Vacancies

Professor in Population Science, Centre for Primary Care and Population Research, School of Medicine, University of Dundee

The post will be located within the Quality, Safety and Informatics research group that brings together researchers working in the rapidly developing and overlapping fields of Quality and Safety Improvement, and Informatics and eHealth. At the heart of the group is a multi-disciplinary collaboration to improve clinical and prescribing quality and safety using robust and novel information and communications technologies, appropriately embedded in broader complex interventions. The group currently includes six core funded staff (four professors including this post, one senior lecturer and one lecturer) with associated research and administrative staff.

• Informatics and eHealth records research is one of our two core areas of work, including the development and evaluation of innovative technologies to safely share data across professional and organisational boundaries, for epidemiological purposes and to facilitate behaviour change in users of health web sites.
• Prescribing quality and safety improvement is our second core area of work, including pharmaco-epidemiological work on drug and prescribing safety, the development and robust evaluation of quality and safety improvement interventions built around novel informatics, and organisational research examining the impact of clinical networks and financial incentives for quality.

We also support clinical trial and basic science research through informatics, and facilitate and evaluate quality, safety and health technology interventions implemented by our NHS partners within the Tayside and Scottish Academic Health Sciences Centre. Our current funding includes programme and research grants from the Wellcome Trust, MRC, Chief Scientist Office, Scottish Funding Council, National Institutes of Health Research, NHS Quality Improvement Scotland, Scottish Centre for Telehealth, Connecting for Health, NHS Education Scotland, NHS Tayside, a Scottish Government Health Department National Demonstration Programme and the European Union.

Informal enquiries to Professor Frank Sullivan on 01382 420025. Further particulares are available by emailing Laura Wilkie.

Senior Lecturer in Dental Education, Faculty of Health and Social Science, University of Bedfordshire

Salary: £37,839 to £45,155 per annum, Full time (job share and part time considered) Two years fixed term contract Based at Putteridge Bury Campus, Hitchin Road, Luton, UK (with a requirement for occasional teaching in other settings) Ref: HS3329

The Postgraduate Medical School offers vibrant programmes of educational development activity for medical, dental, healthcare and veterinary education professionals. These include a MA in Medical Education and the first PgCert in Dental Education in the UK. The Dental Education course attracts experienced dental educators working in practice and academic settings. The course is offered at Putteridge Bury Campus, and across the South West region, in partnership with postgraduate dental deaneries.

The School is now seeking to appoint a Senior Lecturer in Dental Education to join our innovative and dedicated team. You will either be an experienced educational or faculty developer with a desire to develop expertise in this specialist area or a dental care practitioner with appropriate educational qualifications. As this is an academic post, you will have a doctoral level qualification or be able to evidence equivalent expertise. You will also need to demonstrate the potential to engage in scholarly activity, work well with external stakeholders and contribute to the development of our growing portfolio of courses in dental education, law and leadership.

To discuss this post, please contact Clare Morris, Associate Dean on 01582 743868. Please download information and application forms from University of Bedfordshire website Alternatively, application forms and further details may be obtained from the Human Resources Department, University of Bedfordshire, Park Square, Luton LU1 3JU. Tel 01582 743376 (24 hour answering service) or email employment opportunities. Please quote reference number and job title. Please note CVs will only be accepted in addition to a fully completed application form.

Closing date: 17 August 2010

Interview date: 7 September 2010

UCL Division of Medical Education, Academic Centre for Medical Education, Duration of Studentship: 3 years

£15,747 in the first year, rising to £16,141 and £16,545 in subsequent years, plus UK/EU tuition fees

The predictive validity of the Membership of the Royal College of Physicians (UK) examination [MRCP(UK)] Applications are invited for a 3-year PhD studentship at the UCL Division of Medical Education, starting BEFORE 1st October 2010. The award will provide stipend of £16,000 per annum, plus UK/EU tuition fees. The studentship is jointly funded by UCL and the Royal College of Physicians of London. Studentship Description Passing the MRCP(UK) examination is a requirement for any UK doctor wishing to progress in their career as a physician. Over 6,500 graduates of UK medical schools sit the exam every year.

Passing the MRCP(UK) is taken to mean than an individual has the skills and knowledge necessary for training as a physician, and failure, therefore, implies that an individual is lacking in aptitude to develop as a competent physician. The research project will examine the accuracy of these assumptions, asking "is performance on MRCP(UK) related to subsequent performance as a doctor?", using a range of databases and other research techniques.

The PhD is supervised by Professor Chris McManus with Dr Katherine Woolf as second supervisor. The project will involve statistical analysis of large datasets, and the successful applicant will probably have had experience with Excel, Access, SPSS, or other similar software. It is also possible that there will a qualitative component to the research. The successful applicant will be encouraged to develop their professional and research skills, and UCL runs a range of training courses. They will also have the opportunity to contribute to teaching in the Division.

Person Specification

Key qualifications for applicants are excellent academic achievement and motivation to succeed at the highest level. They should be holding (or expecting) at least a 2:1 honours BSc (or equivalent) in Psychology, Statistics, Medicine, or another social science which has a strong quantitative component (e.g. Epidemiology/ Public Health, Geography). An MSc in one of these areas or/and knowledge of psychometrics or statistical analysis is desirable

Eligibility

Funding restrictions mean the studentship is only open to UK/EU students. Interested applicants should complete the general UCL PhD application form (http://www.ucl.ac.uk/prospective-students/graduate-study/application-admission/downloadable-applications), putting UCL Division of Medical Education as the department and Professor Chris McManus as the supervisor, and send it to the Admissions, UCL Registry, UCL, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, with a copy to Mr Lee Standen, UCL DoME, 4th Floor Holborn Union Building, Whittington Campus, Highgate Hill, London N19 5LW.

Contact name: Professor Chris McManus

Contact details: Chris McManus

Closing Date: 14th July 2010

Studentship Start Date: Before 1st October 2010

Stroke Researcher, Oban, West Scotland,

Band 6, Up to 15 hours per week (flexible) 6 month contract Jul - Dec 2010

Are you a health care professional?

Are you interested in a role as a stroke researcher?

Would you like a short sabbatical in Oban?

This role would involve recruiting patients and carers to an existing multi-centre randomised controlled clinical trial funded by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR).

The LoTS care (Longer-Term Stroke Care) trial is evaluating a new approach to delivering longer-term support for stroke patients and their carers living in the community. The trial is running in 32 services across the UK.

We are looking to appoint a stroke researcher to recruit patients and carers from Lorn and Islands District Hospital in Oban, Argyll, Scotland.

This is an exciting opportunity to get involved in research and a prestigious programme grant awarded specifically to promote high quality clinically relevant research, while being based on the beautiful west coast of Scotland.

For further information please contact Anne Forster on 01274 383406 or Frances Hines on 01463 255822