Resource and Project Coordinator

We are looking for organised, motivated and enthusiastic Resource and Project Coordinators to provide administrative support across two research areas of the medical school. We would be pleased to appoint one person to work across both projects, or two people to focus on the projects individually:

0.25fte for PARITY (prehabilitation for cancer surgery quality and inequality):  

Prehabilitation is ‘the practice of enhancing a patient’s functional capacity before surgery, with the aim of improving postoperative outcomes.’ A wide variety of programmes are available, often involving dietary, exercise, and psychology.  However, because these interventions require engagement, time and access to facilities, they may not be acceptable or accessible to all. The PARITY study aims to make help address these problems. This will involve working with patients, carers and healthcare professionals to find ways to describe, measure and assess the quality of services. The project finishes at the end of March 2025.

0.2fte for PROFOUND (periprosthetic femoral fractures: outcomes, management and data):

Hip and knee joint replacements (known as prostheses) are a common way of treating bones damaged by fractures or arthritis. However, they present a number of challenges if the patient later fractures their thigh bone (femur) near to the prosthesis, known as a periprosthetic femoral fracture (PPFF). This study will combine existing data on PPFF with new information, to understand how patients with PPFF are cared for and how this can be improved. The study is run in collaboration with Imperial College London and Leeds University. The project finishes at the end of October 2025.

The initial duration of the post/s is specified above. There is a strong likelihood of extension subject to the acquisition of future grant funding.

You will need to be able to prioritise your workload in a supportive beneficial working relationship with the relevant project leads and wider medical school staff.  Excellent administrative and organisational skills and experience of using computer packages are essential, as is the ability to work flexibly as part of a rapidly expanding department. Ideally you will have previous administrative experience of working in a research environment of higher education.

The Faculty provides an environment that strongly supports the individual needs of each employee, promoting a healthy work-life balance. We are committed to family-friendly and flexible working policies on an individual basis, as well as the Athena SWAN Charter, which recognises and celebrates good employment practice undertaken to address gender equality in higher education and research.

Lancaster Medical School is committed to ensuring our workforce is reflective of our diverse student population and is therefore committed to increasing representation of staff of Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic backgrounds across all roles and at all levels.

Enquiries to Cliff Shelton, Senior Clinical Lecturer (c.shelton@lancaster.ac.uk).

Please note: unless specified otherwise in the advert, all advertised roles are UK based.

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