Research Assistant in Endocrinology

2 weeks ago


Sheffield, United Kingdom University of Sheffield Full time

Contract Type: Fixed-term with a start date of 01/07/2024 and an end date of 30/06/2027

Working Pattern: Full time. Working pattern to be agreed.

An opportunity has arisen for a Research Assistant with experience in data management to work in Endocrinology at the University of Sheffield. The applicant will play a central in a national Real World Data study into the “Health Status of Adults with Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia (CAH) (CaHASE2)”, which is jointly run with the Society for Endocrinology. You will be based in the Division of Clinical Medicine under the mentorship of Professor Nils Krone. You will interact with the local clinical service and national centres of Endocrinology.

We are seeking applicants with practical experience of working within clinical settings and data handling. The appointee will be working as part of a academic team and interact with the local clinical team, the Society for Endocrinology, the I-CAH registry and national clinical centres. The appointee will play a key role in the data collection of the CaHASE2 project and analysis for the project. The data collection will at centres will include travel to centres.

You will join a vibrant, dynamic and collaborative School that benefits from excellent research facilities and has strong collaborative research programmes as well as critically acclaimed teaching at both undergraduate and postgraduate level.

We are committed to enabling our employees to work in a hybrid model with flexibility over when, where and how to achieve the required outputs, in discussion with your manager.

We are committed to exploring flexible working opportunities which benefit the individual and University.

We’re one of the best not-for-profit organisations to work for in the UK. The University’s Total Reward Package includes a competitive salary, a generous Pension Scheme and annual leave entitlement, as well as access to a range of learning and development courses to support your personal and professional development.

We build teams of people from different heritages and lifestyles from across the world, whose talent and contributions complement each other to greatest effect. We believe diversity in all its forms delivers greater impact through research, teaching and student experience.

This vacancy is part of a Fair Recruitment pilot scheme within the faculty. This is a positive action initiative which aims to improve staff diversity and to deliver an inclusive recruitment experience for all applicants.

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£30,487 to £34,980. Grade 6, per annum (pro-rata), with potential to progress to £38,205 pa



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