NUFFIELD DEPARTMENT OF ORTHOPAEDICS, RHEUMATOLOGY AND MUSCULOSKELETAL SCIENCES
Grade 7: £29,541 to £30,424 per annum
An excellent opportunity has arisen for a Medical Statistician to join the Centre for Statistics in Medicine (CSM) led by Professor Doug Altman in Oxford. CSM is one of the world’s leading centres for research into design, development, validation and reporting of clinical prediction models.
You will contribute to the design, analysis and presentation of results of collaborative clinical research projects. This will involve learning to interact directly with researchers, helping to ensure the completion and delivery of projects within deadlines and contributing to maintaining the projects’ scientific quality and integrity. Other required areas of activity are methodological research and teaching. This post is located in a stimulating statistical environment with career enhancement encouraged by CPD and opportunities for methodological research.
You will have a postgraduate degree in statistics, a substantial part of which relates to medical statistics or equivalent experience, be familiar with key aspects of study design and analysis, and aware of the latest statistical techniques. You will have substantial medical statistics experience, supported by a publication record. You will have good communication skills, the ability to grasp clinical research problems, and have good project management skills. It would be desirable to have specialist knowledge in all aspects of running clinical trials, experience of teaching or formal training in medical statistics, and an understanding of research grants and contract processes.
This is a full-time (part-time negotiable) post for 2 years in the first instance.
The closing date for applications is midday on 14 November 2013 and interviews will be held on 12th November. You will be required to submit a CV and supporting statement as part of your online application.
To apply for this role and for further details, including the job description and selection criteria, please click on the link below:
https://www.recruit.ox.ac.uk/pls/hrisliverecruit/erq_jobspec_version_4.jobspec?p_id=110354
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