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Evaluation Healthcare Scientist
| Posting date: | 21 August 2024 |
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| Salary: | £46,148.00 to £52,809.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £46148.00 - £52809.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 08 September 2024 |
| Location: | 317 Trustwide, NE7 7DN |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | C9317-24-1563 |
Summary
To work within with the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) HealthTech Research Centre (HRC) in Diagnostic and Technology Evaluation (DTE) team, taking the lead on HRC DTE research projects to evaluate diagnostic tests and other medical technologies. This will involve contributing to all aspects of the design and delivery of research projects and ensuring that relevant expertise and resources are brought into the project when these cannot be provided by the HRC DTE. To contribute to research projects associated with health technology development and assessment. To contribute to the development of evaluation research methods (e.g., care pathway analysis), evaluation challenges (e.g., when the reference standard is imperfect), test implementation (e.g. clinical decision aids) and processes. Contribute to the process of continuous development, implementation, and improvement of quality assurance processes for quantitative and qualitative data management and analysis, to ensure that outputs and research are reproducible, auditable and are relevant to the UK NHS. Work collaboratively with all NUTH stakeholders, principally the Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Trust, Newcastle University, the NIHR HRC DTE, other NIHR infrastructures and industry partners. To contribute to HRC DTE professional development activities (e.g. internal teaching, seminars, and journal clubs). You will have a PhD or Masters in a relevant area, with experience of working with UK health data and in conducting research evaluating medical devices or clinical tests. Expertise in quantitative, statistical, or health economic methods used in device and test evaluation is essential, as is evidence of related skills, such as research funding application writing, study design, data analysis, reporting, and dissemination of results. Wed like to hear from motivated and enthusiastic researchers who have the relevant experience and skills to be involved in delivering this exciting research. As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you. Please note it is a requirement of The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust that all successful candidates who require a DBS for the post they have been offered pay for their DBS certificate. The method of payment is a salary deduction from your first months pay.