Research Fellow in Applied Health Research (MHHEA1097)

Are you an ambitious researcher looking for your next challenge? Do you have a background in applied health research? Do you want to further your career in one of the UK’s leading research intensive Universities?

An opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic Research Fellow to work in the School of Healthcare on an exciting and novel health services research study funded by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Health Services & Delivery Research programme.  You will have PhD in a subject area relating to health services research/applied health research or social care. You will also have experience of realist methods.

This project is concerned with improving the outputs of National Clinical Audits (NCA) to support organisations to improve the quality of care and clinical outcomes. The project will involve developing and evaluating an interactive quality dashboard (QualDash) that supports clinical teams, quality sub-committees, NHS Trust boards, and commissioners to better understand and make use of NCA data. Using the principles of realist evaluation, the project will involve undertaking interviews to understand how and in what contexts NCA data are currently used to improve care quality and then working in collaboration with NHS staff to develop the dashboard and an associated implementation strategy. A feasibility study will be undertaken to evaluate the impacts of QualDash, using audit data and questionnaires, with ethnographic observations and interviews providing insights into the contexts and mechanisms that lead to those impacts. The QualDash team is multidisciplinary, including a Research Assistant in the School of Healthcare and a Research Fellow in the School of Computing, and investigators with health services, clinical, human-computer interaction, and information visualization expertise.

To explore the post further or for any queries you may have, please contact:

Dr Rebecca Randell
Tel: +44 (0)113 343 1337, email: r.randell@leeds.ac.uk

Further Information

The University of Leeds is committed to providing equal opportunities for all and offers a range of family friendly policies. The University is a charter member of Athena SWAN and holds the Bronze award. The School of Healthcare holds the Bronze award.  We are committed to being an inclusive school that values all staff, and we are happy to consider job share applications and requests for flexible working arrangements from our employees.

Closing Date: 18 Aug 2017
Category: Research