Practice Liaison Officer (maternity cover)

Applications are invited for a Practice Liaison Officer Research Associate to work within the Clinical Informatics and Health Outcomes Research group (ORCHID Oxford-RCGP RSC) led by Prof. Simon de Lusignan who is also the director of the Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) Research and Surveillance Centre (RSC). The team is based at the Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences.

The post provides an outstanding opportunity to undertake a pivotal role in creating strong relationships with Primary Care practitioners and external collaborators such as UKHSA and Community Research Networks to generate activity that contributes to research and surveillance data for analysis and interpretation.

The successful applicant will have a keen interest in building relationships with stakeholders ranging from Principal Investigators, participants in Patient and Public Involvement Engagement groups to Researchers and Data Scientists across the team. You will be dealing with data from our Customer Relationship Management tool Salesforce to inform your work across the RCGP RSC network. You must enjoy working in a fast-paced environment and be able to adapt to changing circumstances as required by our collaborators.

You will have a broad experience in dealing with people and organisations particularly linked to research.

You will be based in Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, Eagle House, Walton Well Road, Oxford, OX2 6ED. You will be able to agree a pattern of working with your line manager.

The post is full-time and available for 12 months or until the actual return of the substantive postholder, or the resignation of the substantive postholder and employment of a new postholder, whichever is the earliest.

For further information or discuss the post please contact Dr Filipa Ferreira (filipa.ferreira@phc.ox.ac.uk).

“Committed to equality and valuing diversity”

You will be required to upload a CV and Supporting Statement as part of your online application. The Supporting Statement should include a cover letter and should also clearly describe how you meet each of the selection criteria listed in the job description. Click here for information and advice on writing an effective Supporting Statement.

The closing date for applications is 12:00 noon on 28 October 2024.

Interviews are expected to be held during the week commencing 18 November 2024.

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