Clinical Professor of Critical Care

We wish to appoint an outstanding individual as Clinical Professor in Critical Care within King’s College London’s Faculty of Life Sciences & Medicine.

In addition to pursuing their own state-of-the-art research programme, you will provide strategic leadership in the area of Critical Care across King’s College London. This will entail bringing together and working with the unparalleled breadth of critical care expertise including cardiothoracic, trauma, neuro, renal, liver, transplantation, haematology, oncology, advanced obstetrics and the complete portfolio of surgical specialties across the University and King’s Health Partners to deliver world-class research and innovation.

You will be a key strategic leader within King’s emerging Centre for Critical Care, working in close collaboration with multi-disciplinary colleagues across King’s Faculties and NHS Trusts, including the Professor of Critical Care Nursing in the Faculty of Nursing, Midwifery and Palliative Care. The Centre for Critical Care will develop world-leading scholarship, education and multi-disciplinary collaborative research in critical care at KCL and across the King’s Health Partners, through the creation of an academic home, to harness and further develop the multi-disciplinary and multi-professional nature of critical care research, and develop the next generation of world-leading critical care researchers and educators.

You will be based in the Faculty of Life Sciences & Medicine, predominantly on the Guy’s campus, but will interact closely with colleagues across other King’s Health Partners campuses. An appointment as Honorary Consultant in an appropriate specialism will be offered at Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust.

Key responsibilities for the role include developing and leading multi-disciplinary Critical Care research and innovation within FoLSM and across KCL, including securing funding to develop a highly respected, international research programme, establishing productive collaborative links in academia and industry and with colleagues across King’s, the UK and internationally. You will undertake a strategic leadership role within Academic Critical Care, including in research, education, mentorship, embedding a supportive, collegiate culture, maximising interactions with NHS colleagues, and delivering patient impact. You will spearhead delivery of high-quality education related to Critical Care, including taking a key role in promoting the development and direction of a new multi-disciplinary MSc programme in Critical Care.

This is a full-time permanent post.

Essential criteria

• Undergraduate Medical Degree and MD (Res), PhD or equivalent level in a related subject
• Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) or equivalent training in a relevant medical specialism, with full GMC valid license to practice
• Success in obtaining significant research grant funding, including previously held independent Senior Investigator or equivalent academic leadership positions
• Established international reputation for research evidenced, for example, with an established track record of programmatic funding and high impact publications which includes invited contributions to present research at international conferences
• Evidence of leadership capability or promise, with ability to work effectively with academic, clinical, and professional services colleagues across organisations, and capable of inspiring staff and students to drive forward the ambitions and strategic aims for Critical Care across King’s
• Proven track record in education and professional achievement, showing a commitment to high quality and innovation, including evidence of developing new knowledge and impact of relevance to patients and the public, and successful supervision of postgraduate research students
• Committed to EDI, actively addressing areas of potential bias, and willingness to contribute to the pastoral care of students.

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