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UPBEAT- UK Better Eating and Activity in pregnancy Trial One in five UK women of childbearing age is clinically obese. Obese women are more likely to suffer from nearly every complication of pregnancy, including diabetes, and pre-eclampsia. This NIHR funded research programme will develop an individually tailored 'life style' package for obese pregnant women, working with them to change their diet and physical activity. The research consists of a number of linked studies and will develop and evaluate a complex behavioural intervention to improve pregnancy outcome, focusing on physical activity, dietary advice and group support. This will be conducted in accordance with the MRC framework for development and evaluation of RCTs for complex interventions to improve health. The research programme is under the direction of Professor Lucilla Poston (Chief Investigator, KCL) and managed by the Maternal and Fetal Research Unit clinical trials team (Clinical Trials Manager Annette Briley). The multidisciplinary team funded by this NIHR programme include clinicians and scientists from the University of Newcastle, University College London, University of Manchester, University of York, University of Southampton and University of Glasgow. The research team will comprise a research dietitian, a psychologist, a research associate with physical activity expertise, a social scientist, research midwives and health trainers. Research Posts are for 100% FTE for 2 years, fixed term contract. 1. Research Associate in Health Psychology, Division of Population Health, UCL. Band 6 or 7 (depending on experience) Salary Scale max £29,825 - Professor Jane Wardle 2. Research Nutritionist/Dietitian, Nutritional Sciences Division, Kings College London Band 6 Salary Scale: £29138 - £34795 inc. LW - Professor Tom sanders 3. Research Associate, physical activity intervention and measurement. Institute of Cellular Medicine/Institute of Health and Society, Newcastle University. Salary Scale: £26536 - £31685 - Dr Ruth Bell 4. Research Associate, Social/health scientist. Evaluation of Service Delivery, Division of Health and Social Care Research, Kings College London. Band 7 Salary Scale: £34813- £41545 - Professor Jane Sandall Research Midwives Posts are 50% FTE for 2 years. (Potentially full time subsequently). 1 Research Midwife, Guys and St. Thomas NHS Foundation Trust Band 7, Salary Scale: £34909 - £41797 Inc LW (Pro Rata) 2 Research Midwife, Newcastle NHS Trust, Band 7, Salary Scale: £29 091 - £34792 (Pro Rata) Research Health Trainers are 50% FTE for 2 years (Potentially full time subsequently) 1 Health trainer Guys and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust Band 3, salary scale: £18689- 21587 including LW (Pro Rata) 2 Health trainer Newcastle NHS Trust Band 3, salary scale: £14834- £17732 (Pro Rata) Closing date for all posts 15th December 2008 (interview week 12th January 2009). For further information : http://www.jobs.ac.uk/, http://jobs.guardian.co.uk/ please contact the corresponding Human Resources depts or informal enquiries to Annette Briley, Clinical Trials Manager on Tel: 020 7188 3641 or [log in to unmask]: UCL: Floriana Bortolotti, Tel: 020 7679 1681 Email: [log in to unmask] Dept of Epidemiology and Public Health, UCL, 1 - 19 Torrington Place, London, WC1E 6BT. Further information & application form can be downloaded from http://www.ucl.ac.uk/epidemiology/jobs/index.htm KCL: http://www.kcl.ac.uk/depsta/pertra/vacancy/external/index.php HR Dept, Kings College London, 4th Floor, Capital House, 42 Weston Street, London, SE1 3QD. Email for Nutritionist: [log in to unmask] Email for Research Associate (Evaluation of Delivery) [log in to unmask] Newcastle: Research Associate and Midwife. Further information and application form can be downloaded from http://www.ncl.ac.uk/vacancies. Informal enquires to Mrs Sue Convery, PA to Professor S.C. Robson [log in to unmask] GSTFT: Amy Austin, Recruitment Consultant for Managed Networks Email: [log in to unmask] Professor Jane Sandall Professor of Midwifery & Women's Health Programme Director (Innovations) NIHR King's Patient Safety and Service Quality Research Centre Florence Nightingale School of Nursing and Midwifery Waterloo Bridge Wing, 150 Stamford Street, King's College, London, LONDON, SE1 9NH Tel: +44 (0)20 7848 3605 Fax: +44 (0)20 7848 3764 e-mail:[log in to unmask] http://www.kingspssq.org.uk/ See profile at http://www.kcl.ac.uk/schools/medicine/research/hscr/sandall.html http://myprofile.cos.com/sandall