Lecturer in Health Services Research

Job description

Job Description

City St George's, University of London is the University of business, practice and the professions and brings together the expertise and excellence of City, University of London and St George's, University of London into one institution. The combined university is now one of the largest higher education destinations for London students, combining a breadth of disciplines across health, business, policy, law, creativity, communications, science and technology. Our students are at the heart of everything that we do, and we are committed to supporting them to pursue their career and personal ambitions.

Our research is engaged, at the frontier of practice and has a positive impact on the world around us.

This is an exciting opportunity for an outstanding Lecturer in Health Services Research to join our team.

We are seeking an enthusiastic and dedicated colleague who can make a distinctive contribution to support the strategic aims of the Institute and department: to maximise potential grant income, increase research power and impact, to support early-career researchers, to ensure sustained high quality publication outputs and deliver high quality education.

You will have your own ongoing or developing internationally recognised health services research, teaching, and impact.

This appointment is part of Professor Lindsay Bearne's NIHR Research Professorship portfolio and applications are particularly welcomed from people with experience in rehabilitation and/or behavioural science research.

To be successful in your application:

• a successful track record in high-quality collaborative research and actively seeking external research funding opportunities
• demonstrable experience of planning, organizing and managing education, learning and assessment activities
• experience as a supervisor for research students and/or mentor for clinical academic practitioners
• strong proficiency to manage time and workload effectively to meet competing priorities and deadlines
• excellent written and verbal communication and interpersonal skills
• enthusiasm and personal initiative to solve problems, a self-starter with ability to work unsupervised or as part of a team

The post holder will be based on City St Georges Tooting Campus.

Closing date for applications: Sunday 4th October 2026 at 23:55pm

Interviews are scheduled to take place on a date to be confirmed

The selection process will involve an interview and an assessment/exercise/presentation. Further details will be confirmed at the interview stage.

City St George's offers a sector-leading salary, pension scheme and benefits including a comprehensive package of staff training and development.

City St George's, University of London is committed to promoting equality, diversity and inclusion in all its activities, processes, and culture for our whole community, including staff, students and visitors.

We welcome applications regardless of age, caring responsibilities, disability, gender identity, gender reassignment, marital status, nationality, pregnancy, race and ethnic origin, religion and belief, sex, sexual orientation and socio-economic background. City St George's operates a guaranteed interview scheme for disabled applicants.

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