About 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* (world-leading, the best mark possible), research papers rated 4*, impact rated 4*, environment rated 4*(joint), 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.
As of 2025, King’s is number 1 in the world 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. King’s is the largest provider of health care education in Europe.
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 & Rehabilitation, the premier Institute for Palliative Care, bringing together clinical, research and education teams.
Our applied clinical and health multidisciplinary research transforms therapies, the healthcare experience and outcomes for patients and those important to them, wherever they are cared for. Our award-winning NMPC education programmes span pre-registration nursing and midwifery, and multidisciplinary post-graduate taught and research programmes.
We are committed to staff development and offer opportunities to identify and access appropriate training and professional growth.
About the role
This maternity cover post is an outstanding development opportunity for a talented individual who wishes to advance excellent and innovative research and education, relating to adult nursing with a particular focus on either pre-registration adult nursing at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels or PGT advanced clinical practice depending on expertise.
We particularly seek applicants with experience and expertise of one or more of the following: non-medical prescribing, bioscience, trauma care, cancer care, global health, haematology and/or quality improvement. This expertise must relate to healthcare and/or nursing practice.
We are also seeking staff who have experience of teaching clinical skills, simulation and/or facilitating student seminars. The successful applicant will be a core part of the adult nursing team supporting and teaching the next generation of registered nurses and supporting the PGT MSc programmes depending on experience. There will be the opportunity for professional development and excellent mentorship and support for the duration of the role.
The successful applicant will be responsible to the Head of Department, Adult Nursing and will work collaboratively with the programme, cohort and module leads and the faculty professional services teams
There are 2 roles available:
- A part time post, 0.7FTE (24.5 hours per week), and you will be offered a fixed term contract for one year.
- A full time post, 1.0FTE (35 hours per week), and you will be offered a fixed term contract for one year.
Please indicate when applying, which role you would like to apply for.
The faculty will also consider secondments into the role.
Location: Hybrid – minimum of 40% of time (ie 2 days/week for full time role) on campus (Main sites: Waterloo and Guy’s Campus)
£53,947 to £63,350 pro rata per annum, including London Weighting Allowance
