Research Assistant (Fixed Term)

Applications are invited for a post as a full-time Research Assistant to join a small, established, team of clinical academics, clinicians, and academic researchers working on studies, funded by the NIHR CLAHRC (Collaboration for Leadership in Applied Research and Care) East of England, to improve services for adults with learning (intellectual) disabilities, particularly those with additional mental health and/or behavioural needs.

The primary purposes of the post are a) to carry out a scoping study of community based services for adults with learning disabilities; and b) to provide quantitative support in the analysis of, and writing up, of a longitudinal prospective study of the work of Community Learning Disability Teams with adult service users with learning disabilities and these additional needs. The NIHR CLAHRC is a major initiative, involving the Universities of Cambridge, East Anglia, and Hertfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust, Cambridgeshire County Council and other health and social care organisations, to develop closer links in health and social care between research and clinical practice.

You should hold a good undergraduate degree (First or 2 (i)) in the psychological, behavioural, or cognitive sciences, or another cognate discipline, have excellent quantitative skills (in presenting information in visual formats, and in using at least SPSS and Excel), excellent attention to detail, and be enthusiastic about health services research. You will need to be able to write clearly and succinctly to support publications. Ideally, you will have some previous experience in working in NHS or Local Authority services for people with learning (intellectual) disabilities. You will be working with an inter-disciplinary team and a range of service commissioners and providers and should have excellent interpersonal skills. You should also have excellent organisational skills.

The post will be in a thriving research group, the Cambridge Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Research Group (www.CIDDRG.org.uk; led by Professor Anthony Holland) in the  Department of Psychiatry, Douglas House, Trumpington Road, Cambridge, but travel across the East of England will be required. The post is available immediately.

Prospective applicants are strongly encouraged to make informal contact with Dr Isabel Clare, Consultant Clinical & Forensic Psychologist, EDD Theme, NIHR CLAHRC East of England, 01223-746117 or ichc2@medschl.cam.ac.uk

Fixed-term: The funds for this post are available for 1 years in the first instance.

This appointment requires a Research Passport application.

To apply online for this vacancy and to view further information about the role, please visit:

www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/9169. This will take you to the role on the University’s Job Opportunities pages. There you will need to click on the ‘Apply online’ button and register an account with the University’s Web Recruitment System (if you have not already) and log in before completing the online application form.

The closing date for this vacancy is Tuesday 26th January 2016.

Interviews are likely to take place on Wednesday 10th February 2016.

Please quote reference RN08034 on your application and in any correspondence about this vacancy.

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