Senior Investigator Statistician
Salary Band £36,657 to £49,520
MRC Biostatistics Unit, Cambridge UK
The MRC Biostatistics Unit is concerned with the development and application of statistical methods in medicine and biology. This includes research into the epidemiology and aetiology of disease, the development of models of the natural history of disease, the design and analysis of trials of preventive measures or of therapeutic or prophylactic agents and the evaluation of medical technology, and the development of mathematical-statistical techniques.
As a Senior Investigator Statistician, you will be engaged supporting methodological and clinical research led by Papworth Hospital and carrying out methodological research led by BSU, in collaboration with Papworth Hospital. The MRC BSU has a long-standing collaboration with Papworth Hospital, where the successful applicant will enjoy visiting worker rights and provide day-to-day support (onsite and offsite) to a designated Papworth Statistician; a position which has recently been appointed by Papworth Hospital as part of this collaboration. The post represents an excellent development opportunity as the successful applicant will work closely with both trial methodologists at the Biostatistics Unit and research practitioners at Papworth Hospital in advancing health research.
Papworth Hospital is the largest specialist cardiothoracic hospital in the UK and includes the country's main heart and lung transplant centre. Papworth has a long and established reputation for innovation and leading-edge research. The Papworth R&D Unit currently manages several Papworth Hospital sponsored multi-centred surgical trials and will be seeking registration as a Clinical Trials Unit in 2015. Papworth Hospital will be moving into a new purpose built hospital on the Cambridge Biomedical Campus in 2017. A move that will further strengthen their research links with commercial, academic and NHS partners already located on the Biomedical Campus.
This is a fixed term role for 3 years.
Working for the MRC means you will have access to a whole host of benefits from a flexible pay and reward policy, final salary pension scheme and excellent holiday entitlement to access to employee shopping/travel discounts and salary sacrifice cycle to work scheme and childcare vouchers, as well as the chance to put the MRC on your CV in the future.
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Closing date: 24 March 2015
This position is subject to a pre employment screening
The Medical Research Council is an Equal Opportunities Employer
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