Post title: ​Professor in Nephrology & Honorary Consultant Nephrologist

Criteria

Essential

• Full GMC / NMC / other relevant body registration with valid license to practice.  • MD PhD qualification in relevant subject area and first degree and master’s degree in relevant subject. • Medical or other Education Qualification and proven experience of teaching medical, MSc or DPhil students.  • Significant evidence of leadership, innovation and collaboration in clinical research and/or basic science with evidence of excellence and impact. • Evidence of sustained research/grant income to maintain research activity of a substantial clinical/translational research group.  • Significant and sustained leadership contributions to (clinical) research papers that have the highest value and influence in the field, as evidenced by a wide range of metrics, indicators and/or impact. • A track record of high-profile contributions to international research conferences, participation in or chairing of scientific organisation committees or receiving awards.  • Successful supervision as primary supervisor of PhDs or MDRes or other research supervision with an excellent track record of attracting trainees and supporting them to degree completion. • Superb leadership, organisational, communication, professional and personal skills to make decisions at consultant level with regard to conflicting priorities, and meeting deadlines.    • Good personal and interpersonal skills with the ability and confidence to communicate effectively orally and in writing with a variety of audiences and in a range of contexts. • A track record of excellence in education and educational leadership at undergraduate and postgraduate level.

Desirable

• Evidence of expertise in chairing committees and groups national/international. • Track record of joint working with research and clinical partners (e.g. AHSN, CLAHRC, NHSE+I, charitable sector).

Post title: ​Reader in Nephrology & Honorary Consultant Nephrologist​

Criteria

Essential

• Full GMC / NMC / other relevant body registration with valid license to practice. • MD PhD qualification in relevant subject area and first degree and master’s degree in relevant subject. • Medical or other Education Qualification and proven experience of teaching medical, MSc or DPhil students.  • Evidence of leadership, innovation and collaboration in clinical research and/or basic science. • Sufficient research/grant income to maintain research activity of a relevant clinical/translational research group.  • Significant leadership contributions to (clinical) research papers that have the highest value and influence in the field, as evidenced by a wide range of metrics and indicators. • Growing national/international visibility as evidenced by invitations to speak or chair at meetings, scientific organisation committees, etc. • Supervision of PhDs or MDRes or other research supervision as primary supervisor. • Sufficient leadership, organisational, communication, professional and personal skills to make decisions at consultant level with regard to conflicting priorities, and meeting deadlines.   • Good personal and interpersonal skills with the ability and confidence to communicate effectively orally and in writing with a variety of audiences and in a range of contexts. • A track record of excellence in education and educational leadership at undergraduate and postgraduate level.

Desirable

• Evidence of the impact of your research or clinical innovations from a range of metrics of value and influence.  • Ability to attract and successfully train clinical fellows and/or trainees in your field.  

Additional information

The post holder will be required to: • Hold Disclosure and Barring Service Clearance (DBS) • Undergo any Occupational Health Clearances • Hold a King’s Health Partners Passport (KHP)

About King’s College London

King’s vision is to make the world a better place through world-leading education, research and service to society. King’s provides world-class education which enables students to become rounded critical thinkers, set up for success and with the character and wisdom to strive for social change. Through enquiry-driven research, King's delivers transformative insights and solutions that have the power to advance and accelerate global progress. In the Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2021 exercise, King’s maintained its 6th position for ‘research power’ in the UK, 6th by Quality Index, and was ranked 3rd amongst multi-Faculty universities for impact. “King’s aspires to tackle global challenges and serve society in a way that is contemporary, forward-looking and unrestrained.” Vision 2029 King’s comprises nine faculties, each with an academic leader and professional services lead: Executive Dean of Faculty and Director of Operations. Professional Services are provided in every Faculty as well as centrally to deliver support services for students and staff.

Our Faculties

• Faculty of Arts & Humanities • Faculty of Dentistry, Oral & Craniofacial Sciences • Faculty of Life Sciences & Medicine • Faculty of Natural, Mathematical & Engineering Sciences • Faculty of Social Science & Public Policy • Florence Nightingale Faculty of Nursing, Midwifery & Palliative Care • Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience • The Dickson Poon School of Law • King's Business School

The Faculty of Life Sciences & Medicine

The Faculty of Life Sciences & Medicine is one of the largest and most successful centres for research and education in the UK with extensive international and local partnerships that encourage innovative and progressive collaboration. Research is core to what we do and how we educate. In the most recent Research Excellence Framework (REF2021) submission, 93 per cent of research overall was deemed either ‘world leading’ (4*) or ‘internationally excellent’ (3*). We are strategically aligned to King's Health Partners, bringing together academics and clinicians who are committed to ensuring efficient translation and adoption of research innovation into clinical practice. The Faculty’s mission is to deliver world leading education and research in the biomedical and health sciences. Our international reputation is well established: King’s is positioned 12th globally in the ‘Clinical, Pre-Clinical and Health’ disciplinary table by the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2022. The QS World University Rankings 2022 by Faculty position us 16th for Life Sciences and Medicine.

The School of Immunology & Microbial Sciences

The School of Immunology & Microbial Sciences lead research, education and training at King's in the related areas of Immunology, Inflammation and Infectious Diseases – with the collective goal of improving human health and wellbeing. Our research focuses on understanding the immune system, and how it functions in times of health and disease. Our clinical and discovery scientists collaborate widely to work on an inspiring breadth of subjects employing methodologies that span atomic level dissection of molecular and cell function, through to the development of innovative new therapies and clinical trials. This multi-disciplinary approach enables us to tackle cutting-edge questions in areas of biology and medicine such as asthma, allergy, cancer, diabetes, arthritis, inflammatory bowel disease, organ rejection, vaccination, and a range of bacterial and viral infections including HIV and Ebola virus. Our academic programmes of research-inspired teaching and clinical practice are embedded across our four departments: • Department of Infectious Diseases • Department of Inflammation Biology • Peter Gorer Department of Immunology • The Roger Williams Institute of Liver Studies

Department of Inflammation Biology

The Department’s guiding mission is to identify and investigate cellular and molecular mechanisms that cause and control inflammation and to relate these findings to human health and disease. Interdisciplinary in nature the Department brings together different disciplines which accelerates our understanding of the common as well as the unique mechanisms that contribute to inflammation-related pathologies. The Department conducts discovery-led, applied and clinical research (including clinical trials) related to inflammatory joint, lung, gut, liver, kidney and skin disease and extends these investigations to cancer, pain, neurodegeneration and certain psychiatric and mental health disorders where inflammation is increasingly recognised as an important contributor.

Peter Gorer Department of Immunobiology

The Department’s research ranges from very basic studies of the molecules and processes that underpin the development and function of immune cells, to novel ways of improving immune function in humans. The Department is named after Peter Gorer, a graduate and alumni of King’s, whose discovery of murine H-2 antigens lies at the heart of cellular immunology and provided a basis for understanding the immune response to infections, tumours, and transplanted organs, as well as in autoimmune diseases. The research aims to understand the interplay between protective immunological mechanisms and the infections and tumours that challenge human health and to identify the factors underlying organ transplant rejection and develop effective interventional strategies for allergies, respiratory and autoimmune diseases.

Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust

We are one of the UK's leading providers of hospital and community-based healthcare, research and education. Located in the heart of London, we are an organisation of high pedigree with a proud history going back over 900 years. From our 5 main hospitals – Guy's Hospital, St Thomas' Hospital, Evelina London Children's Hospital, Royal Brompton Hospital and Harefield Hospital, and in the community in Lambeth and Southwark, we provide a full range of lifelong, general and specialist care As one of the UK’s busiest and most successful teaching NHS foundation trusts – in terms of number of patient contacts, clinicians trained and research conducted and adopted in practice – we provide a full range of services and have developed world-class services in a number of specialities including cancer, cardiothoracic, women and children’s services, kidney care and orthopaedics.

Guy's Hospital

Guy’s Hospital, in Southwark, is a 400 bed major elective centre for south London and a specialist centre for: • cancer • kidney • urology • orthopaedics • dental • ear, nose and throat Our state-of-the-art cancer centre at Guy's provides treatment for a wide range of cancers, offering radiotherapy, chemotherapy and surgery. It's also the centre for ground-breaking research and clinical trials, helping us to improve cancer treatments and outcomes. Guy’s Tower is one of the tallest hospital buildings in the world. It is the site of many of our dedicated clinical research facilities. Our medical school, The GKT School of Medical Education, is based at Guy's Hospital. Guy's Hospital also houses our dental school, which is the largest dental school in Europe.

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