Job id: 141185. Salary: Grade 7 £53,947 - £63,350 per annum inclusive of London Weighting Allowance / Grade 8, £65,091- £74,613 per annum inclusive of London Weighting Allowance.
Posted: 16 March 2026. Closing date: 12 April 2026.
Business unit: Faculty of Life Sciences & Medicine. Department: Institute of Pharmaceutical Science.
Contact details: Professor Ben Forbes, Head of the Institute of Pharmaceutical of Science / Dr Sarah Chapman, acting Head of Medicines Use. ben.forbes@kcl.ac.uk / Sarah.Chapman@kcl.ac.uk
Location: Waterloo Campus. Category: Academic & Teaching.
About Us
These posts are based within the Medicines Use group at the Institute of Pharmaceutical Science. Staff in the Medicines Use group focus on research that builds understanding of how to promote optimal patient, healthcare professional and system use of treatments, directly impacting on outcomes for patients and promoting sustainable use of healthcare resources. We contribute to departmental undergraduate and postgraduate teaching of healthcare professionals particularly the highly regarded MPharm programme.
Our School comprises the Comprehensive Cancer Centre and the Institute of Pharmaceutical Science which have a mission to improve patient response through fundamental science discovery translated into patient care.
The School of Cancer & Pharmaceutical Sciences has 300 members of staff (including 80 Principal Investigators) and 200 PhD students located across King's Guy’s, Denmark Hill and Waterloo campuses.
Our academic excellence for healthcare science is widely recognised: we are ranked first in the UK for Allied Health Professions, Dentistry, Nursing and Pharmacy in terms of the proportion of King’s overall submission that was ranked 4* and research environment (REF2021).
About The Role
We are seeking two motivated Lecturers / Senior Lecturers to join our growing Medicines Use Research Group at the Institute of Pharmaceutical Science (IPS).
We encourage applicants who have an expanding, innovative research agenda in topics relevant to medicines and use and clinical pharmacy, with potential for impact on clinical practice and patient outcomes to enhance the world-class research portfolio of the School of Cancer and Pharmaceutical Sciences and King’s Health Partners clinical academic groups of Pharmaceutical Science.
We are recruiting two new academics with expertise relevant to clinical pharmacy and medicines use with a preference for those with research interests in medicine use and AI, digital health research or precision medicine (pharmacogenomics). These new posts will place the department at the forefront of understanding the potential of new approaches and technologies to transform effective medicines use.
Given the relevance of medicines use for a wide range of healthcare professionals and conditions, staff within the Medicines Use Group already have broad connections across School and Faculty and externally across King’s Health Partners. The new appointees would be expected to deepen these relationships and enable the development of new interfaces with teams across KCL.
The applicant should have a strong, fundable research area that fits with the School of Cancer and Pharmaceutical Sciences and have obvious potential for collaboration with researchers across the School, the Faculty, King’s, the UK and internationally.
The role requires a skilled, inspiring educator to teach on existing undergraduate and postgraduate students in the field of Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Science particularly on our MPharm programme and as a supervisor to research postgraduate students.
KCL recognises that an inclusive workplace delivers greater impact and we are looking for an individual who will help evolve our welcoming, vibrant, and inspiring environment. A key part of our ethos is equality, with a dynamic and fulfilling culture for all and an emphasis on tackling under-representation of female and minority ethnic researchers in science.
The post holder would be responsible to Prof Ben Forbes (Head of IPS), Dr Sarah Chapman (acting Head of Research Department of Medicines Use) and Dr Richard Parsons (Head of Teaching Department of Pharmacy).
This is a full time post, and you will be offered an indefinite contract. Applicants who are clinically active may be able to negotiate a reduction in FTE (minimum 0.8FTE) to undertake a small clinical load.
Research staff at King’s are entitled to at least 10 days per year (pro-rata) for professional development. This entitlement, from the Concordat to Support the Career Development of Researchers, applies to Postdocs, Research Assistants, Research and Teaching Technicians, Teaching Fellows and AEP equivalent up to and including grade 7. Visit the Centre for Research Staff Development for more information.
About You
To be successful in this role, we are looking for candidates to have the following skills and experience:
Essential criteria (Senior Lecturer)
• PhD or equivalent in area related to medicines use and/or clinical pharmacy and relevant postdoctoral experience.
• Proven track record of internationally excellent research, in area related to medicines use or clinical pharmacy such as publications in high impact scientific journals
• Track record of obtaining substantial research funding and/or other forms of research income generation.
• Innovative, fundable research plan which complements existing research within the Medicines Use group.
• Demonstrable ability to design and deliver teaching in relevant subjects at undergraduate and postgraduate levels in a range of formats including formal lectures, tutorials and simulation workshops
• Track record in provision of research supervision and mentorship to junior colleagues and students.
• Highly effective oral and written communication skills, to convey complex ideas to a range of audiences; and excellent teamworking, organisational and administrative skills.
• Understanding of the importance of equality and diversity and inclusion principles for teaching, research and healthcare, commitment to upholding these.
Desirable criteria (Senior Lecturer)
• Understanding of the landscape of clinical pharmacy training and careers and commitment to supporting the development of trainee pharmacists
• Demonstrable research expertise aligned with school priorities in digital health, personalized medicine (pharmacogenomics) and artificial intelligence.
• Ability to deliver research with impact for patients, healthcare professionals and healthcare systems.
• Experience of curriculum design and development.
Essential criteria (Lecturer)
• PhD or equivalent in area related to medicines use and/or clinical pharmacy
• Undergraduate degree in area related to medicines use and/or clinical pharmacy
• Evidence of a developing track record of internationally excellent research, in area related to medicines use or clinical pharmacy such as publications in high impact scientific journals
• Innovative, fundable research plan which complements existing research within the Medicines Use group.
• Demonstrable ability to teach relevant subjects at undergraduate and postgraduate levels in a range of formats including formal lectures, tutorials and simulation workshops
• Ability to provide research supervision and mentorship to junior colleagues and students.
• Effective oral and written communication skills, to convey complex ideas to a range of audiences; and excellent teamworking, organisational and administrative skills.
• Understanding of the importance of equality and diversity and inclusion principles for teaching, research and healthcare and commitment to upholding these and supporting junior staff and students to uphold.
Desirable criteria (lecturer)
• Understanding of the landscape of clinical pharmacy training and careers and commitment to supporting the development of trainee pharmacists
• Demonstrable research expertise aligned with school priorities in digital health, personalized medicine (pharmacogenomics) and artificial intelligence.
• Ability to deliver research with impact for patients, healthcare professionals and healthcare systems.
• Track record of successful research funding applications
• Experience of curriculum design and development.
Downloading a copy of our Job Description
Full details of the role and the skills, knowledge and experience required can be found in the Job Description document, provided at the bottom of the page. This document will provide information of what criteria will be assessed at each stage of the recruitment process.
Further Information
At King’s, we believe that the diversity of our community and a culture that is welcoming, open, inclusive and collaborative, are great strengths of the university.
The Equality Act of 2010 protects the rights of our students and staff and provides a framework to fulfil our duties to eliminate unlawful discrimination, harassment and victimisation and in addition, to advance equality of opportunity and foster good relations between those who share a protected characteristic and those who do not. At times, this will include balancing rights and beliefs that can feel in tension.
We are committed to free speech and to academic freedom, believing that our foundational purpose as a university, is to create spaces where a wide range of ideas, including ideas that are controversial, can be discussed and debated, and where members of our community can express lawful views without fear of intimidation, harassment or discrimination.
When engaging in the robust exchange of ideas, we ask that our community is mindful of our Dignity at King’s guidance.
We ask all candidates to submit a copy of their CV, and a supporting statement, detailing how they meet the essential criteria listed in the person specification section of the job description. If we receive a strong field of candidates, we may use the desirable criteria to choose our final shortlist, so please include your evidence against these where possible.
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