Research Assistant in Implementation Science

Location: Hybrid Working

Vacancy terms: Part-time (0.8 FTE, 30 hours per week) or job share considered, fixed term contract until 31 August 2025

Hours per week: 30 

About the role 

We have an exciting opportunity for a Research Assistant to join the IMAB-Qi research team. IMAB-Qi is an NIHR Programme Grant for Applied Research funded project led by the University of Leicester and hosted by NHS Norfolk and Waveney Integrated Care Board. Collaborating organisations are Ashford and St. Peter's Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and the Universities of York, East Anglia, Nottingham and Oxford. You will be situated in a vibrant research environment within the IMAB-Qi team and the wider School of Healthcare and College of Life Sciences.

We know that one in two people don’t take their medicines as prescribed for a variety of reasons. The Identification of Medication Adherence Barriers Questionnaire (IMAB-Q) is designed to support practitioners and patients to diagnose an individual’s main barriers to taking medicines as prescribed. Each IMAB-Q question is linked to solutions from which the practitioner and patient can select what they feel is a best fit for them. The IMAB-Q combined with the solutions is the IMAB-Qi.

The IMAB-Qi research programme is a five-year project that aims to evaluate whether the IMAB-Qi works to support people to take their medicines as prescribed and is good value for money for the NHS. It will be delivered by healthcare professionals working in general practices during existing medication reviews.

Additional information

Informal enquiries are welcome and should be made to Professor Debi Bhattacharya on d.bhattacharya@leicester.ac.uk or Dr Sion Scott on s.scott@leicester.ac.uk.

Applications for job share will be considered.

As part of the University’s ongoing commitment to professional development, this role will also be considered on a seconded basis for existing staff members. Please ensure this is discussed with your line manager prior to applying. 

The University of Leicester has been changing the world, and changing people’s lives, for 100 years. When you join us, you’ll become part of a community of Citizens of Change, which includes not only our staff and our current students but also thousands of Leicester graduates around the world.

As a diverse and forward-thinking employer, we embed the principles of equity, diversity and inclusion into everything we do. That includes not just our core missions of teaching and research, but also our support for staff, students and our local community through our values of Inspiring, Impactful and Inclusive through our values of Inspiring, Impactful and Inclusive.

We’re committed to the wellbeing of all our staff and to the sustainability of our environment, on our campus and beyond. We offer a competitive salary package, excellent pension scheme and a generous annual leave allowance, along with opportunities to develop your career in a supportive and collaborative environment.

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