School of Health and Social Care

Location:  Lincoln
Salary:   From £33,797 pro rata
Please note, this post is fixed term for up to 12 months, full time at 1.0 FTE
Closing Date:   Tuesday 06 July 2021
Interview Date:   Thursday 22 July 2021
Reference:  CSS370

We are inviting applications for a Post-Doctoral Research Associate in Health Services Research on a fixed term basis to support our expanding programme of primary and prehospital research. The successful candidate will be responsible for conducting research on the NIHR funded study, ‘Community First Responders’ role in the current and future rural health and care workforce’, and other related studies as directed by the Chief Investigator, Prof Niroshan Siriwardena. 

Professor Siriwardena is director of the Community and Health Research Unit (CaHRU), the research centre of the School of Health and Social Care at the University of Lincoln. Members of CaHRU undertake independent empirical and operational research relating to quality improvement and innovation in health and social care. Our research has had an important influence on policy and clinical and operational practice in the UK and beyond. 

Based at the University of Lincoln Brayford Campus the Post-Doctoral Research Associate will report directly to the centre director. They will also work closely with the CaHRU team, other academic collaborators on the study, and on other research linked to the aims of the research centre. The post holder may be required to help supervise the work of more junior researchers.

The successful candidate will be qualified to at least PhD level in a relevant subject. Previous appropriate methods training and experience are essential. They will be involved in all aspects of the research including: helping to organise and manage the project, obtaining necessary ethics permissions; undertaking literature reviews; recruiting patients and staff; collecting participant data from documents, interviews, surveys, consensus events and other sources. The post holder will also be responsible for supporting preparation of reports, conference abstracts, presentations, and journal papers.Ideally the applicant will have experience of literature reviews, qualitative, quantitative, survey, consensus and mixed methods and should be knowledgeable of and proficient in the use of data analysis packages such as NVivo and SPSS. Good written and verbal

communication skills are essential, as is the ability to work well with members of the wider project team and CaHRU staff.

The post is an exciting opportunity for a researcher to join a research centre with an international reputation in applied, translational health research and a dynamic and growing team of academic staff committed to the evaluation of health and social care quality and outcomes.

For all enquiries and further information please contact Prof Niro Siriwardena (nsiriwardena@lincoln.ac.uk).

Please note this role is fixed term maternity cover for one year, or the early return of the postholder.