Job id: 084506. Salary: £51,974 - £61,021 (Lecturer), £62,696- £71,857 (Senior Lecturer) per annum, including London Weighting Allowance.
Posted: 19 February 2024. Closing date: 18 March 2024.
Business unit: Nursing, Midwifery & Palliative Care. Department: Adult Nursing.
Contact details: Lorraine Robinson. lorraine.robinson at kcl. dot ac dot uk
Location: Waterloo Campus. Category: Academic & Teaching.
This is an outstanding development opportunity for a talented individual who wishes to advance excellent and innovative education and research relating to widening access to higher education and enhancing student participation and attainment within the Faculty of Nursing, Midwifery & Palliative Care (NMPC) at King’s College London (KCL). This post will optimise and build upon the student and staff focused Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) activity that has already been undertaken and is in progress.
The postholder will help to ensure that NMPC has staff in place to support individual students to ensure that they succeed and to reduce attrition, to conduct applied research within the Faculty on contemporary issues relating to the widening participation agenda, and to directly contribute and inform educational provision within the Faculty. The role will also seek to enhance participation across the student journey by building upon ongoing EDI initiatives within NMPC. In keeping with the aim across KCL to widen participation and the objectives of the Perseverance Trust endowment, which is generously funding this fixed-term post, the postholder will work with, support and lead initiatives to sustain underrepresented learners and their supporters, empowering them to access, thrive and succeed in higher nursing, midwifery and palliative care education.
Important to the success of the role will be establishing partnerships with existing initiatives across the Faculty and King’s College London including Faculty Incluson Education Staff Partners, Student Transition & Outcomes, the work of King’s Academy and on Widening Participation as well as collaborating with the other health faculties. Collaborations with NMPC’s clinical partners within the wider King’s Health Partners Academic Health Science Centre will be crucial. Once the postholder is appointed we will work with KCL colleagues leading such initiatives to establish clear criteria for evaluating the effectiveness of this role, including the key criterion of student satisfaction.
Why choose us
King’s College London is a leading University with nine Faculties. As part of King’s Health Partners, we have an excellent environment for health care interaction and a strong focus on mentoring and career development.
The 2021 Research Excellence Framework (REF2021) placed King’s applied and allied health research 1st for: overall proportion of research rated 4, research papers rated 4, impact rated 4, environment rated 4(joint), Grade Point Average and Power. Over 95% of our research overall was rated as world-leading or internationally excellent.
For the last five years, King’s has been number 2 in the world and number 1 in Europe for Nursing (QS world rankings). King’s produces more highly cited research outputs (top 1% citations) on palliative care than any other centre internationally (SciVal), and is second in the world on the same metric for nursing and midwifery.
The Florence Nightingale Faculty of Nursing, Midwifery & Palliative Care (NMPC) is based in the heart of central and south London. It includes the Cicely Saunders Institute for Palliative Care, Policy and Rehabilitation, the premier Institute for Palliative Care, bringing together clinical, research and education teams. Our award-winning NMPC education programmes span pre-registration nursing and midwifery, and multidisciplinary post-graduate taught and research programmes. King’s is the largest provider of health care education in Europe.
You should apply if
We are seeking an enthusiastic and dedicated individual who can make a distinctive contribution, bridging theory and practice, developing scholarship or research, and inspiring and informing students from a wide range of backgrounds.
We are committed to continually improving the diversity of our workforce, and therefore we encourage applications from all groups. This includes from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic groups, the LGBTQI+ community, those who are neurodiverse and those with a disability.
This post will be offered on a fixed-term contract for 3 years.
Academic Education pathway contract is 80% teaching and 20% scholarship
This is a full-time post. However, we offer flexibility for part-time working.
Key Responsibilities
Play an active role in NMPC and King’s undergraduate and postgraduate education, focused on the programmes. This will include module and programme leadership, developing and delivering high quality innovative education and relevant materials, including incorporating King’s and Faculty research, pastoral support, supervision, and assessment and generating excellent student success and feedback.
Have a clear forward plan for sustaining and enhancing NMPC education and/or PhD supervision consistent with our strategy, including to increase research and evidence informed education, multi- and interdisciplinary endeavors, digital offerings and improved student success and experience.
Provide annual reports of progress towards objectives and if needed make presentations to donors or others on progress,
Main other responsibilities
Deliver outstanding education for relevant programmes based on best evidence, health policy and research
Actively participate in, and where appropriate plan and lead relevant modules and teaching programmes at King’s, with a strong focus on excellent student experience, seeking opportunities for efficiencies with other modules and programmes
Communicate and collaborate with students, patients, families, the public, policy makers and clinical colleagues and in research and teaching, and its relevance to care and policy.
Work in collaboration and partnership with key stakeholders, institutions, and organisations
Actively participate in marking, course and programme development, assessment, module leadership, personal tutoring and project supervision
Proactively collaborate with research and teaching staff within the Faculty, across the University, and where appropriate lead collaborative developments
Actively engage in Patient and Public Involvement and imbed this into all research projects and teaching endeavours.
Engage with the media, press, publicity, policy makers, practitioners, and others to deliver impact of the research and teaching to the benefit of patients, families, and society.
Play a broader role in the Faculty, contributing to the growth and development of our people and the wider organisation as appropriate to role.
Actively participate in relevant audit and clinical governance activity, including audit of research and teaching activity, and team building activities
Champion, model and uphold King’s values and principles, and maintain highest standards of adherence to data protection, ethical and research governance principles and practices
Have and maintain an honorary contract if required, Good Clinical Practice in research, and complete all mandatory training
Undertake relevant professional development in negotiation with line manager and PDR discussions.
Act as a personal tutor for postgraduate and undergraduate students.
If a registered nurse, act as a Link Lecturer and Academic Assessor
Scholarship
Co-author one quality paper for a professional or academic journal or a book chapter relevant to Faculty research programmes or education innovations each year
Actively collaborate with Faculty research themes to enhance research informed education and evidence-based practice
Act as a collaborator to design innovations or projects to enhance research and integration with education
If Senior Lecturer (Academic Education) above plus:
Act as a co-applicant on one application for funding, which can involve working with research teams in the Faculty, or for an educational innovation or improvement
Design, implement and review innovations or projects to enhance educational provision, plus a first author publication each year.
The above list of responsibilities may not be exhaustive, and the post holder will be required to undertake such tasks and responsibilities as may reasonably be expected within the scope and grading of the post.
Skills, knowledge, and experience
Essential criteria
Evidence of commitment to continued development in evidence-based practice, research methods and evidence relevant to care, able to supervise MSc and undergraduate projects. If SL, evidence of successful supervision to completion or PhD supervision
Excellent administrative and organisational skills, underpinned by strong interpersonal skills and personal effectiveness, able to deliver high quality work and projects to deadlines. If SL, evidence of successfully developing or managing this in others.
Proven commitment to innovation and student learning in education, student welfare, and students’ personal and professional development. If SL, evidence of leadership and successful achievement in education or assessment initiatives or innovations.
Desirable
Further Information
The selection process will include a presentation and a panel interview. Scheduling of presentations will be confirmed once shortlisting has taken place.
Scheduling of presentations will be confirmed once shortlisting has taken place.
You will be required to provide three referees with your application including your recent employer.
For more information please contract glenn.robert at kcl. dot ac dot uk.