Research Associate
| Posting date: | 05 September 2024 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £24,000 to £33,453 per year |
| Additional salary information: | (Inclusive of London Allowance) |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 30 September 2024 |
| Location: | London, UK |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | London Metropolitan University |
| Job type: | Temporary |
| Job reference: | 24SSSP0901 |
Summary
ABOUT US
Transforming lives through excellent education
London Met is an extraordinary institution. Equity and social inclusion have always been our driving principles, and it's what makes the University so unique. Our organisation is distinctive, both in its eclectic and diverse community of students and staff, and also for its historical role in serving some of London’s most deprived boroughs. Everything we do is underpinned by our philosophy that an individual should have the opportunity to transform their life through the power of education.
Equipping our students with the tools for their future is at the heart of our academic offering. We pride ourselves on providing our students with access to a wealth of opportunities and professions. Our graduates benefit personally, but also contribute their unique perspectives to society, culture, public service and the economy in all areas of London, the UK and around the world.
ABOUT THE POST
The School wishes to recruit a Research Associate to work on a new project titled ‘Medication brand changes in hormone therapy for breast cancer. A community pharmacy intervention development to improve patients’ adherence and quality of life. ENABLE’. The project is funded by the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) through its Research for Patient Benefit programme.
The project aims to co-produce with breast cancer patients and pharmacists an intervention to improve medication brand change consultations for women with breast cancer in community pharmacy settings, and assess the acceptability of the intervention to patients and pharmacists.
The Research Associate will play a vital role in this research project aimed at developing an evidence, theory, and person-based intervention and optimisation study. The post holder, with support from the Work Package leads, will conduct a scoping review of the literature and employ semi-structured interviews to gather insights into Community pharmacists and breast cancer patients’ perspectives, preferences and behaviours related to hormone therapy generic switching.
You will join an enthusiastic interdisciplinary research team led by Professor Yolanda Eraso (Director of the Health and Behaviour Research Centre). This role presents a unique opportunity to work collaboratively in primary care with community pharmacists, patients, and breast cancer charity partners within an interdisciplinary research team. The post will suit someone with methodological interests in intervention co-design and behaviour change, and a desire to develop patient-centred approaches that could improve adherence to medication and quality of life with direct patient benefit.
For an informal discussion, please contact Professor Yolanda Eraso (y.eraso@londonmet.ac.uk).
Please note - this is a Casual hourly paid role with a start date to be discussed with the successful applicant.
Reference: 24SSSP0901
Closing Date: 30 September 2024
Interviews due to be held week commencing 07 October 2024
HOW TO APPLY
Please complete the online application in full, making sure you address the person specification criteria in your statement as this will enable us to make an informed shortlisting decision.
All applicants are additionally asked to submit an equality and diversity statement of up to one page, articulating how you will contribute to making our University more inclusive and what they have previously done to advance equality.
If you wish to attach any additional documents such as a CV you may do so. Please note that we do not accept a CV on its own as a job application.
Please complete the online application in full, making sure you address the person specification criteria in your statement as this will enable us to make an informed shortlisting decision.
If you have a query, or experience any difficulties with the application process, please contact us by email at: recruitment@londonmet.ac.uk quoting the job reference number
Transforming lives through excellent education
London Met is an extraordinary institution. Equity and social inclusion have always been our driving principles, and it's what makes the University so unique. Our organisation is distinctive, both in its eclectic and diverse community of students and staff, and also for its historical role in serving some of London’s most deprived boroughs. Everything we do is underpinned by our philosophy that an individual should have the opportunity to transform their life through the power of education.
Equipping our students with the tools for their future is at the heart of our academic offering. We pride ourselves on providing our students with access to a wealth of opportunities and professions. Our graduates benefit personally, but also contribute their unique perspectives to society, culture, public service and the economy in all areas of London, the UK and around the world.
ABOUT THE POST
The School wishes to recruit a Research Associate to work on a new project titled ‘Medication brand changes in hormone therapy for breast cancer. A community pharmacy intervention development to improve patients’ adherence and quality of life. ENABLE’. The project is funded by the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) through its Research for Patient Benefit programme.
The project aims to co-produce with breast cancer patients and pharmacists an intervention to improve medication brand change consultations for women with breast cancer in community pharmacy settings, and assess the acceptability of the intervention to patients and pharmacists.
The Research Associate will play a vital role in this research project aimed at developing an evidence, theory, and person-based intervention and optimisation study. The post holder, with support from the Work Package leads, will conduct a scoping review of the literature and employ semi-structured interviews to gather insights into Community pharmacists and breast cancer patients’ perspectives, preferences and behaviours related to hormone therapy generic switching.
You will join an enthusiastic interdisciplinary research team led by Professor Yolanda Eraso (Director of the Health and Behaviour Research Centre). This role presents a unique opportunity to work collaboratively in primary care with community pharmacists, patients, and breast cancer charity partners within an interdisciplinary research team. The post will suit someone with methodological interests in intervention co-design and behaviour change, and a desire to develop patient-centred approaches that could improve adherence to medication and quality of life with direct patient benefit.
For an informal discussion, please contact Professor Yolanda Eraso (y.eraso@londonmet.ac.uk).
Please note - this is a Casual hourly paid role with a start date to be discussed with the successful applicant.
Reference: 24SSSP0901
Closing Date: 30 September 2024
Interviews due to be held week commencing 07 October 2024
HOW TO APPLY
Please complete the online application in full, making sure you address the person specification criteria in your statement as this will enable us to make an informed shortlisting decision.
All applicants are additionally asked to submit an equality and diversity statement of up to one page, articulating how you will contribute to making our University more inclusive and what they have previously done to advance equality.
If you wish to attach any additional documents such as a CV you may do so. Please note that we do not accept a CV on its own as a job application.
Please complete the online application in full, making sure you address the person specification criteria in your statement as this will enable us to make an informed shortlisting decision.
If you have a query, or experience any difficulties with the application process, please contact us by email at: recruitment@londonmet.ac.uk quoting the job reference number
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