Biostatistician post
Ref: 71209043
Apply online at: http://www.hpssjobs.com/job_view.asp?JobID=71209173
Closing Date: 1 October 2009 14:00
Contract: Permanent, Full time
Salary: £29789 - 39273 pa
Location:  Northern Ireland Clinical Research Support Centre,
The Royal Hospitals, Belfast
Grade: Band 7
Reports to: Senior Biostatistician, Clinical Research Support Centre


MAIN PURPOSE:
To provide statistical expertise to the Clinical Research Support  
Centre (CRSC) team to ensure that the Centre can advise on and conduct  
high quality clinical research in partnership with researchers in  
Northern Ireland, UK, Ireland and elsewhere.

JOB SUMMARY:
This is a permanent full-time post within the Clinical Research  
Support Centre in Belfast, where you will join a team of four full  
time statisticians.  The Centre is also involved in research projects  
based throughout the United Kingdom and beyond.

The CRSC has provisional registration as a UK Clinical Trials Unit,  
the only such unit in Northern Ireland.  As well as supporting  
clinical trials, the Centre provides the full range of support for  
research in Health & Social Care (HSC) across the whole of Northern  
Ireland, and has a remit to provide training in research methods for  
health and social care research workers.

The CRSC is a partner within the All-Ireland Cooperative Oncology  
Research Group, which is a clinical trials group involved in both  
national and international cancer studies.

The wide range of disciplines, disease areas, and types of studies  
that are supported by the CRSC provide the Centre’s statisticians with  
excellent opportunities to develop their skills and interests, and to  
increase their exposure to a variety of statistical methodologies.    
Participation in the CRSC workshop series provides the opportunity to  
develop teaching and presentation skills.

Further training and attendance at relevant courses and conferences  
are strongly encouraged. The statistical computer programs used in the  
Centre are SPSS, Stata, and R.



ESSENTIAL CRITERIA:

1. BSc (Hons) at 2.1 or above in Statistics or Mathematics with  
Statistics.

A minimum of 5 years’ experience in the application of statistical  
methods in an academic, statutory or health service environment

2. Ability to demonstrate practical use of information technology  
systems, in particular a variety of statistical software applications,  
and Microsoft office packages including Word, PowerPoint and Excel, e- 
mail and the internet

3. Possess good organisational and administrative skills

4. Ability to communicate effectively (both orally and written) with  
professional and non-professional staff within the health service and  
external agencies

5. Demonstrate an ability to manage workload effectively

6. Ability to lead and to work as part of a team

7. Willingness to travel

8. Willingness to work flexibly to meet the needs of the job



DESIRABLE CRITERIA:

1. Higher Postgraduate qualification in Statistics

2. Chartered statistician status

3. Experience in the conduct of clinical trials or epidemiological  
research

4. Generation of research ideas as evidenced by success in grant  
applications and publication in peer reviewed journals

5. Experience of teaching at tertiary education level

6. Sound knowledge of both national and local clinical research  
legislation including Good Clinical Practice Guidelines and research  
governance

7. Supervisory Experience

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