Lecturer in Medical Statistics / Clinical Epidemiology
The post is offered initially for a fixed period of three years

Closes: 	16th June 2014

Department of Health Services Research and Policy
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine

We are seeking an enthusiastic senior researcher who can manage
large-scale research projects that evaluate the delivery of health care
interventions and who can contribute to our research into quantitative
methods to assess the quality of health care services. 

Primary and secondary health services are undergoing major reform
within the UK. There is pressure to provide equitable access to greater
numbers of patients, improve the outcomes of care, whilst also becoming
more efficient. Providing information on all aspects of health care is
seen as the key to supporting services meet these challenges. However,
there is a lack of relevant information to support many areas of care.
In particular, there is a need for better ways, based on sound
epidemiological designs, to describe the performance of health care
providers, both in terms of clinical activity and patient-reported
outcome measures.

The post provides an opportunity for the successful applicant to
develop a major research programme focused on the development and
improvement of quantitative methods for assessing the quality of health
care. This would be achieved by leading or participating in a number of
large-scale epidemiological studies of the quality of care in the UK.
The studies will be focused on surgery but they may extend into other
areas of health care given the multi-disciplinary nature of clinical
care. Each study will present methodological challenges such as: the
risk adjustment of observational data, continuous monitoring of
outcomes, record linkage, and the use of administrative health data. The
successful applicant would have a PhD in statistics or epidemiology (or
a related discipline), experience in the design and analysis of
observational studies, and excellent quantitative skills. Knowledge and
experience of heatlh care quality assessment and clinical audit is
highly desirable.

The post will be based in the Clinical Effectiveness Unit, a
collaboration between the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
and The Royal College of Surgeons of England. You will be part of a
multidisciplinary team of researchers and clinicians who play a leading
role both nationally and internationally in shaping and guiding
large-scale evaluations of health care performance.

Applications should be made on-line via our website at
http://jobs.lshtm.ac.uk. The reference for this post is LMSHSRP. The
supporting statement section should set out how your qualifications,
experience and training meet each of the selection criteria. Please
provide one or more paragraphs addressing each criterion. The supporting
statement is an essential part of the selection process and thus a
failure to provide this information will mean that the application will
not be considered. An answer to any of the criteria such as “Please
see attached CV” will not be considered acceptable. Applications
should also include a CV and the names of two referees, one of whom
should be the most recent employer and may be approached immediately if
shortlisted, should also be included with the on-line application.

Any queries regarding the post may be addressed to  Dr David Cromwell
([log in to unmask]) and Professor Jan van der Meulen
([log in to unmask]). Any queries regarding the application
process may be addressed to [log in to unmask] 

The London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine is committed to being
an equal opportunities employer.

The appointment will be based in London, UK
Salary: £42,463 to £48,610 per annum
Hours: Full Time
Job Ref: 	LMSHSRP
Interview Date: To be confirmed