Research Fellow - Maternity cover

About us

The Institute of Health Informatics is part of the UCL Faculty of Population Health Sciences, which is part of the School of Life and Medical Sciences.

Institute of Health Informatics conducts high quality data-intensive research to improve health at local, national and international levels and delivers one of the largest and most highly regarded teaching programmes in health informatics and health data science. It is home to one of four UKRI Centres for Doctoral Training in AI in Healthcare.

About the role

Institute of Health Informatics is looking to appoint a Research Fellow to join our welcoming and vibrant Institute for maternity leave cover.

This position presents a unique opportunity to join a team of experienced health data scientists, informaticians, statisticians and clinical epidemiologists and contribute significantly to the statistical analysis and subsequent presentation of results from large scale national and rich local health record data resources. The Research Fellow provide research support to the project.

The position is available from 02 January 2024 until 20^th September 2024.

Appointment at Grade 7 is dependent upon having been awarded a PhD; if this is not the case, initial appointment will be at research assistant Grade 6B (salary £36,832 - £38,466 per annum) with payment at Grade 7 being backdated to the date of final submission of the PhD thesis

For any queries regarding the role please contact Ben Clifford.

For any queries regarding the recruitment process please contact Anita Gorasia.

About you

If you believe you meet the requirements why not come and be part of this unique and exciting opportunity and be part of something where you feel included, valued and proud.

The Research Fellow must have a PhD (or equivalent experience) in (statistics or epidemiology) or related discipline as well advanced skills in the statistical software package R, experience of analysing NHS Hospital Episode Statistics records, experience of writing reports and publishing articles in Scientific Journals, interpreting and presenting data and problem solving.

What we offer

We will consider applicates to work on a parttime, flexible and job share wherever possible.

As well as the exciting opportunities this role presents, we also offer some great benefits some of which are: 41 Days holiday (pro rata for part time staff) (27 days annual leave 8 bank holiday and 6 closure days), additional 5 days’ annual leave purchase scheme, defined benefit career average revalued earnings pension scheme (CARE), cycle to work scheme and season ticket loan, immigration loan, relocation scheme for certain posts, on-Site nursery, on-site gym, employee assistance programme: Staff Support Service, discounted medical insurance

Visit https://www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/reward-and-benefits to find out more.

Our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

The Institute prides itself on operating in an all-inclusive environment irrespective of personal, physical, or social characteristics.

As London’s Global University, we know diversity fosters creativity and innovation, and we want our community to represent the diversity of the world’s talent. We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where we all belong.

We therefore particularly encourage applications from candidates who are likely to be underrepresented in UCL’s workforce. These include people from Black, Asian and ethnic minority backgrounds; disabled people; LGBTQI+ people; and for our Grade 9 and 10 roles, women.

You can read more about our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion here https://www.ucl.ac.uk/equality-diversity-inclusion/

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