Research Fellow/Research Officer (Surgical Observatory)

We are open to discussing flexible working arrangements.

Are you an early career researcher looking for your first challenge? Do you have a background in a behavioural discipline, preferably organizational psychology, organizational behaviour, social psychology, and/or human factors? Do you want to further your career in one of the UK’s leading research intensive Universities?

One in ten people need surgery each year, but waiting times are at an all-time high with 7.2 million people awaiting routine treatment. This means people are living with prolonged symptoms, added anxiety, and employment issues, in addition to paying for additional care. This affects the quality of life for patients, carers, and their families. Demand for hospital care is limited by the availability of acute care beds with over thirteen thousand patients occupying beds (one-seventh of total NHS bed capacity) who are medically fit but don’t have access to suitable community and social care support. Technology can help to address these problems by making surgical care pathways more efficient. But uptake of technologies into routine care is slow with only a small number making it and benefiting patients. The new NIHR funded HealthTech Research Centre has been established to accelerate surgical care, so that technology can be used more effectively in surgery to ensure early diagnosis and personalised care; enable surgery to be more precise, less invasive, and safer; and help speed up recovery.

Based at the Management and Organisation Department, Leeds University Business School, the new Health-Tech Research Centre (HRC) is seeking a Research Fellow to help deliver this exciting multi-disciplinary project. You will have the opportunity to work with colleagues in our state-of-the-art Behaviour Lab, which is fully equipped with the latest technology in behavioural science. A variety of research methods will be used, including interviews, workshops, experiments, social network analysis, and both primary and secondary quantitative data analysis. Expertise in quantitative research is essential, and experience of mixed-methods research is desirable. The project will touch on medicine, engineering and technology issues in addition to behavioural and organizational factors. This is an excellent opportunity to gain applied research experience. You will be working at the forefront of today’s issues in medical science, while working with a broad range of stakeholders from medicine and business, and a part of a vibrant research community within Leeds University Business School and the University of Leeds.

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Please note that this post may be suitable for sponsorship under the Skilled Worker visa route but first-time applicants might need to qualify for salary concessions. For more information please visit: www.gov.uk/skilled-worker-visa

For research and academic posts, we will consider eligibility under the Global Talent visa. For more information please visit: https://www.gov.uk/global-talent

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