Research and Teaching Fellow in Carbon Analysis for Healthcare

About the role

As a research fellow, you will be working within the MRC-funded transdisciplinary hub to decarbonise commissioning and delivery of healthcare – known as the Green Healthcare Hub (Home - Green Healthcare Hub). This role will be based at BSMS supporting the team to develop carbon analysis capacity to support healthcare professionals to deliver & measure low carbon care (Theme 5). This role will sit within the department of Global Health and Infection at BSMS working within the Sustainability team under Prof Mahmood Bhutta (Research areas - BSMS).

The research will focus on an approach to decarbonisation which identifies and targets policy changes with high impact, with a particular focus on "reduce" (reducing appointments, investigations, pharmaceutical and healthcare products) and "reuse" (of products and pharmaceuticals that would otherwise be disposed of). This will focus hub efforts on changes with the largest potential gains for decarbonisation; and in many instances with potential co-benefits for improving health, service quality and long-term efficiency.

About you

You will have, or be about to obtain, a PhD in a field relevant to sustainable medicines use or have an appropriate level of experience in research in this subject area. You should also have the skills to manage your own workload and work independently, while feeding into and collaborating with the team and will comfortable with teaching within this field.

About our School

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Brighton and Sussex Medical School is proud to hold a Gold Athena Swann Award.

Why work here

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Further Key Information

Please contact Jenni Wilburn (j.wilburn@bsms.ac.uk) for informal enquiries.

For full details and how to apply, click the 'Apply' button above.

The University is committed to equality and valuing diversity, and applications are particularly welcomed from women and black and minority ethnic candidates, who are under-represented in academic posts in Science, Technology, Engineering, Medicine and Mathematics (STEMM) at Sussex.

The University of Sussex values the diversity of its staff and students, and we welcome applicants from all backgrounds.

Eligibility

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