Teaching Fellow in Clinical Pharmacy – Maternity Cover
- Employer
- KINGS COLLEGE LONDON
- Location
- London (Central), London (Greater)
- Salary
- £44,105 - £51,485 per annum, including London Weighting Allowance
- Closing date
- 9 Feb 2025
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- Job Type
- Academic Posts, Professional Services, Teaching Fellowships
- Contract Type
- Fixed Term
- Hours
- Full Time
Job Details
About us
The Department of Pharmacy is situated in the Faculty of Life Sciences & Medicine, Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences. It comprises an expert team of educators providing our fully accredited, four-year MPharm programme which combines pharmaceutical science education with real-world pharmacy practice. Based in central London, the programme offers clinical placements at prestigious NHS Trusts and state-of-the-art training facilities, preparing students for diverse careers in hospital, community pharmacy, general practice, care homes, or the pharmaceutical industry.
Ranked among Europe’s top universities for Pharmacy and Pharmacology (QS 2024), King’s MPharm programme is delivered by world-class researchers and practitioners. Students benefit from expert-led teaching and practical training in consultation skills, diagnostics, and patient education, while being part of the multidisciplinary School of Life Course & Population Sciences. Situated on the vibrant Waterloo Campus, King’s offers students access to excellent facilities and a supportive community, fostering personal and professional growth for a rewarding career in pharmacy.
About the role
King’s College London is seeking an enthusiastic and dedicated Teaching Fellow in Clinical Pharmacy to contribute to the delivery of high-quality education in clinical pharmacy and pharmacy practice. This role is vital to equipping students with the skills and knowledge required for successful careers in healthcare.
The successful candidate will deliver innovative teaching and assessment, integrating both theoretical and practical learning experiences. Responsibilities include leading lectures, facilitating practical sessions, conducting clinical simulation training, and fostering collaboration across healthcare disciplines through interprofessional education (IPE). As the IPE lead, the role involves promoting teamwork between pharmacy and other health care professions across seven workshops. The successful candidate will lead Prevention of Medication Errors workshop and support facilitation in all other workshops. Additionally, the role requires collaborate with the interprofessional faculty.
The role will oversee the Cardiovascular and Renal Systems module for MPharm2 students, managing its design, delivery, and assessment while ensuring alignment with academic standards. Additionally, they will coordinate the annual Pharmacy Careers Fair, serving as a point of contact for students and external stakeholders to support professional development opportunities. The role also includes supervising undergraduate projects, guiding students in their academic journey, and contributing to the development and marking of assessments. This position is ideal for a passionate educator eager to shape the future of pharmacy education and inspire the next generation of pharmacy professionals.
This is a full time post (35 Hours per week), and you will be offered a fixed term contract for maternity cover for one year until 28th February 2026.
About you
To be successful in this role, we are looking for candidates to have the following skills and experience:
Essential criteria
- Degree in pharmacy with UK GPhC or other national registration body, or other professional healthcare qualification
- Knowledge in the principles of teaching, learning and assessment in a healthcare or academic setting
- Excellent knowledge, practical and clinical reasoning skills in the area of pharmacy practice
- Experience in the organisation, design and delivery of teaching and assessment
- Excellent time management and organisation skills with ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines
- Excellent communication (written and verbal) skills
- Experience in developing and maintaining effective relationships with internal and external stakeholders
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team
Desirable criteria
- Masters/PhD level qualification and/or relevant post registration training
- Experience of coordination and administration of educational modules
- Experience with tutoring and supervising students
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 next page after you click “Apply Now”. This document will provide information of what criteria will be assessed at each stage of the recruitment process.
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.
Interviews are due to be held in February (date to be confirmed).
We are not able to offer sponsorship for candidates who do not currently possess the right to work in the UK.
Company
King's College London is one of the top 20 universities in the world and among the oldest in England. King's has more than 27,600 students (of whom nearly 10,500 are graduate students) from some 150 countries worldwide, and some 6,800 staff.
King's has an outstanding reputation for world-class teaching and cutting-edge research. In the 2014 Research Excellence Framework (REF) King’s was ranked 6th nationally in the ‘power’ ranking, which takes into account both the quality and quantity of research activity, and 7th for quality according to Times Higher Education rankings. Eighty-four per cent of research at King’s was deemed ‘world-leading’ or ‘internationally excellent’ (3* and 4*). The university is in the top seven UK universities for research earnings and has an overall annual income of more than £684 million.
King's has a particularly distinguished reputation in the humanities, law, the sciences (including a wide range of health areas such as psychiatry, medicine, nursing and dentistry) and social sciences including international affairs. It has played a major role in many of the advances that have shaped modern life, such as the discovery of the structure of DNA and research that led to the development of radio, television, mobile phones and radar.
King's College London and Guy's and St Thomas', King's College Hospital and South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trusts are part of King's Health Partners. King's Health Partners Academic Health Sciences Centre (AHSC) is a pioneering global collaboration between one of the world's leading research-led universities and three of London's most successful NHS Foundation Trusts, including leading teaching hospitals and comprehensive mental health services. For more information, visit: www.kingshealthpartners.org.
King’s £600 million campaign, World questions|KING’s answers, has delivered huge global impact in areas where King’s has particular expertise. Philanthropic support has funded new research to save young lives at Evelina London Children’s Hospital; established the King’s Dickson Poon School of Law as a worldwide leader in transnational law; built a new Cancer Centre at Guy’s Hospital; allowed unique collaboration between leading neuroscientists to fast-track new treatments for Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, motor neurone disease, depression and schizophrenia at the new Maurice Wohl Clinical Neuroscience Institute; created the Cicely Saunders Institute: the first academic institution in the world dedicated to palliative care, and supported the King’s Sierra Leone Partnership in the Ebola crisis. Donations provide over 300 of the most promising students with scholarships and bursaries each year. More information about the campaign is available at www.kcl.ac.uk/kingsanswers.
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