Florence Nightingale Faculty of Nursing, Midwifery and Palliative Care

King's College London

We are seeking a new Vice Dean (Education) to join the Florence Nightingale Faculty of Nursing, Midwifery and Palliative Care to lead a vibrant Education Strategy over the next 5 years. For the last three years, the Faculty has been number 2 in the world and number 1 in Europe for Nursing (QS world rankings) and includes the world's first nursing school to be continuously connected to a fully serving hospital and medical school (St. Thomas' Hospital), established by Florence Nightingale, the founder of modern nursing. It is also among the top in the world for midwifery and palliative care research and education.

Our education seeks to embrace the challenges and opportunities for future workforces, digital changes in health care and education, and ensure our students, undergraduate and postgraduate, are given the very best support, facilities, and opportunities to equip them to become future leaders, practitioners and/or academics. The appointee will further develop the education strategy and review, as needed, undergraduate and postgraduate programmes, and propose and oversee the development of new educational initiatives. Equally, holding responsibility for developing, implementing and leading education to deliver and advance excellence in teaching and learning, and ensuring a first-rate student experience across nursing, midwifery, and palliative care, including significant expansions in digital education. 

Encouraging stronger integration between research, education, and care services for the benefit of students, staff, and care practice, and a strengthened postgraduate and digital offering will be a key focus of the postholder's role. The appointee will work closely with and take advantage of collaborations with world leading hospital and community healthcare services as part of King's Health Partners and beyond. Individuals who are research active will have the opportunity to lead and contribute to high quality research and join with teams across the Faculty and King's.

The Vice Dean (Education) will work collaboratively with the Executive Dean, the Vice Deans International and Research, other relevant Faculty leadership, including the Heads of Teaching Departments and other education leads, across King's College London, with the Nursing and Midwifery Council and other relevant legislative and statutory bodies, nationally and internationally to maintain and increase the quality and sustainability of education offered, with a particular emphasis on continuing to advance digital education.      

The Vice Dean (Education) will be a member of the College Education Committee and will work closely with the Vice President & Vice Principal (Education) and lead on initiatives associated with the implementation of the King's Education Strategy . This is a full-time post. The Vice Dean (Education) role is for 5 years, with the potential to renew.  The substantive professorial post is a permanent academic contract and will be on a research and teaching contract or academic education pathway contract according to experience.   

For further information about the role please visit  https://jobs.kcl.ac.uk/gb/en/vice-dean-education and to apply for this role, please go to the  King's Career pages to submit the specified documentation. Informal enquiries may be made to the King's Search Team; please contact  kings-search@kcl.ac.uk 

The deadline for applications is midnight on Sunday 13th June 2021. Interviews will be held in August 2021.  

The Florence Nightingale Faculty of Nursing, Midwifery and Palliative Care is one of nine academic faculties at King's College London, a multi-disciplinary, research-led university with over 43,000 students and 8,500 employees based in the heart of London. We are located across four central London campuses, which reflect our close alignment to our NHS partners: Guy's Campus at London Bridge, St Thomas' Campus and the Franklin Wilkins Building at Waterloo; and King's Denmark Hill Campus.