Overview
Lecturer (Academic Education Pathway), Prescribing in Healthcare – Strand, London, WC2R 2LS
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, our Faculty 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 is an outstanding development opportunity for a talented individual who wishes to advance excellent and innovative education. We are seeking an individual to contribute and deliver the Independent and Supplementary Prescribing for Healthcare Professionals module. The successful applicant will work collaboratively with our Health Faculties to deliver joint education and lead innovations in prescribing education.
Prescribing is integral to the established and highly evaluated MSc Advanced Clinical Practice programme. The programme supports nurses, pharmacists, and allied health professionals to progress to senior practitioner level and beyond by providing a flexible and accessible framework from which they acquire and demonstrate 21st century transferable knowledge and competence.
The focus of the role is to deliver outstanding education on the Independent and Supplementary Prescribing for Healthcare Professionals module and to support innovative education for pre-registration programmes related to prescribing practice. The role also involves ensuring that all education practices are compliant with NMC and HCPC standards.
This is a part-time post (21 hours per week), and you will be offered on an indefinite contract. We would also consider those who are interested in a secondment.
Hybrid – minimum of 2 days on campus (Waterloo)
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