solutions that have the power to advance and accelerate global progress.
Our faculties
• Faculty of Arts & Humanities • Faculty of Dentistry, Oral & Craniofacial Sciences • Faculty of Life Sciences & Medicine • Faculty of Natural, Mathematical & Engineering Sciences • Faculty of Social Science & Public Policy • Florence Nightingale Faculty of Nursing, Midwifery & Palliative Care • Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience • King’s Business School • The Dickson Poon School of Law
The Florence Nightingale Faculty of Nursing, Midwifery & Palliative Care
The Florence Nightingale Faculty of Nursing, Midwifery & Palliative Care (NMPC) is a world-leading centre for education, training and research. In the 2025 QS World University Rankings by Subject, nursing (including midwifery) at King’s was ranked number 1 in the world and King's produces more highly cited research outputs (top 1% citations) on palliative care than any other Centre internationally (SciVal). We currently have around 2,600 undergraduate, postgraduate taught and research students and around 240 academic, and research and clinical staff, supported by 88 professional services staff. The 2021 Research Excellence Framework (REF2021) placed King’s applied and allied health research 1st for: overall proportion of research rated 4* (world-leading, the best mark possible), research outputs rated 4*, impact rated 4*, environment rated 4*(joint), and in Grade Point Average and Power. REF2021 rated as world-leading: 100% of our environment, 86% of our impact and 70% of our research overall. Over 95% of our research overall was rated as world-leading or internationally excellent. The Faculty is a major contributor to the London, UK, and increasingly international nursing, midwifery and palliative care workforce. The Faculty has its origins in the work of two remarkable women, Florence Nightingale, who established the first professional nurse training school at St Thomas’s Hospital in 1860, and Dame Cicely Saunders, noted for her work in palliative care research and her role in the birth of the hospice movement. We are committed to shaping the future of healthcare and promoting education, research and networks, underpinned by our central belief in a robust, evidence-based approach. The Faculty is located at two London campuses – King’s College Hospital in Camberwell/Denmark Hill, and the James Clark Maxwell Building at Waterloo. Our vision is to be at the forefront of health and care by integrating leading evidence-based health and social care with advanced research, education, and engagement across nursing, midwifery, palliative care, and rehabilitation—driving innovation, transforming practice, and cultivating the next generation of global leaders across our disciplines. We achieve this through excellent and impactful interdisciplinary and collaborative applied research and quality education relevant to nursing, midwifery and palliative care. Our applied clinical and health research seeks to improve the healthcare experience and outcomes for patients and those important to them, wherever they are cared for, to benefit our local and global communities. We develop, understand and evaluate sustainable health and social care therapies, treatments, services, and create new knowledge that respond to the challenges of tomorrow and today, taking account of the whole person in their context. This world-leading research positively impacts and influences healthcare experiences and outcomes. In 2024 the Faculty successfully won a new and prestigious NIHR Policy Research Unit for palliative and end of life care. It is also either the leading contributor or co-lead for renewal of two existing NIHR Public Research Units, on Mental Health and Health, and Social Care Workforce respectively, as part of support from NIHR of £25m funding to tackle health and social care issues. The Faculty was also a leading partner in the new UKRI supported King’s Health Partners Digital Health Hub. The Faculty successfully holds multiple awards, project grants and training awards from UKRI, NIHR, EC and many relevant charities. Our innovation in education, training and engagement seeks to inspire and equip tomorrow's leaders. We actively engage patients and the public, and seek to advance policy and practice locally, nationally and globally. Across all activity we build capacity, and a pipeline of future leaders. Our Values include: equality and equity, inclusivity, respect and diversity, challenge and support, representation, leadership and role modelling, co-creating and improving, collaborating and shaping, and integration. Our academics work with other universities, industry, healthcare providers and policy makers both locally and globally, to ensure that our research is relevant and informs policy and government on nursing, midwifery and palliative care.
King’s Health Partners
King’s Health Partners is an academic health sciences centre, working in partnership with King’s College London and three NHS Foundation Trusts: ; King’s College Hospital; Guy’s and St Thomas’ Hospital and South London and Maudsley, where world-class research, education and clinical practice are brought together for the benefit of patients. They translate cutting-edge research and existing best practice into excellent patient care. The partnership drives improved outcomes and experience for patients whilst ensuring delivery ambitions for world-leading science, translational research and education and training. Integrating mental and physical wellbeing, value-based healthcare, production of transparent outcomes and joined up informatics is at the heart of this work.
Faculty Leadership
Meet the faculty's leadership team.
Departments & Institutes
Our Faculty is made up of four Teaching Departments and three Research Divisions.
King’s Health Partners
The main aim of King’s Health Partners is to improve NHS care for patients by putting new research findings into practice
Please quote the vacancy id: 119828 in all correspondence.
Closing date for applications: 30 September 2025 23:59
Application process
To apply for this post you will need to register on the King’s College London job opportunities page and submit the application form, along with the following: • a concise statement setting out your reasons for applying for the post and highlighting the particular skills and experience which you feel you would bring to the role (two pages maximum) • a curriculum vitae Applications must be made electronically in Word or PDF format. Please ensure you quote reference number 119828 on all correspondence.
Contact the team
For an informal discussion or to find out more about the role please contact the King’s Search Team.
Terms
There are two elements to this appointment: • Executive Dean of the Florence Nightingale Faculty of Nursing, Midwifery & Palliative Care. This appointment will be for five years in the first instance on an additional and separate contract to that of the substantive appointment. The potential for a subsequent renewal would follow an inclusive review process. • The substantive appointment is an ongoing academic contract, a permanent member of the academic staff of King’s College London. It is expected, but not a requirement, that the appointee will meet the criteria for an appointment at professorial level.
Selection process
Applications will be shortlisted by a selection committee drawn from across the university. The final interview panel will be chaired by the President & Principal and will include the Senior Vice President (Academic) and representatives from across the Faculty. There will be two stages of interviews alongside extensive stakeholder engagement.
Equal opportunities
Equality, Diversity & Inclusion are central tenets of King’s Vision 2029 which sets out the roadmap for King’s ambition to provide an exceptional student experience and to be an employer of choice. Integral to this is ensuring equality of opportunity and outcome, recognising, celebrating and improving our diversity and inclusion. As a responsible employer we aim to provide and promote a positive working, learning, and social environment which is free from prejudice, discrimination and any forms of harassment, bullying or victimisation. Our commitment to inclusion means that King’s aims to create an environment where differences are not just respected, but also valued and celebrated. Everyone should be able to bring their whole self to King’s. All King’s students, staff and affiliates are responsible for meeting these commitments to value diversity and create an inclusive environment. King's will support and equip all members of its community to do this, embedding inclusion throughout the university’s policies, procedures, and practices.
Jobs at King's
Current vacancies and career opportunities
King’s is looking for an outstanding leader to steer the Faculty through the next stage of its evolution. It is expected that the Faculty continues to build on its research and educational excellence, including delivery of an outstanding student experience, and recruiting and retaining high-quality staff and students. In addition, it is expected that the Executive Dean will strengthen relationships with the Chief Nurses across the full range of partner NHS Trusts, in order to maximise educational opportunities and to strengthen allied health research in our Academic Health Science Centre. Development of a range of new activities around philanthropic giving, international partnerships and blended innovative education delivery are key to the future of NMPC and the Executive Dean will be expected to drive these new initiatives.
Main duties and responsibilities
Leadership, Strategy, Planning & Partnerships
• Work with the Vice Chancellor, Senior Vice President (Academic), Senior Vice President (Health and Life Sciences) and the broader University Executive to deliver the vision and broader academic mission of the university; assuming collective responsibility for its strategic direction, development and performance, as well as leading specific institution-wide initiatives. • Lead the continued success of the Faculty, playing a pivotal role in the strategic development, governance and operation of the Faculty’s education, research and enterprise through the effective leadership of staff and management of resources, and in alignment with University and Faculty strategic goals. • Drive the Faculty’s partnership agenda, fostering strong strategic relationships with key stakeholders, including NHS health partners, government and industry, which enhance the Faculty’s role in education, research and enterprise. • Serving on King’s committees and participating in corporate activities, as well as representing the Faculty and King’s externally, by networking and attending key national and international events, with the aim of enhancing reputation and contributing to the university’s continual development.
Education and Research
• Ensure, within the planned available resources, that effective arrangements exist within the Faculty to enable academic excellence in education, research and external engagement, within the strategic framework established by the University. • Work closely with the VP (Education & Student Success) and Faculty Vice Dean (Education) to enable delivery of an exceptional student experience, underpinned by a world-class education, which equips students for academic and lifelong success. • Working closely with the VP (Research & Innovation) and Faculty Vice Deans (Research) and (Enterprise & Engagement) to enable sustainable excellence in research and innovation, with particular focus on research growth and Impact, high-quality outputs and enhancing research culture. • Foster an environment in which academics identify and exploit strategic opportunities and build on interdisciplinary links and partnerships internally and across other King’s Faculties, as well as with external academic and industrial partners.
People and Culture
• Promote and foster a positive and inclusive culture that supports diversity, equality, engagement and wellbeing across our community of staff and students and in all aspects of the Faculty’s operations. • Establish and maintain a high performing, inclusive and respected senior leadership team, and oversee the management, performance and development of the Faculty’s academic staff, in a manner that builds a thriving staff community, underpinned by King’s guiding principles. • Establish appropriate systems and tools to enable the effective management of workload across the Faculty,
Finance
• Accountable for Faculty financial performance. • Drive the Faculty’s financial strategy, identifying and executing opportunities for revenue growth, including securing philanthropic engagement in areas of work which align with Faculty and University strategic ambitions. • Lead the Faculty’s planning processes, ensuring that all resources are deployed to maximise efficiency and effectiveness and delivering agreed performance targets in support of strategic priorities. • Foster innovation and entrepreneurship within the Faculty and King’s more broadly, proactively developing, and encouraging faculty relations with alumni, philanthropists and other key stakeholders.
Please note this job description reflects the core activities of the Executive Dean. There may be changes in the emphasis of duties and it is expected that the post holder recognises this, adopting a flexible approach to work and willingness to participate in training. If changes to the post become significant, the job description will be reviewed by the post holder and line manager(s), to provide Human Resources with the revised job description.
Background & Experience
Ideal candidates will have the ability to: • Translate strategic vision into reality, designing frameworks to turn plans into action. • Think analytically and creatively to solve complex strategic and organisational problems. • Respond positively to change, demonstrating agility and flexibility when responding to challenges. • Demonstrate confidence and courage to respond to challenges, as well as own and implement difficult decisions, being accountable for actions. • Build strong relationships and support for initiatives, working collaboratively to align activity and resources to delivery faculty objectives, as well as encourage multi-disciplinary and cross-functional working to achieve shared objectives. • Articulate ideas and messages with clarity and consistency in a variety of ways to diverse audiences. • Cultivate strong networks and build links with the wider community, business, industry and other stakeholders.
About King's
King's College London provides a dynamic habitat for individuals looking to expand their career prospects
Our people
Through all our work, we aim to make the world a better place.
Faculties & Departments
Our 9 academic faculties
Florence Nightingale Faculty of Nursing, Midwifery & Palliative Care
We improve and transform health and care so that people can live better from the start to the end of their lives
The successful candidate will be expected to demonstrate evidence of the following skills, capabilities and experience:
Essential
• PhD or professional doctorate in a relevant academic area. • A strategic and visionary outlook with the ability to support and lead the Faculty, fostering teamwork, including intra and cross-Faculty collaboration. • Prior leadership experience in a complex university and from within NMPC teaching and research disciplines – nursing, midwifery, palliative care, – with significant experience of managing budgets and people. • Role-modelling and championing academic excellence by demonstrating standing and credibility within the academic community. • A strong track-record in research and of attracting research funding. Whatever their discipline, candidates should have a general understanding of all disciplines within the Faculty in order to support this agenda. • A track record in ensuring a diverse, inclusive, and supportive work environment with the ability to devise and implement appropriate interventions where required. • A good understanding of what it takes to fulfil the tripartite mission of providing high-quality research, high-quality education, and high-quality partnership activity at scale. • The ability to inspire and empower others within the Faculty from junior members to those on the leadership team. • A strong communicator with excellent interpersonal skills and an ability to influence culture change, particularly during a period of growth.
Desirable
• Excellent Ambassadorial skills. • Understanding and delivery of financial sustainability, with knowledge of UK HE governance and funding arrangements. • Awareness of the overseas and postgraduate student markets. • Experience of making strategic, commercial and financial decisions. • Experience of innovation and engagement with commercial partners, or evidence of successful philanthropic engagement.
Additional Information
• The Executive Dean will embody King’s guiding principles, inspiring excellence, fostering inclusion, and upholding the highest standards of integrity and respect. • This job description reflects the expectations of the Executive Dean role. Duties may evolve over time, and a flexible approach to responsibilities is essential.
King’s College London is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes applications from all qualified candidates, regardless of background. This is an opportunity to lead and shape a vibrant and globally respected Faculty at a pivotal time in its evolution.
King's College Hospital
NHS King's College Hospital
Guy's & St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
Putting patients at the heart of what we do
About King’s
Kings has over 40,000 students from over 150 countries studying in person and online, and has over 12,000 employees. King’s academics are members of 9 Faculties, based on 5 campuses in central and SE London. Together the King’s community delivers a comprehensive portfolio of outstanding and impactful research and education in close collaboration with our King’s Health Partners in SE London along with other universities and partners across the globe. We are ranked 31st in the world (QS World University Rankings 2026) and 36th in the world (Times Higher Education World Rankings 2025). King's College London offers an intellectually stimulating environment in which to work, where staff are dedicated to the advancement of knowledge and learning in the service of society. We are a multi-Faculty institution, providing high-quality education, research and innovation across the humanities, sciences, medicine, law, dentistry, and social sciences. King’s vision is to make the world a better place through world-leading education, research and service to society. King’s provides world-class education which enables students to become rounded critical thinkers, set up for success and with the character and wisdom to strive for social change. Through enquiry-driven research, King's delivers transformative insights and solutions that have the power to advance and accelerate global progress.
Our faculties
• Faculty of Arts & Humanities • Faculty of Dentistry, Oral & Craniofacial Sciences • Faculty of Life Sciences & Medicine • Faculty of Natural, Mathematical & Engineering Sciences • Faculty of Social Science & Public Policy • Florence Nightingale Faculty of Nursing, Midwifery & Palliative Care • Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience • King’s Business School • The Dickson Poon School of Law
The Florence Nightingale Faculty of Nursing, Midwifery & Palliative Care
The Florence Nightingale Faculty of Nursing, Midwifery & Palliative Care (NMPC) is a world-leading centre for education, training and research. In the 2025 QS World University Rankings by Subject, nursing (including midwifery) at King’s was ranked number 1 in the world and King's produces more highly cited research outputs (top 1% citations) on palliative care than any other Centre internationally (SciVal). We currently have around 2,600 undergraduate, postgraduate taught and research students and around 240 academic, and research and clinical staff, supported by 88 professional services staff. The 2021 Research Excellence Framework (REF2021) placed King’s applied and allied health research 1st for: overall proportion of research rated 4* (world-leading, the best mark possible), research outputs rated 4*, impact rated 4*, environment rated 4*(joint), and in Grade Point Average and Power. REF2021 rated as world-leading: 100% of our environment, 86% of our impact and 70% of our research overall. Over 95% of our research overall was rated as world-leading or internationally excellent. The Faculty is a major contributor to the London, UK, and increasingly international nursing, midwifery and palliative care workforce. The Faculty has its origins in the work of two remarkable women, Florence Nightingale, who established the first professional nurse training school at St Thomas’s Hospital in 1860, and Dame Cicely Saunders, noted for her work in palliative care research and her role in the birth of the hospice movement. We are committed to shaping the future of healthcare and promoting education, research and networks, underpinned by our central belief in a robust, evidence-based approach. The Faculty is located at two London campuses – King’s College Hospital in Camberwell/Denmark Hill, and the James Clark Maxwell Building at Waterloo. Our vision is to be at the forefront of health and care by integrating leading evidence-based health and social care with advanced research, education, and engagement across nursing, midwifery, palliative care, and rehabilitation—driving innovation, transforming practice, and cultivating the next generation of global leaders across our disciplines. We achieve this through excellent and impactful interdisciplinary and collaborative applied research and quality education relevant to nursing, midwifery and palliative care. Our applied clinical and health research seeks to improve the healthcare experience and outcomes for patients and those important to them, wherever they are cared for, to benefit our local and global communities. We develop, understand and evaluate sustainable health and social care therapies, treatments, services, and create new knowledge that respond to the challenges of tomorrow and today, taking account of the whole person in their context. This world-leading research positively impacts and influences healthcare experiences and outcomes. In 2024 the Faculty successfully won a new and prestigious NIHR Policy Research Unit for palliative and end of life care. It is also either the leading contributor or co-lead for renewal of two existing NIHR Public Research Units, on Mental Health and Health, and Social Care Workforce respectively, as part of support from NIHR of £25m funding to tackle health and social care issues. The Faculty was also a leading partner in the new UKRI supported King’s Health Partners Digital Health Hub. The Faculty successfully holds multiple awards, project grants and training awards from UKRI, NIHR, EC and many relevant charities. Our innovation in education, training and engagement seeks to inspire and equip tomorrow's leaders. We actively engage patients and the public, and seek to advance policy and practice locally, nationally and globally. Across all activity we build capacity, and a pipeline of future leaders. Our Values include: equality and equity, inclusivity, respect and diversity, challenge and support, representation, leadership and role modelling, co-creating and improving, collaborating and shaping, and integration. Our academics work with other universities, industry, healthcare providers and policy makers both locally and globally, to ensure that our research is relevant and informs policy and government on nursing, midwifery and palliative care.
King’s Health Partners
King’s Health Partners is an academic health sciences centre, working in partnership with King’s College London and three NHS Foundation Trusts: ; King’s College Hospital; Guy’s and St Thomas’ Hospital and South London and Maudsley, where world-class research, education and clinical practice are brought together for the benefit of patients. They translate cutting-edge research and existing best practice into excellent patient care. The partnership drives improved outcomes and experience for patients whilst ensuring delivery ambitions for world-leading science, translational research and education and training. Integrating mental and physical wellbeing, value-based healthcare, production of transparent outcomes and joined up informatics is at the heart of this work.
Faculty Leadership
Meet the faculty's leadership team.
Departments & Institutes
Our Faculty is made up of four Teaching Departments and three Research Divisions.
King’s Health Partners
The main aim of King’s Health Partners is to improve NHS care for patients by putting new research findings into practice
Please quote the vacancy id: 119828 in all correspondence.
Closing date for applications: 30 September 2025 23:59
Application process
To apply for this post you will need to register on the King’s College London job opportunities page and submit the application form, along with the following: • a concise statement setting out your reasons for applying for the post and highlighting the particular skills and experience which you feel you would bring to the role (two pages maximum) • a curriculum vitae Applications must be made electronically in Word or PDF format. Please ensure you quote reference number 119828 on all correspondence.
Contact the team
For an informal discussion or to find out more about the role please contact the King’s Search Team.
Terms
There are two elements to this appointment: • Executive Dean of the Florence Nightingale Faculty of Nursing, Midwifery & Palliative Care. This appointment will be for five years in the first instance on an additional and separate contract to that of the substantive appointment. The potential for a subsequent renewal would follow an inclusive review process. • The substantive appointment is an ongoing academic contract, a permanent member of the academic staff of King’s College London. It is expected, but not a requirement, that the appointee will meet the criteria for an appointment at professorial level.
Selection process
Applications will be shortlisted by a selection committee drawn from across the university. The final interview panel will be chaired by the President & Principal and will include the Senior Vice President (Academic) and representatives from across the Faculty. There will be two stages of interviews alongside extensive stakeholder engagement.
Equal opportunities
Equality, Diversity & Inclusion are central tenets of King’s Vision 2029 which sets out the roadmap for King’s ambition to provide an exceptional student experience and to be an employer of choice. Integral to this is ensuring equality of opportunity and outcome, recognising, celebrating and improving our diversity and inclusion. As a responsible employer we aim to provide and promote a positive working, learning, and social environment which is free from prejudice, discrimination and any forms of harassment, bullying or victimisation. Our commitment to inclusion means that King’s aims to create an environment where differences are not just respected, but also valued and celebrated. Everyone should be able to bring their whole self to King’s. All King’s students, staff and affiliates are responsible for meeting these commitments to value diversity and create an inclusive environment. King's will support and equip all members of its community to do this, embedding inclusion throughout the university’s policies, procedures, and practices.
Jobs at King's
Current vacancies and career opportunities