Ref Number B02-07241 Professional Expertise Academic Department School of Life & Medical Sciences (B02) Location London Working Pattern Full time Salary £66,711–£72,370 Contract Type Permanent Working Type On site Available for Secondment No Closing Date 17-Feb-2025
About Us
UCL School of Pharmacy is one of the world’s leading centres of excellence for pharmaceutical science, education, and professional engagement. The school has a well-established track record in high quality research across a broad range of drug delivery, drug discovery, pharmacy, and patient safety related areas as well as in the development of spinout companies bringing new therapeutic strategies to the patient.
The UCL School of Pharmacy is located within the Faculty of Life Sciences (FLS) and is one of five areas that constitute the faculty the others being the Division of Biosciences, the Laboratory for Molecular Cell Biology at UCL, the Sainsbury Wellcome Centre for Neurocircuits and Behaviour and the Gatsby Computational Neuroscience Unit.
The faculty has been associated with seven Nobel Laureates and continues to build on its existing strengths in cell and developmental biology, evolutionary and population genetics, cellular and circuits neuroscience, and structural and molecular biology.
The merger with the School of Pharmacy in 2012 provided new opportunities in drug discovery; additionally, the faculty hosts joint appointments with the Francis Crick Institute.
About The Role
This is a full-time permanent role.
Grade 8/9
This is an exciting opportunity to become an Associate Professor or Lecturer at UCL. The successful applicant will have a track record in research and teaching. We are particularly keen to hear from candidates with strong research in pharmacy practice and education.
The successful candidate is expected,
- To lead on research projects and funding opportunities and produce publications, or other research outputs, in line with personal objectives agreed in the staff appraisal process, particularly in the areas of educational and practice research.
- To lead and provide strategic direction for designated teaching and learning activities across a range of modules or within a subject area with a particular leadership role in the delivery of medicines prescribing learning across the undergraduate and graduate curriculum.
- To support teaching at undergraduate and graduate level in areas allocated by the Head of Research Department and reviewed from time to time by the Head of Research Department and Director.
- To support on departmental, faculty or UCL-wide working groups or committees.
- To develop relationships within UCL and externally with education stakeholders so as to facilitate the development of new initiatives in the clinical and professional pharmacy education.
About You
The successful candidate will be a UK registered pharmacist with research and teaching experience. You will the lead on the research in pharmacy practice and education and be responsible for designated courses/modules, lectures and workshops.
What we offer
As well as the exciting opportunities this role presents, we also offer some great benefits some of which are below:
- 41 Days holiday (27 days annual leave 8 bank holiday and 6 closure days)
- Additional 5 days’ annual leave purchase scheme
- Defined benefit career average revalued earnings pension scheme (CARE)
- Cycle to work scheme and season ticket loan
- Immigration loan
- Relocation scheme for certain posts
- On-Site nursery
- On-site gym
- Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption pay
- Employee assistance programme: Staff Support Service
- Discounted medical insurance
Visit https://www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/rewards-and-benefits to find out more.
- If you have any queries about the role, please contact Professor Li Wei Head of the Research Department of Practice and Policy, UCL School of Pharmacy at l.wei@ucl.ac.uk.
- The UCL Ways of Working supports colleagues to be successful and happy at UCL through sharing expectations around how we work – please visit ucl.ac.uk/ways-of-workingto find out more.
Our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
As London’s Global University, we know diversity fosters creativity and innovation, and we want our community to represent the diversity of the world’s talent. We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where we all belong.
We therefore particularly encourage applications from candidates who are likely to be underrepresented in UCL’s workforce.
These include people from Black, Asian and ethnic minority backgrounds; disabled people; LGBTQI+ people; and for our Grade 9 and 10 roles, women.
- Our department holds an Athena SWAN Bronze award, in recognition of our commitment to advancing gender equality.
You can read more about our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion here : https://www.ucl.ac.uk/equality-diversity-inclusion/
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