Postdoctoral Research Associate in Healthcare Improvement

About the Role

We are offering an exciting opportunity to become a Post Doctoral Research Associate in Healthcare Improvement at the Centre for Psychiatry and Mental Health (CPMH) in the Wolfson Institute for Population Health. The Centre has an ambitious and growing portfolio of internationally-leading teaching and research across the life span.

The successful candidate will make contributions to research on our NIHR Programme Development Grant - ADEPT: Advancing Delirium Emergency Pathways and Treatment. This research project aims to understand how delirium contributes to poor patient outcomes in the Emergency Departments.

It is a full time post, fixed term appointment until 28th February 2027 in the first instance, with an expected start date of 5th January 2026 or as soon as possible thereafter.

About You

The successful candidate will have a good undergraduate degree, masters and PhD (or close to completion) or research qualification/experience equivalent to PhD level in the relevant subject area. They will have experience of working with older people, people with delirium or cognitive impairment and their families. They will have a strong background in research within applied health or care research, preferably with older people. This includes experience in working with NHS sites for research including applying for NHS ethics and Health Research Authority approvals. They will ideally have experience in mixed methods research, particularly with expertise in qualitative methods. Strong communication skills both written and verbal, with excellent organisation skills. Excellent IT skills are essential.

About the School/Department/Institute/Project

The CPMH is at the forefront of research internationally into the prevention and treatment of mental illness through biopsychosocial mechanisms. We are particularly active in programmes of research on public mental health, health promotion, prevention and early intervention. Programmes include work in health services, and population studies of complex risk and protective factors, co-morbidities and health inequalities. We have an international reputation for cultural, social and environmental epidemiology and trials of complex interventions, including in people with serious mental illness and dementia. We host the NIHR Dementia and Neurodegeneration Policy Research Unit at QM (DeNPRU-QM) and the Alzheimer’s Society Doctoral Training Centre for Integrated Care (I-Care DTC).

About Queen Mary

At Queen Mary University of London, we believe that a diversity of ideas helps us achieve the previously unthinkable.

Throughout our history, we’ve fostered social justice and improved lives through academic excellence. And we continue to live and breathe this spirit today, not because it’s simply ‘the right thing to do’ but for what it helps us achieve and the intellectual brilliance it delivers.

We continue to embrace diversity of thought and opinion in everything we do, in the belief that when views collide, disciplines interact, and perspectives intersect, truly original thought takes form.

Benefits

We offer competitive salaries, access to a generous pension scheme, 30 days’ leave per annum (pro-rata for part-time/fixed-term), a season ticket loan scheme and access to a comprehensive range of personal and professional development opportunities. In addition, we offer a range of work life balance and family friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements, and campus facilities.

Queen Mary’s commitment to our diverse and inclusive community is embedded in our appointments processes. Reasonable adjustments will be made at each stage of the recruitment process for any candidate with a disability. We are open to considering applications from candidates wishing to work flexibly.

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