Job Ref: 321-D-NW-125
Salary: Band 8a £38,851 - £46,621 pa pro rata
Hours: p/t 26.25 pw
Fixed Term Until 31^st December 2013
The Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts
in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist
clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and
research. The Trust comprises three hospitals - the John Radcliffe and
Churchill Hospitals in Headington and the Horton Hospital in Banbury.
The Centre for Statistics in Medicine in Oxford (Director: Professor
Doug Altman) carries out collaborative medical research projects, a
methodological research programme, and teaching. Members of the Centre
have a particular interest in randomised controlled trials, systematic
reviews, prognostic and diagnostic studies. The Centre currently employs
15 statisticians plus other researchers and is part of the Department of
Clinical Pharmacology, University of Oxford. The Centre is located at an
attractive site at Wolfson College, North Oxford. For further
information about the Centre, visit http://www.csm-oxford.org.uk/.
Applications are invited for a senior medical statistician to join the
NHS statistical support team, currently comprising 5 statisticians. The
support team provides statistical input to the Research Design Service
South Central and expert statistical input into collaborative health
research. Projects include phase II-III national and international
randomised controlled trials and observational studies. The statistician
typically collaborates directly with the lead researcher, taking
responsibility for the design, analysis and clear interpretation in
public dissemination. Some projects are in collaboration with the Oxford
Clinical Trials Unit for Mental Illness and the Oxford Vaccine Group,
both UKCRN Registered Clinical Trials Units. Members of the support team
also carry out methodological research, offer statistical advice to
researchers and run statistical courses. The successful applicant would
be expected to provide major input into the RDS South Central as both
methodologist and research advisor, and work on a number of concurrent
collaborative projects as the primary statistician, dealing directly
with the multi-disciplinary project team. You would also be expected to
teach on courses for clinicians and scientists, contribute to
masterclasses run by the RDS and contribute to the development of the
team portfolio of statistical collaboration and consultancy with
clinical researchers. You may also be asked to take some line management
responsibility.
Applicants should ideally have a good (first or upper second) first
degree (preferably with a large statistical component) and a
postgraduate qualification in medical statistics (or a closely related
subject). They should have substantial experience working as a medical
statistician in collaborative clinical research and expertise in key
aspects of study design and analysis, particularly applied to randomised
clinical trials; they should be aware of the latest statistical
techniques. Experience in the use of statistical packages is essential
together with good verbal and written communication skills, including
the ability to explain complex statistical issues to non-statisticians.
Potential applicants may wish to discuss the post informally with Ly-Mee
Yu (Tel: 01865 284405; email: [log in to unmask]
<mailto:[log in to unmask]>).
Completed application forms should be returned together with a covering
letter, setting out how you fit the criteria, CV and supporting your
application, please also attach a copy of up to three recently published
or submitted papers/articles. Please note that we cannot consider an
application that does not contain a completed application form.
Closing Date: 10^th September 2010
Interviews: 17^th September 2010
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Ly-Mee Yu
Senior Medical Statistician
Head of NHS Support Team
Centre for Statistics in Medicine
Wolfson College Annexe
Linton Road
Oxford
OX2 6UD
UK
Tel: +44 (0)1865 284405
Fax: +44 (0)1865 284424
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