Lecturer in Palliative Care (Academic Education Pathway)

# About You To be successful in this role, we are looking for candidates to have the following skills and experience: **Essential criteria** 1. Registration with a healthcare discipline, such as nursing, midwifery, medicine, pharmacy, and the allied health care professions (including healthcare scientists) in the UK or international equivalent 2. Experience of 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. Specialist knowledge and clinical and/or academic experience in palliative care and symptom management, sufficient to co-lead and deliver postgraduate teaching in advanced symptom control 4. Sound knowledge of research design and methodology, including systematic review methods and qualitative and quantitative synthesis, with the ability to teach research methods and supervise postgraduate dissertations 5. Ability to work well as an effective and inclusive member of teams and networks, to share and encourage good practice in teaching and research, and to inspire and motivate others 6. Excellent administrative, organisational, interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to deliver high-quality work to deadlines and take individual responsibility for planning and undertaking work 7. Publications, conference presentations and/or applicant on funding to support educational enhancement, service improvement, research and/or scholarship **Desirable criteria** 1. PhD or equivalent relevant to themes of the Faculty and this role 2. Experience of innovative and effective approaches to teaching, including distance learning, blended learning, digital learning and/or simulation, with appropriate training completed 3. Experience of co-leading/leading research projects, education activities or clinical service 4. Experience of course development, with creative approaches to assessment, providing robust, developmental and constructive feedback at undergraduate and/or postgraduate levels 5. Proven commitment to innovation and student learning in education, to support student welfare, and enabling students’ personal and professional development, and providing academic advice and pastoral support **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 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. We reserve the right to close adverts early due to the volume of applications we receive. While the closing date may change, all adverts will close at 23:59 to allow sufficient time for applications to be submitted on that day. We encourage you to apply at the earliest opportunity to avoid disappointment as once we have closed a vacancy you will be unable to submit your application. To find out how our managers will review your application, please take a look at our ‘ [How we Recruit]( pages.