Clinical Researcher in General Practice

About us

The School of Life Course & Population Sciences is one of five Schools that make up the Faculty of Life Sciences & Medicine at King’s College London. The School unites over 400 experts in women and children’s health, nutritional sciences, population health and the molecular genetics of human disease. Our research links the causes of common health problems to life’s landmark stages, treating life, disease and healthcare as a continuum. We are interdisciplinary by nature and this innovative approach works: 91 per cent of our research submitted to the Subjects Allied to Medicine (Pharmacy, Nutritional Sciences and Women's Health cluster) for REF was rated as world-leading or internationally excellent. We use this expertise to teach the next generation of health professionals and research scientists. Based across King’s Denmark Hill, Guy’s, St Thomas’ and Waterloo campuses, our academic programme of teaching, research and clinical practice is embedded across five Departments.

More information:  https://www.kcl.ac.uk/slcps

About the role

The School of Life Course and Population Sciences is seeking to appoint a Clinical Lecturer in General Practice under the NIHR Integrated Academic Training Pathway

The post holder will develop their own research portfolio within the Department’s areas of interest in population health and long term conditions (LTCs) (particularly stroke, COPD, CKD, cancer, and multimorbidity). and health inequalities in a primary care setting, while continuing with their clinical development in a local general practice.

Our group leads NIHR-funded research programmes in stroke and cardiovascular disease prevention, and COPD.  Our overarching aims are to investigate and address health inequalities in these areas, in South London, nationally, and globally.  We develop and evaluate diverse interventions to address these issues, from working with members of the local community to improve the identification and treatment of long-term conditions, to digital patient self-management tools. We are seeking a clinical academic GP whose research will complement our interests. The postholder will have the opportunity to make use of key datasets either hosted or accessible by our group, including the South London Stroke Register (SLSR), Lambeth DataNet, the Sentinel Stroke National Audit Programme (SSNAP), and CPRD.

You will also contribute to primary care education across undergraduate and postgraduate programmes.  The post holder will be eligible to apply for the School Learning and Development Fund for financial support with training and conferences.

This is a full time (40 Hours per week), and you will be offered until 1 September 2028.

About you

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

Essential criteria

• Full GMC / NMC / other relevant body registration with valid license to practice
• PhD or MD
• Registered and licensed by the General Medical Council to practise as a GP
• Competent researcher in qualitative or quantitative research in areas of our current work programmes
• Competent scientific writer e.g. First author scientific publication
• Highly motivated to achieve career as independent researcher in general practice and primary care
• Demonstrable understanding of the principles of good teamwork
• Committed to equality, diversity and inclusion, actively addressing areas of potential bias

Desirable criteria

• Competent clinical teacher
• Competent in academic supervision
• Continued clinical experience after completion of higher professional training in keeping with seniority
• Collaborator in research funding application

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