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 a development opportunity for a talented individual to provide in-reach contact and support for nursing students in practice with a particular focus on 3rd year BSc pre-registration undergraduate (Adult, Child & Mental Health) nursing students.

The candidate will visit and support these pre-registration students in placement.  They will liaise with Faculty Nursing Midwifery & Palliative Care (FNMPC) placements team, Faculty Partnership Leads, Trust practice education leads, Clinical Teachers (where relevant) practice supervisors, practice assessors and placement managers.

We are looking for applicants with clinical and educational experience and have good communication and person-centred care skills.

The purpose of the role is to also ensure that students practice assessments are in line with standards for Students Supervision & Assessments (NMC 2018; 2019) and comply with the regulatory requirements of Faculty Nursing Midwifery & Palliative Care (FNMPC) undergraduate nursing programmes.

The candidate will also have a thorough understanding of principles of the Safe Learning Environment Charter (SLEC) (NHS England 2024) to ensure that Kings College nursing students have a clear and continuous pathway for learning in placement underpinned by the principles of equality, diversity, and inclusion.

The candidate will champion and uphold King’s values and principles, and maintain highest standards by adhering to policies and guidelines as required.  You will be responsible for undertaking direct placement visits for students identified by Trust Practice educator or Faculty Partnership Lead (FPL) and ensuring that all Part 3 BSc undergraduate students have at least one visit during their placement as a minimum requirement.

They will liaise with ward/placement managers, or student’s practice assessor as to student engagement with the professional values of the NMC Code (NMC, 2018), and professional conduct expectations of the FNMPC.

They will be responsible for engaging in supportive conversations with students’ assessors to co-ordinate timely Part 3 tripartite assessment meetings if a student is not making progress.

They will champion the identity of the students as ’learners’ in practice, by ensuring they attend scheduled placement teaching/ clinical/research forums, and spoke placement visits linked to placement speciality.

They will be responsible for co-producing and participating in Trust/organisations inductions to align with FNMPC and Trust/organisation partner expectations.

They will support new staff joining the FNMPC to have working knowledge of students Practice Assessment Document requirements across each part.

This is a part time post (1 day a week, 7 hours) and you will be offered a fixed term contract until 2 February 2026.

About You

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

Essential criteria

1. BSc Registration as an Adult / Child / Mental Health nurse with the NMC
2. Evidence of a senior clinical role such as a practice educator, clinical teacher, lecturer practitioner, or specialist practitioner in practice in a hospital or community setting
3. Evidence of commitment to continued development in evidence-based practice, and evidence relevant to care, with up-to-date knowledge, skills and accomplishments
4. Ability to work well as an effective member of teams and networks and to share and encourage good practice in teaching and to inspire and motivate others, including in challenging environments
5. Excellent written, verbal and digital communication skills, in all formats such as face to face, presentation, email, reports, written and for teaching, including knowledge of education methods and approaches, like emerging digital learning
6. Excellent administrative and organisational skills, underpinned by strong interpersonal skills and personal effectiveness, including meeting deadlines and prioritising appropriately
7. Commitment to promoting equality, diversity and inclusivity for staff and students
8. 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 

Desirable criteria

1. Undertaking a Masters degree
2. Experience of innovative and effective approaches to teaching, digital learning and or simulation (virtual and/or face to face), with appropriate training completed
3. Experience of teaching relevant subjects at undergraduate level with evidence of innovative and effective teaching, and ability to engage and inspire students of diverse backgrounds
4. Providing robust, and constructive feedback at undergraduate level
5. Publications, conference presentations and/or, service improvement, research and/or scholarship

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 clearance.