Job summary
We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced epidemiology research fellow to work within the Born in Bradford research programme. BiB is an internationally recognised applied health research project that aims to find out what makes children happy and healthy. It is home to three large birth cohorts of over 30,000 Bradfordians.
This is a full-time post (part-time hours may be considered for the right candidate) and is fixed term until August 2027. The post will be based at the Bradford Institute for Health Research, Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, with an honorary contract and connections with the University of York. There is an expectation that the post holder will work on-site for 60% of their working hours.
For informal enquires please contact Josie Dickerson, Tel: 01274 363816; Email: [email protected]
We can offer staff gymnasiums, subsidised restaurants, excellent pension scheme including life assurance cover and childcare facilities.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will work on the novel interventional BiBBS birth cohort which completes recruitment in July 2024 with ~6,000 families from ethnically diverse and disadvantaged backgrounds. The post holder will provide analytical support to reap the learning from this cohort to learn more about the social determinants of early years development, how to reduce inequalities and understand the impact of multiple early-years interventions. They will have the opportunity to learn and apply methods in a novel field of research - the impact of combinations of interventions and services to identify which "stacks" / "pathways" have the greatest impact on child outcomes.
The successful candidate will have a postgraduate degree in epidemiology/statistics, an understanding of the social determinants of child development, experience of working with large datasets, including cohort and/or routine health and education data, and experience of relevant methodologies suitable for this programme of research evidenced by first author publications.
About us
Our People Charter outlines the behaviours we can expect from one another and what you can expect from Bradford Teaching Hospitals Foundation Trust:
- We value people
- We are one team
- We care
We're keen to meet people who share these values and are passionate about delivering the highest quality of care to our patients.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Key areas of work will include:
Applied epidemiology - investigating modifiable risk factors.
Evaluation - using quasi-experimental methods to study interventions.
Research support - helping colleagues do good quality research.
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Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- PhD in a relevant area, or a relevant postgraduate qualification and a minimum of three years relevant research work experience
Experience
Essential
- Worked in a multidisciplinary research team in a health-related field
- Conducted statistical analyses for epidemiological research projects
- Published research, with a minimum of three publications as first or contributing author in peer reviewed journals
Desirable
- Used quasi-experimental methods such as interrupted time-series or difference-in-difference designs
- Worked with routinely collected data, such as GP or hospital data, and processed this kind of data so it can be used for research
- Gained approvals from research ethics committees or other relevant research authorities
Skills
Essential
- Excellent communication skills (written and oral)
- Managing, processing, and organising complex data, for example longitudinal cohort data or healthcare data collected by GPs
- Doing statistical analysis such as matching, regression, and standardisation
- Using statistical software such as STATA or R, including documentation of analysis
- Working on multiple projects in parallel
Knowledge
Essential
- Epidemiological methods including cohort studies, cross-sectional studies, case-control studies, quasi-experimental designs, and randomised controlled trials
- Information governance and confidentiality
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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Employer details
Employer name
Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Bradford Royal Infirmary
Duckworth Lane
Bradford
BD9 6RJ