Research Associate
2 weeks ago
**Salary**:
**Research Associate**: £33,966 to £44,263 per annum
**Senior Research Associate**: £45,585 to £54,395 per annum
Newcastle University is a great place to work, with excellent benefits. We have a generous holiday package; plus the opportunity to buy more, great pension schemes and a number of health and wellbeing initiatives to support you.
**Closing Date**: 12 December 2023
The Role
This is an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic and highly motivated Post-Doctoral Research Associate in clinical informatics or a related discipline, with strong quantitative skills to work in the Informatics and Precision Care for an Ageing Population team in the NIHR Newcastle Biomedical Research Centre.
You will join an interdisciplinary team using world-class healthcare data in precision medicine clinical trials to understand the complex disease processes in multiple long-term conditions. You will be supervised by Chris Plummer, the Newcastle BRC Informatics Lead and Chief Clinical Information Officer at the Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, a Global Digital Exemplar and internationally recognised NHS provider delivering improvements in the quality of care, through the world-class use of digital technologies and information.
You will also be supervised by Prof Miles Witham, Professor of Trials for Older People at Newcastle University and Prof Alastair Burt, Theme Co-Lead for Precision Medicine, Genomics and Informatics in Newcastle University.
The principal aim of this role is to develop learning health systems which realise the potential of routinely collected healthcare data in precision medicine trials, to identify patients with physical, social, and genomic characteristics which make them most likely to benefit from specific treatment strategies. This can then be integrated into digital health records as clinical decision support to front-line clinicians in the delivery of care and collect robust outcome data to informs the iterative co-design process of quality improvement in the delivery of healthcare.
The post will be located in state-of-the-art facilities within the Faculty of Medical Sciences at Newcastle University and in the Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
This full-time post is fixed term for a period of 2 years
Find out more about the Faculty of Medical Sciences here
Find out more about our Research Institutes here
Find out more about the NIHR Newcastle BRC here
RESEARCH ASSOCIATE
Key Accountabilities
- Investigate appropriate methodologies for informatics research, with advice and support where required
- Assess research findings, the opportunities for further investigation and support the development of these investigations
- Contribute ideas to the technical or methodological aspects of the Precision Medicine and Informatics BRC Theme
- Contribute to the development and conduct of specified clinical informatics projects using appropriate techniques
- To contribute to the development of analytics tools and clinical decision support algorithms for use within new or existing software systems
- Assist in the preparation and writing of research papers and make significant contributions to group research papers
- Present research findings at conferences and other meetings, workshops, and events as appropriate
- Contribute to the supervision of undergraduate and postgraduate projects and dissertations and support other teaching activities (e.g., leading seminars)
- Contribute to the supervision of Research Assistants
- Contribute to public and patient involvement/engagement (PPIE) activities within the theme
- Take a role in developing informatics capacity across the theme by delivering training and support for researchers
- Participate in the activities of the Translational and Clinical Research Institute and other University research groupings when appropriate
- Develop an awareness of University structures, policies and procedures and relevant issues in the higher education, research, social and political environment
- Contribute to data collection and data curation in studies being led by the BRC and support others in their work on these studies
- Actively seek out opportunities for interdisciplinary research
The Person (Essential)
Knowledge, Skills and Experience
- Professional experience of research with clear transferable skills and awareness of the research environment
- Good analytical and problem-solving capability and ability to rapidly acquire new skills
- Ability to communicate complex information with clarity
- Excellent verbal communication skills evidenced by delivery of oral presentations at local and national conferences
- Excellent written communication skills evidenced by co-authoring of peer-reviewed scientific articles and a track record of publications appropriate for career stage
- A publication record, showing evidence of work of at least national quality
- Involvement in drafting manuscripts
- Good coordination, time management
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