Job description
Department: RCSI Graduate School of Healthcare Management
Tenure: Specified Purpose Contract for up to 12 months.
(**Another Postdoctoral Research role on the same team will be advertised shortly. Applicants will be considered for)
Location: RCSI Sandyford or remote/flexible working facilitated
Reporting to: Dr Niamh Humphries
Salary: Aligned to the IUA Research Scale PD1, point 6 (€45,157)
Proposed Interview Date: December 15th 2022
Proposed Start Date: January 2023
HDRM Project
The Hospital Doctor Retention and Motivation (HDRM) project has run since 2018 and is funded by a Health Research Board (HRB) Emerging Investigator Award awarded to Dr Niamh Humphries. Doctor retention and high rates of doctor emigration have significant implications for the Irish health system. The ongoing challenges within the Irish health system – difficult working conditions, staff shortages and patient over-crowding impede the ability of health professionals to provide good quality care and are depleting morale in the medical workforce. HDRM has sought to better align retention policy with the everyday working conditions of hospital doctors. This phase of the HDRM project seeks to generate insight into the everyday work experiences of public health doctors, who have been at the centre of Ireland’s pandemic response.
HDRM Postdoctoral Researcher
We seek to appoint a Postdoctoral Researcher for approximately 12 months. The successful candidate will work with the PI to ensure the successful delivery of the HDRM project. Although this is a short-term post, this is also envisaged as a career enhancing role, with a strong emphasis on research outputs, opportunity to present at national/international conferences. The PI will work with the successful candidate to support their long-term career progression, assisting them to lead their own research funding applications and supporting them to achieve career progression.
Specific Duties
- Work with the PI to ensure the ongoing success of the HDRM project.
- Communicate and work well with the PI and Co-PIs, as well as with wider stakeholders (gatekeepers, collaborators, policy makers, etc.).
- Develop research ethics applications and obtain research ethics approval for the project.
- Lead on qualitative data collection for the HDRM project in 2023, using the MIME method of remote ethnography (see this paper for further detail).
- Lead on the analysis and write-up of academic outputs from HDRM project.
- Assist in the dissemination of HDRM research findings to academic and policy audiences and to the general public (via conferences, policy roundtables, etc.).
- Carry out administrative duties to support the HDRM research project, as required.
- Ensure the safe storage and archiving of data for the HDRM project, in line with institutional and GDPR data protection guidelines.
- Lead on the development and/or contribute to the development of research proposals.
Qualifications
- PhD and Masters in social science, health services research or related discipline.
Knowledge & Experience:
- Interest in and/or experience of researching in a related field
- Some relevant research experience
- Track record of publication in international peer review journals in a relevant field
Application Process
Please apply online through the RCSI careers page no later than 5pm on the 15th of Dec with your CV and Covering Letter. Informal Enquiries can be directed to
nhumphries@rcsi.com
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