Clinical Reader in Medical Education (Partnerships)

About Us

GKT School of Medical Education undertakes a significant – and growing - amount of educational partnership activity within the UK and overseas. Examples of this include the University of Portsmouth Branch Campus and Consultancy and Capacity building work with Abdullah-Al-Salem University in Kuwait.

About the role

To support these and future ventures, we are now seeking a senior clinical medical educationalist with experience of partnership working, developing new UK programmes and understanding of the GKT approach to medical education. The successful candidate will work with new and existing partners to ensure high quality education, engaging meaningfully with GKT Directors to align processes and GKT approaches as needed and drawing upon additional expertise such as that in Faculty Development. The postholder will work closely with Faculty Education Services (FES) and university colleagues to ensure effective and timely implementation of partnership arrangements. While the focus of the work will be in the development of partnership educational programmes, the arc of projects of this sort will usually involve influence in business development and as projects evolve into business as usual.

Please note: The appointee will need to be able to travel according to a schedule that is appropriate for the task and partner. The full time medical education role includes up to 2 sessions for clinical activity, by arrangement with a KHP trust, as appropriate. Alternatively, a 0.8 FTE role could be undertaken with 0.2 FTE existing clinical sessions from an existing arrangement.

This is a full time post (40 hours per week) and you will be offered a fixed term contract for 5 years.

About You

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

• Primary medical qualification with full GMC registration with valid license to practice and Fellow of Higher Education Academy or equivalent education qualification.
• Active participation in continuous professional development and associated appraisal of Educational Role (either through NHS or University processes, to include up-to-date Equality and Diversity Training).
• Comprehensive knowledge and understanding of undergraduate medical education and the King’s College London MBBS Programme with experience in undergraduate medical education delivery – across campus and clinical practice (primary or secondary care), devising and delivering schedules of learning and assessments.
• Understanding and experience of Quality Assurance requirements both of King’s College London and of the General Medical Council, with experience of delivering or quality assuring medical education in partner organisations – including overseas.
• National and growing evidence of international standing as a medical educator and pedagogical researcher, demonstrated, for example through a strong publication record and/or conference presentation of findings, along with leading funding applications and awards for pedagogical research.
• High level communication skills.
• Extensive experience and advanced skills in leading and managing an educational team, with a strong commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion along with creating a supportive environment to foster staff and student wellbeing.
• The ability to problem solve and achieve desired results within programme constraints and limited resources, with strong negotiating and influencing skills to achieve positive outcomes.

Further Information

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.

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. 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.

This post is subject to Disclosure and Barring Service and Occupational Health clearances.

Grade and Salary: £109,725 - £145,478 per annum, including London Weighting Allowance.