Senior Research Associate/Research Associate (PRU)

Senior Research Associate/Research Associate in Palliative Care for the NIHR Policy Research Unit for Palliative and End of Life Care

Part-time (0.40 fte – 14.5 hours) fixed term (Maternity Leave Cover post – up to 12 months)

The Division of Health Research (DHR) is seeking to appoint a Research Associate or Senior Research Associate in Palliative and End-of-Life Care, to work as part of the cross-organisational NIHR Policy Research Unit for Palliative and End of Life Care (PRU). The post holder will play a key role supporting the qualitative research elements associated with the PRU. The PRU is a collaboration led from King’s College, London, Hull York Medical School at the University of Hull, working in collaboration with the International Observatory on End of Life Care at Lancaster University and partners from other Universities.
 
The post holder will support Professors Walshe and Preston and the PRU team in a range of policy related research activities. This is likely to include a range research skills including preparation of research ethics and governance applications, conducting qualitative research, contributing to systematically constructed reviews, and preparing papers for publication. There will be a need to work flexibly as part of the rapid response mode of the PRU.
 
Please see the person specifications for grade 7 and 6 to understand the characteristics that are essential or desirable for these roles.
 
The International Observatory on End of Life Care conducts high quality cutting edge research and provides innovative educational programmes to improve palliative and end of life care for patients and family members. See www.lancaster.ac.uk/fhm/research/ioelc www.lancaster.ac.uk/fhm/research/ioelc
 
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.
 
The position is available to start from August 2025 and we are open to discussing flexible working arrangements including working week and days/hours worked, flexible start and finish times or condensed hours. The post is part-time, approximately 2 days a week. We welcome applications from those of the global majority under-represented within the Division.
 
Applicants wishing to consider the Skilled Worker Route should ensure they meet the points requirement before applying. Further information can be found on the UK Visas and Immigration website.
For further information, please contact: Professor Catherine Walshe c.walshe@lancaster.ac.uk or Professor Nancy Preston n.j.preston@lancaster.ac.uk

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