Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in Palliative Care and Child Health

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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.

For the last six 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. 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 is an outstanding opportunity for a talented individual who wishes to advance excellent and innovative research and education, especially on the care and support of children and young people with life limiting conditions or medical complexity, their families and the workforce that care for them.

This academic post will be working with our Chair of Palliative Care and Child Health, Lorna Fraser and will support an NIHR funded programme Improving Care for children with life-limiting Conditions: developing, adapting, impLementing and Evaluating interventions (ICICLE). This post will be 0.8FTE - 0.6FTE in the Cicely Saunders Institute and 0.2FTE in the Dept of Women and Children's Health in the CHILDs group.

We particularly seek applicants with experience and expertise of one or more of the following: children with life-limiting conditions or medical complexity, palliative care, child health.

This is a part time post (28 hours per week), and you will be offered a fixed term contract until 30 November 2029.

About you

To be successful in this role, we are looking for candidates to have the following skills and experience:

Essential criteria

1. PhD or equivalent relevant to themes of the Faculty and this role
2. Track record of peer-review publication and presentations that demonstrate international excellence or are world-leading in terms of originality, rigour, and significance in areas relevant to Faculty research themes and this role
3. Evidence of ability to secure research grant funding, demonstrated by previous experience or track record, involvement in research active teams, responsibilities, plans, awareness of funding schemes relevant to Faculty research themes
4. Evidence of continued development in research methods in health services or clinical research, with increasing expertise in specific areas relevant to the Faculty (e.g. statistics, implementation science, co-design, trial designs, mixed methods study designs and patient and public involvement)
5. Experience of and training in PhD supervision, as first or second supervisory and/or as part of supervisory progression panels
6. Evidence of commitment to continued development in evidence-based practice, research methods and evidence relevant to care, with up-to-date knowledge, skills and accomplishments, able to supervise MSc and undergraduate student projects and critically appraise a wide range of relevant research, including data presentation and basic analysis
7. Demonstrates a commitment to promoting equality, diversity and inclusivity for staff and students
8. Knowledge of child health services including paediatric palliative care
9. Knowledge and experience of a range of research designs and methodologies
10. Experience of working with children and young people

Desirable criteria

1. Experience of co-leading/leading research projects, education activities or clinical service
2. Experience of the planning and delivering high-quality evaluated education at undergraduate and/or postgraduate levels with a strong focus on a high-quality inclusive student experience and success
3. Track record of winning and delivering successful externally funded grants, world leading or internationally excellent publications, and impact relevant to the field

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 next page after you click "Apply Now". This document will provide information of what criteria will be assessed at each stage of the recruitment process.

Further Information

We pride ourselves on being inclusive and welcoming. We embrace diversity and want everyone to feel that they belong and are connected to others in our community.

We are committed to working with our staff and unions on these and other issues, to continue to support our people and to develop a diverse and inclusive culture at King's. 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 advert. 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.

To find out how our managers will review your application, please take a look at our ' How we Recruit ' pages.

We are able to offer sponsorship for candidates who do not currently possess the right to work in the UK.

This post is subject to Disclosure and Barring Service and Occupational Health clearances.