RESEARCH ASSISTANT / DATA ANALYST
Management of musculoskeletal problems in primary care
KEELE UNIVERSITY - ARTHRITIS RESEARCH CAMPAIGN NATIONAL PRIMARY CARE CENTRE
Two year fixed-term contract
Grade 6 (Starting salary £26,152)
The Arthritis Research Campaign National Primary Care Centre, at Keele
has a large and dynamic research programme in Pain and Osteoarthritis,
underpinned by a wealth of cohort and trial datasets, with linkage to
medical records. The Centre includes a multidisciplinary grouping of
clinicians working alongside epidemiologists, statisticians and social
scientists, and our funding framework gives us a strong remit to
increase research capacity by providing training opportunities and
career support for early experience researchers.
The Centre, in conjunction with the Keele GP Research Partnership, has
developed an anonymised, high quality general practice consultation
database (the Consultations in Primary Care Archive - CiPCA). CiPCA
contains all recorded consultations, and related prescriptions and
referrals, from 14 general practices since 1998. This database has led
to a number of publications and projects have included determining the
workload in primary care attributable to musculoskeletal problems, and
examining trends over time in consultation patterns for different
morbidities.
You will join a multidisciplinary team assessing the current management
of musculoskeletal pain in primary care. You will be responsible for
analysing the CiPCA datasets, in particular the patterns of
prescriptions for pain medication over time. This will include
determining the long term management of patients consulting with
musculoskeletal problems and how management varies for regional (e.g.
back, knee), or widespread problems.
You will also be encouraged to develop ideas for a related project for
submission as a PhD proposal at the end of the fixed term contract.
Applicants should have a Masters degree in a relevant discipline (e.g.
epidemiology, pharmacy-related, or other health related subject) with an
understanding of quantitative research methods and health care research.
For an informal discussion or to arrange a visit to the Centre, please
contact Dr Kelvin Jordan on 01782 733924, or email:
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Job packs available: www.keele.ac.uk/jobs, [log in to unmask], Human
Resources, Keele University, Staffordshire, ST5 5BG or Fax: 01782
733471.
Please quote post reference: RE09/36WS
Closing date for applications: 10th September 2009
Promoting Equality. Valuing Diversity.
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Dr Kelvin Jordan
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Reader in Biostatistics
Arthritis Research Campaign National Primary Care Centre
Primary Care Sciences
Keele University
Keele
Staffs ST5 5BG
UK
Tel: (+44) 1782-733924
Fax: (+44) 1782-733911
email: [log in to unmask]
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