Research Associate - Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom - Newcastle University

Newcastle University

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Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom

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Description

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 problemsolving 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 coauthoring of peerreviewed 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