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----- Original Message ----- From: "Moira Mugglestone" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Monday, September 01, 2008 2:26 PM Subject: JOBS: Freelance systematic reviewers - clinical guidelines and/or public health guidance National Collaborating Centre for Women's and Children's Health Freelance Systematic Reviewers - Clinical Guidelines and/or Public Health Guidance £12-22 per hour (depending upon qualifications and experience) Hours negotiable (suitable for part-time and short-term working) The National Collaborating Centre for Women's and Children's Health (NCC-WCH) is a friendly and enthusiastic multi-disciplinary health services research team funded by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE). Our primary function is to produce evidence-based clinical guidelines for the National Health Service in England and Wales. A parallel workstream focuses on production of systematic reviews to inform NICE public health guidance. Our host institute is the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists and our offices are based in central London. We have immediate and ongoing opportunities for freelance systematic reviewers to support the work of our technical guideline development teams producing clinical guidelines and public health guidance. The main duties are to undertake rapid systematic reviews of clinical or public health research evidence (which could include social sciences literature), to present findings to a clinical guideline development group or public health programme development group, and to draft guideline documents. These posts require a postgraduate qualification in statistics, epidemiology, public health, social sciences or a related research field, or a medical degree with experience or aptitude for health services research. Experience of literature searching, appraising and synthesising research evidence, analysing quantitative or qualitative data, and writing reports and/or research papers is essential. Our current work programme includes clinical guidelines on: * Surgical site infection * Hypertension in pregnancy * Social issues in pregnancy * When to suspect child maltreatment * Diarrhoea and vomiting in children under 5 * Meningitis and meningococcal disease in children and young people * Neonatal jaundice * Constipation in children * Autism in children and adolescents Our public health workstream covers guidance on: * Personal, social and health education * Reducing differences in the uptake of immunisations More information about the Centre, our work programme and a job description and person specification can be obtained from our website (http://www.ncc-wch.org.uk). If you would be interested in working with us as a freelance systematic reviewer please send a CV and covering letter indicating how you meet the person specification and any preference for working on clinical guidelines or public health guidance to Wahab Bello (email [log in to unmask]; postal address National Collaborating Centre for Women's and Children's Health, King's Court 4th Floor, 2-16 Goodge Street, London W1T 2QA; tel. 020 7438 3010). For an informal discussion about these positions or to obtain a paper copy of the job description and person specification also contact Wahab in the first instance. No closing date has been set for applications (as of 1 September 2008) which will be considered on a first-come first-served basis. Dr Moira A. Mugglestone Interim Executive Director and Director of Guideline Development, NCC-WCH Kings Court (4th floor), 2-16 Goodge Street, London W1T 2QA Direct line 0207 438 3036 This message has been scanned for viruses by BlackSpider MailControl - www.blackspider.com