Reference 321-D-NW-125
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 17 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 7 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.
The post is part-time (up to 0.7fte), available
immediately and appointment will be until 31st
December 2013 in the first instance. Salary will
be in the range £38,851 - £46,621 per annum
(pro-rata) depending on qualifications and
experience (NHS Agenda for Change Band 8a).
Potential applicants may wish to discuss the post
informally with Doug Altman (Tel: 01865 284401;
email: [log in to unmask]).
As well as completing the online application
form, please send a covering letter, setting out
how you fit the criteria, your CV, and a copy of
up to 3 recently published or submitted
papers/articles to Tracy Edwards by email:
[log in to unmask], Fax: 01865 284424 or
via post to Tracy Edwards, Unit Administrator,
Centre for Statistics in Medicine, Wolfson
College Annexe, Linton Road, Oxford OX2 6UD.
Please note that we cannot consider an
application that does not contain a completed application form.
Closing Date: 14 May 2010
The interview date for this post will be either the 24th or 27th May 2010.
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