Scoping Review Research Associate

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Research Associate to join the Centre for Health and Clinical Research on a part-time, fixed term contract. This role will involve conducting a scoping review exploring how reasonable adjustments are used to support people with learning disabilities in outpatient settings.

About you

You will be a registered healthcare professional who has completed a Masters level qualification and who is looking for an opportunity to further develop your research skills. You will have experience working with and/or supporting people with learning disabilities and be committed to fair and inclusive participation in research.

You will have excellent communication skills and will take responsibility for your day-to-day research activities while ensuring that your work supports the project team. You will organise and facilitate Patient and Public Involvement and Engagement (PPIE) events in person and online, to support the development of your scoping review strategy and analysis of the findings. You will contribute to the preparation of the project’s outputs as written manuscripts and presentations.

Where is this role based?

This post is based at our Glenside Campus which is set within beautiful grounds in Stapleton, just three miles north east of Bristol City Centre. Patient and Public Involvement and Engagement (PPIE) events will be hosted at Bristol Royal Infirmary; these events can be arranged flexibly but must be attended in person.

Why UWE Bristol?

We are one of the largest providers of Higher Education in the Southwest with 38,000 students and 4,000 staff from right across the globe. Based in vibrant Bristol, our ambitions are to make a positive difference to our planet, transforming futures through actions and solving real world challenges.

We offer a wide range of employee benefits including progressive pay rates, very generous annual leave and career average pension schemes as well as retail savings, onsite nursery and opportunities for training and personal development.

We particularly encourage applications from global majority candidates as we are currently under-represented in this area, however all appointments are made strictly on individual merit.

As a Disability Confident employer we welcome applications from those who identify as having a disability.

Further information

If you would like to speak to us to find out more about this role please contact:
Katie Fishpool by email: Katie.Fishpool@uwe.ac.uk.

Interviews are scheduled to take place online using Microsoft Teams, tentatively scheduled for 13 November, although this is still to be finalised.

This is a fixed term post for 18 months and is part-time, working on a 0.3 FTE contract.

UWE Bristol is a campus-based University, and it is vital to our success and the delivery of an outstanding experience for our students that our campuses are dynamic and vibrant places to learn and spend time. Hybrid working would be suitable for this post and we would welcome discussions around flexible working patterns.

This post requires enhanced DBS clearance.

The University has a legal responsibility to ensure that all employees are eligible to work in the UK. You will therefore be required to provide evidence of this right, please refer to the Home Office Right to Work Checklist for information on which documents are acceptable.

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