Lecturer in Nursing Education (AEP)

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 2026, King’s is number 2 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 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.

We are seeking applicants with experience and expertise in community practice related to healthcare and nursing who have a critical understanding of the issues related to care delivery. We are seeking a candidate capable of integrating community health and nursing experience into evidence-based nurse education. The applicant needs to have a strong record of collaborative practice and fostering partnerships with community-based organizations, primary care networks, and underserved populations. The applicant needs to be passionate about innovative teaching strategies that reflect the realities of home-based care and outreach services.

We welcome your thoughts on how organisations can create an inclusive environment, including one which supports free speech and the exchange of a wide range of ideas.

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.

The role is a 1.0WTE and is offered on a 2-year fixed term contract. 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)

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