About The Role
For informal enquiries, please contact Jeremy Dale (Professor of Primary Care) at [Confidential Information].
This is an exciting opportunity for a qualitative research fellow, interested in health services research and climate change, and enthusiastic about the opportunity to undertake important, impactful research aimed at informing the NHS Net Zero Strategy.
You will join an established multi-disciplinary team working on the NIHR-funded GPNET-0 study (âImplementation of decarbonisation actions in General Practice to help achieve a net zero NHS). This mixed methods study is investigating the institutional, organisational, professional, and patient factors that are influencing how general practice is decarbonising its activities, with the aim of making recommendations that will influence national policy and practice.
Key elements of the role will involve patient and regional / national stakeholder data collection and analysis, drafting papers and reports and supporting the studyâs dissemination and impact strategy.
There will be opportunities and encouragement for training and personal development.
This role will require a standard DBS check.
About You
The role is ideal for an energetic, highly motivated early post-doctorate researcher, ambitious to learn new skills, gain experience and consolidate on their interviewing and data analysis research skills.
You will have a range of qualitative research skills, preferably in the context of NHS primary care and/or climate change.
You will enjoy teamworking and have excellent interpersonal verbal and written communication skills, suited to working within a supportive team that is collaborating with research participants and stakeholders across a wide range of organisations.
You will thrive on the opportunity to contribute to drafting a large number of academic outputs, including a range of academic, policy-facing and public engagement materials, are planned.
Ideally, you will be available to start work on 1st October 2024.
For further information regarding the skills required for this role please see the personal specification section of the attached job description.
If you are near submission or have recently submitted your PhD but have not yet had it conferred, any offers of employment will be made as Research Assistant at the top of level 5 of the University grade structure. Upon receipt of evidence of the successful award of your PhD, you will be promoted to Research Fellow on the first point of level 6 of the University grade structure.
About The Department
About WMS
Established in 2000, Warwick Medical School (WMS) forms part of the Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine at the University of Warwick.
Home to the UK's largest graduate-entry MB ChB programme, WMS also offers opportunities for undergraduate study, full and part-time research degrees as well as professional development across the healthcare sector.
Alongside a range of educational opportunities, WMS has a reputation for research excellence, investigating solutions to significant global health challenges.
Mission, values and vision
Our blueprint for the future sets out how WMS will be internationally renowned for our education programmes and the excellence and significance of our research.
Our history
In just 20 years, WMS has become an established education provider and our researchers are tackling some of the world's most pressing health issues.
For more information, please see here.
About The University
Born in the 60s with a mindset of boldness, imagination and collaboration, the University of Warwick is a world-leading research-intensive university with the highest academic and research standards. Weâre one of the worldâs top universities, ranked 67th in the world and 10th in the UK*, with 92% of our research assessed to be âworld leading or internationally excellentâ**.
You'll be joining a diverse, innovative and globally connected community committed to igniting real world progress. Here at Warwick, we offer you opportunities to follow your ambitions as long as you bring the energy and determination to succeed.
- QS World University Rankings 2024
- Research Excellence Framework 2021
To find out more about us visit our website.
How to Apply
CLOSING DATE: Monday 19 August 2024 at 11.55pm
To apply, please click âApplyâ below and submit an application form by the closing date. Please plan for any potential delays as
you will not be able to submit an application past this deadline (even if you opened the form at, say, 11.30pm).
Please attach a CV and cover letter.
- Your CV should include your most recent employment experience, any other relevant experience, and education history.
- Your cover letter must detail how you meet each of the essential criteria found in the Job Description document below (desirable criteria too, where possible). Please demonstrates how your experience, interests and motivation make you suited to this post, and when you would be available to take-up the post if appointed.
Please see here for guidance on writing a cover letter. We
highly recommend using individual criteria as headers and giving examples below, though you are free to format the letter as you wish.
To streamline our hiring processes, we can only accept applications via our official website, warwick-careers.tal.net.
Interview Date: Thursday 29 August 2024
Start Date: Tuesday 01 October 2024
What we Offer
We will provide you with a great range of benefits, which include an attractive pension scheme, 30 days holiday plus Christmas closure, excellent learning and development opportunities, and savings on a wide range of products and services. We offer a generous maternity/paternity/adoption/parental leave policy, and onsite childcare facilities.
We recognise the importance of a healthy work/life balance and offer you access to flexible working, for more information click here.
We are proud to say that we are a Living Wage employer.
If you are considering relocating to the UK, read our Relocation Guide to find out more about what Warwick has to offer and what might be involved in the process.
Our Commitment to Inclusion
Warwick is committedâ¯to building an organisation ofâ¯mutual respectâ¯andâ¯dignity, promoting aâ¯welcoming, diverse, and inclusive workingâ¯and learning environment.⯠We recognise that everyone is different in a variety of visible and non-visible ways, and that those differences are to beâ¯recognised, respected, and valued.⯠Where possible, we go beyond legislation to provide a place where everyone can thrive, supporting all staff to achieve their full potential. We aspire to remove economic, social, and cultural barriers that may otherwise prevent people from succeeding.
We therefore welcome and encourage applications from all communities regardless of culture, background, age, disability, sex/gender, gender identity or expression, ethnicity, religion/belief, or sexual or romantic orientation. To find out more about our social inclusion work at Warwick visit our webpagesâ¯here.
The University currently holds aâ¯Race Equality Charter Bronze Award,â¯Athena Swan Sliver Awardâ¯and aâ¯Disability Smart Bronze Award.â¯The University of Warwick is also one of the six founder institutions of theâ¯EUTOPIA European University Alliance.
Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS)
The University of Warwick complies with the DBS Code of Practice and undertakes not to discriminate unfairly against anyone who makes a Disclosure relating to a conviction or other information revealed. More information is available on the Universityâs Vacancy pages and applicants may request a copy of the DBS Code of Practice.
Job Description
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