Associate Professor Applied Health and Care Research (2 posts)

Are you an ambitious academic with a passion for applied health and care research and research-informed education? Do you want to work with world-leading professors in the applied health and care research field and contribute to translation of this to pre and post reg education? Do you want to further your career in one of the UK’s leading research intensive Universities? 

We are looking for two Associate Professors aligned to the work of:

• Professor Karen Spilsbury Chair in Nursing with a focus on the health and care workforce, care for older people, and quality in long-term residential care; and
• Professor John Baker Chair Mental Health Nursing, with a focus on reducing coercion and restrictive practices, patient and professional safety in mental health services and effective and therapeutic mental healthcare.  

 These posts will assist with driving forward and further developing an exciting and impactful portfolio of studies in the applied health and care arena. 

You will be an integral senior member of the team, contributing to the leadership and delivery of existing research projects that are making an important contribution to health and social care and methodological and policy development in this field. In addition, you will lead on grant writing initiatives to secure ongoing world leading research in this field through sustained income generation. 

You will have a first degree and PhD in a subject area relating to applied health and care research, as well as being an experienced educator of health and/or social care education programmes. You will also have relevant post-doctoral research experience in an academic or relevant health care or social care setting.

To explore the post further or for any queries you may have, please contact:  

Professor Karen Spilsbury

Tel: +44(0)113 343 1329

Email: K.Spilsbury@leeds.ac.uk

or

Professor John Baker

Tel: +44(0)113 343 1271

Email: J.Baker@leeds.ac.uk

As an international research-intensive university, we welcome students and staff from all walks of life and from across the world. We foster an inclusive environment where all can flourish and prosper, and we are proud of our strong commitment to student education. Within the School of Healthcare we are dedicated to diversifying our community and we welcome the unique contributions that individuals can bring, and particularly encourage applications from, but not limited to Black and Asian people, people who belong to a minority ethnic community, people who identify as LGBT+; and disabled people.   Candidates will always be selected based on merit and ability. 

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