John Radcliffe Hospital, Headley Way, Headington, Oxford, OX3 9DU
Grade 6: £33,832 - £39,705 per annum including the Oxford University Weighting of £1,500 per annum
Location: John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford
Contract type: Fixed term until 30th September 2025
Hours: Full-time
About the role
We are looking for a Human Factors Research Assistant to work in our QRSTU patient safety research team. You will be based in the John Radcliffe Hospital as your normal place of work.
Short description of the role: You will be working closely with other members of an established team on the RESPOND programme, a large randomised trial of a Human Factors intervention intended to improve rescue responses for patients who develop serious complications after emergency surgery. Your role will include implementing the interventions, coaching clinical teams to keep engagement high, and using quality improvement methodology to refine the intervention to individual hospital environments. You will also be involved in data collection and analysis, preparation and presentation of findings and writing scientific papers based on our results and experiences. There will be ample opportunities to develop your research and writing skills and to utilise Human Factors and QI methods. The implementation part of the study will involve some travel within the UK.
About you
You will have a BSc or equivalent first degree and some experience of conducting practical Human Factors or Quality Improvement interventions and analyses. Experience (either clinical or ergonomics) of working in a hospital or healthcare environment is highly desirable, and interviewing experience will be very useful. You will have some experience of working in an academic research group and understand the ethical requirements of working with confidential records. You will be comfortable working in a fast-paced highly collaborative team and have excellent face to face communications skills. An ability to work independently and take the initiative when required is essential.
This full-time post is available from 1 October 2024 and is fixed-term until 30th September 2025 in the first instance. We would be willing to consider applications for part-time hours.
Application Process
If you would like to discuss this role, please contact Professor Peter McCulloch via email: [email protected]
Applications for this vacancy are to be made online. You will be required to upload a supporting statement, setting out how you meet the selection criteria, curriculum vitae and the names and contact details of two referees as part of your online application. Please quote reference NDSA936 on all correspondence.
Only applications received before noon on Wednesday 2nd October 2024 can be considered.
Interviews will be held on Monday 14th October 2024.
Committed to equality and valuing diversity
Contact Person : Claire Wheeler Vacancy ID : 175312 Contact Phone : 01865 612299 Closing Date & Time : 02-Oct-2024 12:00 Pay Scale : STANDARD GRADE 6 Contact Email : [email protected] Salary (£) : £33,832 - £39,705 per annum including the Oxford University Weighting of £1,500 per annum