IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON

Department of Primary Care and Public Health
School of Public Health

Research Assistant/Associate in Analysis of Health Data
Salary Range: 
£28,770 - £31,880 per annum  (Research Assistant)
£28,770 - £41,540 per annum (Research Associate)
Level of appointment will depend upon qualifications and experience.
Candidates with a PhD in a relevant field already awarded will start no lower than £32,750.


Project title: Estimating the risk of adverse birth outcomes in pregnant women undergoing non-obstetric surgery using routinely collected NHS data.

This is an exciting opportunity for a motivated, self-directed individual with an MSc or equivalent (for appointment as Research Assistant) or a PhD or equivalent (for appointment as Research Associate) in epidemiology, statistics, health services research or related numerate subject, to develop measures of quality and safety in healthcare provision for use in the NHS.

This NIHR funded project aims to quantify the risk of non-obstetric surgery during pregnancy, thus allowing mothers, surgeons and anaesthetists to make better informed decisions. By using national English hospital administrative data and subsequent statistical analysis, you will provide an evidence base with which to counsel women facing the prospect of undergoing surgery during pregnancy. Following this study, it will be possible to give pregnant women accurate and up-to-date answers to questions regarding their risks and improve decision making in a wide range of clinical scenarios.

You will have appropriate analytical experience with large data sets to make the most of our wealth of data.  Experience in using SAS is preferable, though training will be provided as necessary. We are strongly committed to personal development.

The project is led by Dr Paul Aylin, Clinical Reader in Epidemiology and Public Health. His research team publishes widely in the academic press. Examples include weekend hospital mortality, the impact of junior doctor changeovers, and variation in time to operation for hip fractures. The project is based at the Dr Foster Unit, School of Public Health, Imperial College London, 3 Dorset Rise, London, EC4Y 8EN. 

The appointment is full-time and fixed term until 31st March 2015 with a start date as soon as possible. Informal enquiries welcome. Please contact Dr Paul Aylin ([log in to unmask]). 

For more information about the Dr Foster Unit please go to www.imperial.ac.uk/medicine/drfosterunit.

Our preferred method of application is online via our website http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/employment. Please complete and upload an application form as directed. CV’s must be accompanied by an application form.

Reference number: SM032-14
Closing date: 16 March 2014

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