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Medical Statistician
This is a full-time post and the successful applicant will be situated in
the Section Care of the Elderly, Division of Medicine B, Imperial College
School of Medicine, Hammersmith Campus. This post involves varied work on a
number of projects, but primarily the major International trial on
Hypertension in the Very Elderly (HYVET), which is a multicentre, double
blind, randomised, controlled trial. The trial compares the effect of active
treatment for combined systolic and diastolic hypertension over the age of
80 with placebo.
The ideal candidate will be able to work as part of the departmental team,
and provide statistical input as required to members of the team, including
clinicians, research nurses and epidemiologists. Must be able to communicate
statistical issues to non-technical staff. Main duties include
responsibility for data management, data analysis, interpretation and
publication of results mainly for the HYVET trial.
Ideally, the post would suit a candidate with a good background in
statistics at graduate level, an MSc in Medical Statistics is desirable.
Current students will be considered. Applicants should be computer literate
and have working knowledge of some statistical packages, such as SAS, STATA
or SPSS.
Applicants must be skilled at data management and data cleaning, the ability
to design and manipulate large databases is essential as a large proportion
of the candidates time will be spent on data management tasks. This position
would suit an applicant with a basic knowledge of SAS who wishes to expand
their SAS skills.
The position is available for one year in the first instance. Salary on the
OR2 scale (£22,604 to 28,625 inclusive of London Allowance), according to
experience.
Informal enquiries to Maria Nunes ([log in to unmask]) tel: 020 8383 4287
For a job description and application form, contact the Human Resources
Division, Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, Hammersmith
Campus, DuCane Road, London W12 ONN or call 020 8383 4575 - 24 hour answer
phone quoting ref.: HJ250/ORS2.
Closing date: 12 April 2002
The College is committed to equality of opportunity
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