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Current vacancies:
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Research Associate (Digital Health Theme)
Job reference: BMH-017658
Location: Oxford Road, Manchester
Closing date: 15/11/2021
Salary: £33,309 to £40,927 per annum depending on relevant experience
Employment type: Fixed Term
Faculty/Organisation: Biology, Medicine & Health
School/ Directorate: Informatics, Imaging & Data Sceinces
Hours per week: Full time
Contract Duration: Until 30/9/2021
We wish to appoint a talented, enthusiastic and self-motivated qualitative researcher to join the Digital Health Research Theme within the NIHR Applied Research Collaboration for Greater Manchester (ARC-GM), based at the University of Manchester.
You will need excellent skills in qualitative research methods developed in health or social care settings and a keen interest and/or experience in digital health technologies research..
This position offers the opportunity to contribute to the development, implementation and evaluation of innovative digital interventions in health and social care across Greater Manchester, with a focus on evaluating how the introduction of digital technologies impacts decision making and behaviour of patients and clinicians.
All evaluations will have both qualitative and quantitative components, with qualitative and quantitative researchers working closely together. The post holder will lead the qualitative aspects of the research. They will use observational and interview-based methods to understand how interventions are implemented in practice and the factors affecting their adoption, use, safety, and effectiveness, including their impact on decision-making processes and behaviour. Integral to the post is engagement with stakeholders in health and social care, including patients and members of the public, around trust and adoption of digital technology.
Enquiries about the vacancy, shortlisting and interviews:
Name: Dr Sabine van der Veer or Prof Dawn Dowding
Email: sabine.vanderveer@manchester.ac.uk or dawn.dowding@manchester.ac.uk
More info & application details: https://www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/displayjob.aspx?jobid=21066
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Research Associate (Organising Care Theme)
Job reference: BMH-017478
Location: Oxford Road, Manchester
Closing date: 14/10/2021
Salary: £33,309 to £40,927 per annum, depending on relevant experience
Employment type: Fixed Term
Faculty/Organisation: Biology, Medicine & Health
School/ Directorate: Population Health, Health Services Research & Primary Care
Hours per week: Full time
Contract Duration: Starting as soon as possible until 30 June 2023
More info & application details:
The University of Manchester wish to appoint a Research Associate to join the Organising Care Research Theme within the NIHR Applied Research Collaboration for Greater Manchester (NIHR ARC-GM), based at the University of Manchester. The position offers the opportunity to contribute to a programme of research exploring and evaluating current and emerging approaches to service reconfiguration and workforce planning, especially approaches to integration to provide care outside hospitals and the implications on access to care for patients. The post is available until 30th June 2023.
The NIHR ARC-GM (funded for 5 years) is collaboration between the University of Manchester and the health and care system of Greater Manchester. Our work is directly informed by the needs of both this system and the local population. Our over-arching goal is to improve the health of the GM population and the quality and sustainability of the health and social care they receive. We will achieve this by co-producing excellent research in areas prioritised by the system and by enhancing its impact through supported implementation into policy and practice.
You will work with Dr Will Whittaker & Dame Nicky Cullum as well as other members of the Organising Care Research Theme. You will be located in the Manchester Centre for Health Economics within the Division of Population Health, Health Services Research & Primary Care, in the School of Health Sciences.
Candidates will need a postgraduate degree in economics or health economics with a strong econometrics focus or postgraduate degree with substantial quantitative element and will need; experience of applied health research and policy evaluation, experience of managing and analysing complex survey and/or administrative data in STATA; and experience of submitting manuscripts in peer reviewed journals. Knowledge of the Greater Manchester health and care system, particularly primary care, is desirable.
Please note that we are unable to respond to enquiries, accept CVs or applications from Recruitment Agencies.
Enquiries about the vacancy, shortlisting and interviews:
Name: Dr Will Whittaker
Email: William.Whittaker@manchester.ac.uk
More info & application details: https://www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/displayjob.aspx?isPreview=Yes&jobid=20883
Strengthening the research skills, processes and resources needed to thrive in our fast-changing healthcare sector.
The role of digital technology in disease prevention, self-management in long term conditions, integrated and personalised care and healthy ageing.
Examining the impact of different initiatives on the economic sustainability of health and social care e.g., approaches to contracting and alternatives to formal care.
To provide infrastructure and expertise regionally and nationally to support high quality evalution. In particular, we aim to refine methodologies to enhance the impact of applied health research in GM.
Prevention of frailty; health promotion in younger old age; multi-morbidity, health inequalities, social isolation and mental health in the elderly.
To conduct world-leading research and methodological development in implementation science and knowledge mobilisation.
Children and young people’s mental health; the impact of long-term conditions and multi-morbidity on mental health.
Workforce issues (recruitment, retention, skill mix); integration of health and social care and interdisciplinary working.
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