Research Associate or Assistant - Tele-rehabilitation in Stroke Care TELSTAR

School of Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences

Full-time or part-time (minimum 3 days per week, 0.6 FTE), job sharing arrangements will be considered; Fixed-term to 30th November 2026

The grade 6 vacancy (Research Associate) is being readvertised, and previous applicants need not reapply. However, they may submit an application for the grade 5 vacancy (Research Assistant) if they wish.

Project: Tele-rehabilitation in stroke care (the TELSTAR study)

Project Summary: Understanding how & when stroke telerehabilitation works to inform recommendations for practice

We are seeking to appoint a Research Associate or Research Assistant to work on TELSTAR, a Stroke Association funded study on stroke tele-rehabilitation. This study aims to explore how tele-rehabilitation could support the provision of evidence-based rehabilitation for stroke survivors at home. We are using a realist methodology to review the evidence and capture the experiences and opinions of clinicians, stroke survivors and family carers. What we find will help us understand the factors influencing the implementation of telerehabilitation in clinical practice and identify training and information needs. Our findings will inform the development of recommendations and resources to support clinicians and stroke survivors in this new way of working.

Research Associate - You will be responsible for the day-to-day co-ordination and delivery of the study in partnership with the principal investigator. You will lead on the analysis and synthesis of qualitative research data and will be responsible for writing up their work for publication. You will also support the team in organising co-design workshops with staff participants and people affected by stroke. You will have the opportunity to use your initiative and creativity to identify areas for future research, contribute to bid writing and extend your research portfolio.

Research Assistant - You will conduct research, support the analysis and interpretation of qualitative research data and will contribute to writing up the work for publication. You will also support the team in organising co-design workshops with staff participants and people affected by stroke.

This full- or part-time post is offered on a fixed-term contract from 1st October 2025 or as soon as possible thereafter until 30th November 2026.

Please note that we have one vacancy and are seeking to make only one appointment at either Research Associate or Research Assistant level. Candidates are asked to indicate in their application which role they are applying for.

Informal enquiries should be directed to N.N.Chouliara@lboro.ac.uk

For more information on the Research Assistant role please refer to this Job Description and Person Specification.

For more information on the Research Associate role please refer to this Job Description and Person Specification.

Closing Date: 21 August 2025

Loughborough University is committed to allowing its employees to work dynamically with a combination of working on campus and remotely, where possible. This has been identified as a role that could work dynamically and, if successful, your line manager will discuss these informal arrangements with you. Please note that there is a general expectation that the successful candidate will spend the majority of time working on the Loughborough campus.

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