Research Assistant in Medical Psychology INTERNAL ONLY

Job id: 086246. Salary: £37,332 per annum pro rata, including London Weighting Allowance.

Posted: 13 March 2024. Closing date: 18 March 2024.

Business unit: Faculty of Life Sciences & Medicine. Department: Department of Women & Children’s Health.

Contact details:Sergio A. Silverio. [email protected]

Location: Guy’s Campus. Category: Research.

Job Description

This role has been designed to offer research support to a vibrant, research intensive team investigating women’s health at King’s College London. 

The role will include several aspects of project management and research, including, but not limited to: co-ordination of research team meetings, minutes, and team diaries; supporting collation of edits on and submission of publications and policy briefs being produced by the team; supporting the co-ordination of The PIVOT-AL National Collaborative – a national collaborative group focused on evidence synthesis and policy production for pandemic and post-pandemic maternal and child health; liaising with members of the Patient and Public Inclusion and Engagement group for perinatal bereavement, trauma, and loss; data cleaning, management, and entry/inputting as per study requirements; co-ordination of the public short courses for qualitative research methods (CPD accredited); co-ordination of authors for an edited book and liaison with Publishers; general administration, project management, and research – as required.

The post-holder will report directly to Sergio A. Silverio (Research Fellow in Social Science of Women’s Health) and will become part of the Magee Lab, led by Professor Laura A. Magee.  The focus of the research in this group is improving women’s experiences of healthcare and both physical and mental health outcomes – especially around the perinatal period.  The group is a diverse group of clinicians, scientists, social scientists (including psychology and anthropology), and experts in public health.  We are a dynamic group with a collection of excellent students, researchers, and academics who have a consistent track record in publishing high quality research, winning international prizes, and attracting prestigious grant funding.  We expect the post-holder to be an energetic and enthusiastic addition to the team, and will provide ample opportunities for mentorship, training, and growth as an emerging academic.

This post will be offered on an a fixed term contract until October 2024.

This is a part-time post – 60% full time equivalent.

Key responsibilities

• Co-ordination of documentation needed for policy briefs being produced
• Co-ordination of members of a national collaborative group focused on evidence synthesis and policy production
• Liaising with members of the Patient and Public Inclusion and Engagement group for perinatal bereavement, trauma, and loss
• Data cleaning, management, and entry/inputting
• Co-ordination of the public short courses for qualitative research methods (CPD)
• Co-ordination of authors for an edited book and liaison with Publishers
• General administration, project management, and research – as required.

The above list of responsibilities may not be exhaustive, and the post holder will be required to undertake such tasks and responsibilities as may reasonably be expected within the scope and grading of the post.

Skills, knowledge, and experience

Essential criteria

At least Bachelor’s degree related to health (preferably Psychology, Biomedical Sciences, Medical Anthropology/Sociology etc.)

Excellent communication skills with proficiency in project management and networking.

Highly motivated, flexible, and adaptive.

Works well towards deadlines and plans time accordingly – communicating issues or expected delays.

Great organisation skills and planning.

Committed to equality, diversity and inclusion, actively addressing areas of potential bias.

Desirable criteria

Evidence of contribution to published journal articles and/or publications due for publication.

Candidates are strongly encouraged to specifically address the essential criteria outlined in the Person Specification in their covering letter.

We ask all candidates to submit a copy of their CV, and a supporting statement, detailing how they meet the essential criteria listed in the advert. If we receive a strong field of candidates, we may use the desirable criteria to choose our final shortlist, so please include your evidence against these where possible.

The School of Life Course & Population Sciences is one of six Schools that make up the Faculty of Life Sciences & Medicine at King’s College London. The School unites over 400 experts in women and children’s health, nutritional sciences, population health and the molecular genetics of human disease. Our research links the causes of common health problems to life’s landmark stages, treating life, disease and healthcare as a continuum. We are interdisciplinary by nature and this innovative approach works: 91 per cent of our research submitted to the Subjects Allied to Medicine (Pharmacy, Nutritional Sciences and Women’s Health cluster) for REF was rated as world-leading or internationally excellent. We use this expertise to teach the next generation of health professionals and research scientists. Based across King’s Denmark Hill, Guy’s, St Thomas’ and Waterloo campuses, our academic programme of teaching, research and clinical practice is embedded across five Departments.

More information: https://www.kcl.ac.uk/slcps