Research Fellow - Birmingham, United Kingdom - University of Birmingham

University of Birmingham

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Position Details
Institute of Applied Health Research, College of Medical and Dental Sciences

Location:
University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham UK

Full time starting salary is normally in the range £33,348 to £43,155, with potential progression once in post to £45,737

Grade 7

Full Time, Fixed Term contract up to December 2024

Closing date: 25th June 2023

Our offer to you
People are at the heart of what we are and do.

The University of Birmingham is proud to have been a part of the City of Birmingham and the wider region for over 100 years, and we are equally proud to be recognised as a leading global university.

We want to attract talented people from across the city and beyond, support them to succeed, and celebrate their success.

We are committed to helping the people who work here to develop through our sector-leading Birmingham Professional programme which provides all professional services staff with development opportunities and the encouragement to reach their full potential.

With almost 5,000 professional services jobs in a wide-range of functions in Edgbaston and in our campus in Dubai, there are plenty of opportunities for you to be able to develop your career at the University.

We believe there is no such thing as a typical member of staff and that diversity is a source of strength that underpins the exchange of ideas, innovation, and debate.

We warmly welcome people from all backgrounds and are committed to fostering an inclusive environment where diversity is at the heart of who and what we are, and how we work.

Supporting our people to achieve a healthy work/life balance is important both to our employees and to the success of the University and, depending on the role, we offer a variety of flexible working arrangements.

We therefore welcome discussions on all forms of flexible working.

In addition, you will receive a generous package of benefits including 40 days paid holiday a year, one paid day a year for volunteering, occupational sick pay, and a pension scheme.

We also have three high quality subsidised day nurseries.

The University is situated in leafy Edgbaston and there are excellent transport links to our beautiful campus, including main bus routes and a train station on site.

On campus we have a state-of-the-art sports centre with pool, shops, places to eat and drink, our own art gallery, museum and botanical gardens.

Find out more about the benefits of working for the University of Birmingham

Background
NHS England and NHS Improvement Rapid Diagnostic Centres (RDCs) are in place nationally, with one per cancer alliance.

The aim of the service model is to support earlier and faster cancer diagnosis, create increased capacity through more efficient diagnostic pathways, deliver a better, personalised diagnostic experience for patients, reduce unwarranted variation in referral for, access to relevant diagnostic tests, and improve the offer to staff with new roles.

Evolved from the Multidisciplinary Diagnostic Centre (MDC) pathway
- developed, the RDCs can be an effective way to support patients with non-specific symptoms who present late, and to support GPs who are often unsure of the appropriate referral pathway for non-specific symptomatic patients.

The appointed health economics research fellow will create and contribute to the creation of knowledge, vital in building an evidence base that informs policy and practice.

The research will focus on the West Midlands Cancer Alliance (WMCA), which has six RDCs for patients with non-specific symptoms in the region.

The health economics research fellow will work with the wider research team to evaluate the costs and cost-effectiveness of the RDC service.

Role Summary

We are looking to appoint an enthusiastic researcher who will assess the costs and cost-effectiveness of the RDC centres in the West Midlands.

The post-holder will be based in the Health Economics Unit in the Institute of Applied Health Research.

Main Duties

To review and critically appraise relevant economic literature
To identify and collect appropriate resource utilisation data and identify appropriate costs
To extract relevant data from published economic studies. Such data is likely to include costs, outcomes, assumptions and other parameters
To estimate costs and conduct an economic evaluation (both model and trialbased)
Develop research objectives and proposals for own or joint research, with assistance of a mentor if required
Analyse and interpret data
Disseminate research findings for publication, research seminars etc
Contribute to developing new models, techniques and methods
Undertake management/administration arising from research
Communicate with the RDC Research team, including reports and attendance at RDC Research group meetings (virtual and face to face)
Contribute to Departmental/School researchrelated activities and researchrelated administration
Deal with problems that may affect t