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Dear all
apologies for cross posting 
we'd be grateful if you would kindly help us to advertise this post
Thanks 
Priscilla 

Professor Priscilla Alderson, Social Science Research Unit, 
Institute of Education, University of London, 
http://www.ioe.ac.uk/ssru/

If you are interested please contact personnel dept.,  address at end of
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SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH UNIT
        'Foretelling Futures: Dilemmas in Neonatal Neurology'
        RESEARCH OFFICER (IA or II)
Part-time (0.8)
Salary on appointment in the range pro-rata of £17,626 - £24,435, plus
pro-rata of £2,134 London Allowance.
Appointment for two years.

You will be a member of the Social Science Research Unit, which was
established in 1990 to carry out social and cultural analyses of policy and
practice issues in the fields of education and health.  The Unit is directed
by Professor Ann Oakley and currently has a staff of 31, including a
full-time administrator and a unit secretary.

The project is funded by the Wellcome Trust as part of the Trust's Bioethics
Initiative. It is directed by Professor Priscilla Alderson and the project
team also includes Dr Joanna Hawthorne, based at the Centre for Family
Research, University of Cambridge, and Inga Warren, based at the Winnicot
Unit, St Mary's Hospital, University of London.  

The study will seek to answer the following questions:
·     How do relatively new treatments, diagnostic techniques,
neurological and neurobehavioral knowledge, and ethical guidance complicate
or illuminate long-standing neonatal dilemmas and prognostic methods? 
·     How do clinicians select, evaluate and manage the many
neurological-related issues when making diagnoses and prognoses and when
discussing treatment plans with parents and Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
(NICU) staff? 
·     How do parents experience these discussions and what are babies'
neurobehavioral responses to NICU care? 
·     How can multi-disciplinary insights - medical, nursing, parental,
neuro-developmental, sociological, psychological, ethical and religious -
increase understanding of neuro-related NICU practice and prognoses? 
·     What are the strengths and gaps in current knowledge and practice? 

Your role will be multi-faceted, with a primary focus on the collection,
analysis and reporting of data and you will:
·     Conduct and update multi-disciplinary literature reviews on neonatal
neurology and related issues. 
·     Conduct ethnographic research and liase with staff in two neonatal
units, one in London and the other in Cambridge, including in-depth studies
with selected families. 
·     Conduct interviews with neonatal staff and parents in the units and
also during some home visits, liase where necessary with interpreters and
transcribers.  
·     Attend research team and advisory meetings, keeping records of these
and undertaking administrative tasks associated with the project and the
collection and collation of data. 
·     Maintain detailed records and contribute to the collation and
analysis of both qualitative and quantitative data and to the writing of
research reports.  
·     Contribute to the plans for a subsequent systematic comprehensive
critical literature review to develop from the current project. 
·     Attend related conferences and seminars. 

You will need:
·     A higher degree or equivalent in a social science. A PhD will
normally be required for appointment at Grade II. 
·     Experience of ethnographic research and of quantitative and
qualitative research collection and analysis methods. This experience could
have been acquired as part of a higher degree course for appointment at
Grade IA. Several years' experience will be required for appointment at
Grade II. 
·     Knowledge of the health services and of health services policy and
practice.  Extensive knowledge of the services and their policy and practice
will be required for appointment at Grade II. 
·     The ability to write clearly and concisely.  A good record of
publications will be required for appointment at Grade II. 
·     Accurate keyboard skills and experience of word processing and data
analysis software. 


For an application form and further details please ring 020 7612 6159 (24
hour ansaphone) quoting reference R/SS/20 or e-mail [log in to unmask]
Please, do not send CVs at this stage.  Completed applications to be
returned to the Personnel Department, Institute of Education, University of
London, 20 Bedford Way, London WC1H 0AL by Tuesday 14 May 2002.

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