Research Associate - Post Stroke Communication Disorders

We have an exciting opportunity for someone to join an international team of researchers to develop a new communication training programme for people with aphasia and their family members, and to evaluate the programme in a multicentre randomised controlled trial. This project has received one of the largest amounts of funding for speech and language therapy research from the National Institute for Health Research, with the intention of achieving widespread impact for patients with aphasia and their families. We are looking for someone to work on the project for up to 2.5 days a week at Sheffield Centre for Health and Related Research (SCHARR), University of Sheffield. In this role you will work alongside experienced implementation researchers. You will conduct interviews with professionals, patients with aphasia and family members and collect and analyse fidelity data across all stages of the evaluation to help refine the intervention and facilitate its implementation in the NHS. This post would suit an early career researcher with research experience/qualifications wanting to further develop their research skills. This unique opportunity offers training from the National Institute of Health Research, and bespoke training and conference attendance specific to the project.

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We offer a fantastic range of benefits including a highly competitive annual leave entitlement (with the ability to purchase more), a generous pensions scheme, flexible working opportunities, a commitment to your development and wellbeing, a wide range of retail discounts, and much more.

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