Senior Lecturer in Clinical Education in London

The Centre for Education in the Faculty of Life Sciences & Medicine at King's College London is a centre of excellence for research and scholarship in learning in the health professions. We seek to appoint a Senior Lecturer in Clinical Education. The successful candidate will contribute to the teaching and learning activities, assessment, leadership, development, and continued success of the thriving MA in Clinical Education programme, a new blended MSc in Health Professions Education, and other associated programmes, while also contributing to the culture of educational scholarship and research in medical and health professions education.

The post holder will be accountable for maintaining the quality of their teaching and will contribute to the peer support of others to sustain and develop high quality education. Academic citizenship through academic-related activities that underpin excellence in education is expected. Successful candidates will be appointed to our Academic Education Pathway (AEP) that allows career progression to Professor based upon an internationally recognised contribution to education and scholarship. Staff on the AEP have an indicative 20% of time available to engage in education-focused scholarship.

About The Role

Teaching

• Contribute to the strategic design, development, delivery and assessment of the Centre's flourishing postgraduate programme in Clinical Education, as well as a new executive blended online MSc in Health Professions Education.
• Take module leadership and assume primary teaching and assessment responsibility for postgraduate modules.
• Deputise for programme director and act in assessment sub-board chair role.
• Serve as a personal tutor for master's students in Clinical Education and Health Professions Education and coordinate activities of other academic colleagues (e.g. small group tutors, master's dissertation supervisors).
• Supervise and assess master's dissertations.
• Participate in PhD student support, supervision, and training.
• Monitor student progress and engagement and participate in programme enhancement and development activities.

Research and Scholarship

• Engage in high-quality educational scholarship aligned to the strategic aims of the Centre for Education.
• Support the development of scholarship in clinical education practice, especially across the Centre for Education.
• Contribute to a culture of evidence-informed practice across the College, and especially within clinical education.

Administration

• To carry out any administrative duties assigned by the Programme Director and expected by the University.

Engagement with the School / Faculty

• Work within a team and provide mutual support and encouragement, participating in and delivering to the team contribution in terms of results.
• Stay up to date with the current curriculum and changes that occur.
• Remain up to date with all required training and development.
• Remain up to date with student feedback training.
• Undertake annual educational appraisal.

There are a number of duties and responsibilities that we ask all employees to be familiar with and adhere to. We ask that the successful candidate:

• Positively contributes to an environment at King's that truly represents Our Principles in Action and where every individual feels safe, secure and supported.
• Always complies with the requirements of health and safety regulations to ensure their own wellbeing and that of their colleagues.
• Has an understanding of sustainability, including its impact on the University and the work we do, and engages in sustainable practices in the workplace.
• Ensures they are working in a safe environment, where they comply with our Health and Safety regulations and ensure confidentiality, only releasing confidential information obtained during the course of employment to those acting in an official capacity.
• Complies with King's protocols on the appropriate use of telephone, email and internet facilities.

The above list of responsibilities may not be exhaustive, and the post holder will be required to undertake such tasks and responsibilities as may reasonably be expected within the scope and grading of the post.

About You

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

Essential criteria

• PhD in a subject relevant to health professions education.
• SFHEA or relevant teaching qualification.
• Comprehensive knowledge and understanding of health professions education, including curriculum design, design and delivery of teaching and learning activities, and high-quality assessment and feedback.
• Evidence of pedagogical scholarship and research, publishing in peer-reviewed journals and presenting one's research to appropriate groups.
• Evidence of experience in teaching learning theory and practice to interprofessional groups of healthcare professionals at postgraduate level.
• Experience supporting the reflective development of healthcare professionals improving their teaching skills.
• Ability to work with a wide range of clinical and academic colleagues to facilitate the preparation of learning and assessment material.
• Good organisational skills.

Desirable criteria

• Experience designing, delivering, assessing, and supporting learning in blended online settings for health professions educators.
• Experience working with a team of clinicians, scientists, and educationalists to support healthcare professionals learning to teach.

At King's, we believe that the diversity of our community and a culture that is welcoming, open, inclusive and collaborative, are great strengths of the university. The Equality Act of 2010 protects the rights of our students and staff and provides a framework to fulfil our duties to eliminate unlawful discrimination, harassment and victimisation and in addition, to advance equality of opportunity and foster good relations between those who share a protected characteristic and those who do not. At times, this will include balancing rights and beliefs that can feel in tension. We are committed to free speech and to academic freedom, believing that our foundational purpose as a university, is to create spaces where a wide range of ideas, including ideas that are controversial, can be discussed and debated, and where members of our community can express lawful views without fear of intimidation, harassment or discrimination.

When engaging in the robust exchange of ideas, we ask that our community is mindful of our Dignity at King's guidance. 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 person specification section of the job description.