Research Associate - Tele-rehabilitation in Stroke Care TELSTAR

Full-time or part-time (minimum 3 days per week, 0.6 FTE), job sharing arrangements will be considered; fixed-term to 30^th April 2026.

Project: Tele-rehabilitation in stroke care (the TELSTAR study).
Project Summary: Understanding how & when stroke telerehabilitation works to inform recommendations for practice.

We are seeking to appoint a Research Associate to work on TELSTAR, a Stroke Association funded study on stroke tele-rehabilitation. This study aims to explore how tele-rehabilitation could support the provision of evidence-based rehabilitation for stroke survivors at home. We are using a realist methodology to review the evidence and capture the experiences and opinions of clinicians, stroke survivors and family carers. What we find will help us understand the factors influencing the implementation of telerehabilitation in clinical practice and identify training and information needs. Our findings will inform the development of recommendations and resources to support clinicians and stroke survivors in this new way of working.

The post holder will be responsible for the day-to-day co-ordination and delivery of the study in partnership with the principal investigator. They will lead on the analysis and synthesis of qualitative research data and will be responsible for writing up their work for publication. They will also support the team in organising co-design workshops with staff participants and people affected by stroke. The person appointed will have the opportunity to use their initiative and creativity to identify areas for future research, contribute to bid writing and extend their research portfolio.

This full- or part-time post is offered on a fixed-term contract from 1^st May or as soon as possible thereafter until 30^th April 2026.

For more information on the role, please refer to the Job Description and Person Specification.

Informal enquiries should be directed to SSEHS-Recruitment@lboro.ac.uk.

Closing Date: 16th March 2025

Loughborough University is committed to allowing its employees to work dynamically with a combination of working on campus and remotely, where possible. This has been identified as a role that could work dynamically and, if successful, your line manager will discuss these informal arrangements with you. Please note that there is a general expectation that the successful candidate will spend the majority of time working on the Loughborough campus.

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