Research Associate (Fixed Term)

This exciting post is an excellent opportunity for an enthusiastic, motivated individual who is keen to strengthen their qualitative and palliative and end of life care research skills and expertise.

We are looking for an committed and enthusiastic colleague to work with Dr Ben Bowers, Wellcome Post-Doctoral Fellow and Palliative Care Nurse Consultant, and Professor Stephen Barclay, Professor of Palliative Care and colleagues. The post-holder will lead on three complimentary research projects:

1. A qualitative interview study investigating General Practitioners' perspectives on their current and future role in palliative and end of life care.
2. Stakeholder engagement to understand how multiprofessional community health and care teams can effectively work together to deliver seamless and timely primary palliative care.
3. Develop a study of how inequalities in end-of-life care service provision can best be addressed. These projects will build the foundations for interdisciplinary research grant applications that the post holder will help develop and write.

We are looking for someone with qualitative/mixed-methods research skills and knowledge of the current landscape of UK palliative and end of life care, primary care and health and social care. The post-holder will be a member of PELiCam, a friendly, dynamic and inclusive leading Palliative and End of Life Care Research Group. Funded by the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Applied Research Collaboration (ARC) East of England, the post-holder will work with colleagues in the NIHR ARC East of England PEOLC Theme and nationally in delivering inclusive high-quality research. They will have access to a community of researchers and supported to advance their expertise and competences in this exciting interdisciplinary field.

The ideal candidate will have practical experience of qualitative research methods and conducting sensitive research, a PhD in a relevant social science or health discipline or an equivalent level of professional qualifications and experience. They will be skilled in working collaboratively as part of a team, planning and prioritising their workload, communicating with members of the public and research colleagues, presenting research and engaging with diverse audiences, leading the writing of journal papers and developing collaborative grant proposals.

The post will be based in the Primary Care Unit, East Forvie Building, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, Cambridge CB2 0SR (approx. 2 miles south of city centre). The post-holder will need to work in the Department at least two days per week.

Appointment at Research Associate level is dependent on having a PhD (or equivalent experience), including those who have submitted but not yet received their PhD. Where a PhD has yet to be, awarded appointment will initially be made at research assistant and amended to research associate when the PhD is awarded (PhD needs to be awarded within 6 months of the start date).

Please ensure that you upload a covering letter and a CV in the Upload section of the online application. The covering letter should outline how you match the criteria for the post and why you are applying for this role. If you upload any additional documents which have not been requested, we will not be able to consider these as part of your application.

Please include details of your referees, including email address and phone number, one of which must be your most recent line manager.

The University actively supports equality, diversity and inclusion and encourages applications from all sections of society.

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