Call for FPIC (Clinical Research Staff Training)

EURAXESS Czech Republic; Salamanca; Presencial; EUR 23.000 - 55.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

A leading university in Spain seeks a pre-doctoral clinical researcher to complete their doctoral thesis while practicing health psychology. The role includes research tasks, clinical supervision, and collaboration on high-impact publications. Candidates must have relevant degrees and meet specific requirements.

Formación

• Must hold a Master's degree in General Health Psychology or equivalent.
• Must have submitted an application for the Doctoral Programme.

Responsabilidades

• Complete research tasks associated with the doctoral project.
• Collaborate in clinical and health psychology research.

Conocimientos

Health Psychology

Clinical Psychology

Educación

Master's degree in General Health Psychology

Degree in Psychology

Descripción del empleo

Organisation / Company Universidad Pontificia Comillas Department Vicerrectorado de Profesorado, Investigación e Inteligencia Artificial Research Field Psychological sciences » Psychology Researcher Profile First Stage Researcher (R1) Positions PhD Positions Country Spain Application Deadline 15 Jul 2025 - 23 : 00 (Europe / Madrid) Type of Contract Permanent Job Status Full-time Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme? Not funded by a EU programme Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure? No

Offer Description

ONE. Object of the Call

The purpose of this call is to recruit one person for the pre-doctoral clinical research staff at UNINPSI. The aim is for them to complete their doctoral thesis, through a list of publications, while simultaneously practising health psychology under supervision.

The selection process will be competitive, assessing the merits of the candidates and, where appropriate, holding one or more interviews.

The post will be offered to applicants who successfully pass this selection process, in accordance with the highest number of points obtained, provided that they meet the minimum requirements.

TWO. Candidate requirements

Candidates should :

• Hold a degree in Psychology.
• Hold a Master‘s degree in General Health Psychology (or the qualification of General Health Psychologist) or the qualification of Specialist in Clinical Psychology (or be in a position to hold this qualification by the start of the contract).
• Have submitted an application and meet the requirements for admission to a Doctoral Programme of the Faculty of Human and Social Sciences.
• Present a current clearance certificate relating to crimes of a sexual nature (dated within previous 3 months).

Applicants are responsible for the truthfulness of all the information they provide in the application and in the documentation presented, and may be held liable in the event of false information, without prejudice, where appropriate, to their being excluded from the selection process.

THREE. Tasks to be performed

Pre-doctoral contracts for the training of clinical research personnel are aimed at training research personnel specialising in interventions in clinical and health psychology. During his or her training period, the doctoral student will :

• Comply with the training activities of the Doctoral Programme of the Faculty of Human and Social Sciences.
• Complete the research tasks associated with your doctoral project.
• Collaborate in research on the projects undertaken at UNINPSI, while contributing to the dissemination of the results through publications in high impact journals.
• Carry out assessment, diagnosis and intervention tasks in the field of health psychology at UNINPSI.
• Attend tutorials with the supervisor(s) of the doctoral thesis.
• Attend clinical intervention supervision sessions with their supervisor and therapeutic team coordination meetings.

The time-allocation ratio between clinical tasks and research will be approximately 1 : 5(1 hour dedicated to clinical care for every 5 hours dedicated to research), whichmay vary depending on patient demand, the time of year or the duration of stays outside the university.

This training program is governed by academic rules, the breach of which leads to mandatory withdrawal from the doctoral program, thus the continuity of the contractual validity would lose its causality. Consequently, termination of the contract is established as being due to academic withdrawal from the doctoral program for any reason attributable to the worker, voluntarily or by incurring in any of the academic causes for exclusion from the doctoral program.

FOUR. Duration

The contract signed in accordance with the current labour regulations will be linked to inclusion as a research staff member in the training program for obtaining the Doctorate Degree. For these purposes, the contractual termination date will be considered the same as the withdrawal from the doctoral program.

The annual financial endowment will be €23.463,36gross for the first two years and €54.662,00for the third and fourth years.

SIX. Deadline and formalisation of applications

Those interested and who meet the stipulated requirements should send the completed application form to , with the object “FPIC-Surname-name”, attaching the following information :

• Summary of the CV highlighting the most relevant activities conducted (maximum 1 page).
• Certification of qualifications or application receipt (Graduate Degree in Psychology and Master’s Degree in General Health Psychology, PIR or qualification as a Health Psychologist, if applicable).
• Academic transcript for Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees, if applicable.
• Research Proposal with a maximum length of 4 pages : outline of the research question to be addressed, how it will be carried out (needs, resources, or timeline), and the expected impact on clinical and health psychology.
• Standardised Curriculum Vitae of the prospective thesis supervisor
• Proof of application to the Doctoral Program.
• Current clearance certificate relating to crimes of a sexual nature (dated within previous 3 months).
• Signed declaration of truthfulness.

Applications will be accepted from 01 June until 15 July 2025.

SEVEN. Evaluation and selection of candidates

The selection process will be competitive, the curricular merits of the candidates being assessed by the Evaluating Committee and, where appropriate, one or more interviews will be conducted.

Individual merits will be assessed in accordance with the scale set out in the annex to the call for applications. Merits that have not been documented before the deadline for submitting applications will be rated at 0 points in the competition results. Additionally, the three candidates with the highest scores will move on to the interview stage.

On completion of the selection process, each applicant will be notified by e-mail of how they were ranked, the list of candidates will be drawn up in order according to the ranking and the recruitment proposal will be made.

The Evaluating Committee may declare the selection process void if, having assessed the merits and, where appropriate, conducted the interviews, the profile of the best-scored candidates does not fully match the profile of the post and the needs of the project.

The ordered list of candidates resulting from this selection process will remain in force for the duration of the call for applications. Applicants will be called up in the order of the list.

The Evaluating Committee shall be appointed by the Dean of the Faculty of Human and Social Sciences and shall consist of four members, being the representatives of the Council of UNINPSI and of the Faculty of Human and Social Sciences :

President. Director of UNINPSI, or a representative of UNINPSI.

Member 1. Director of the Department of Psychology of the faculty, or a representative thereof.

Member 2. Faculty doctoral coordinator, or a representative of the faculty.

Secretary. UNINPSI Research Coordinator or a representative of UNINPSI.

All members of the Committee shall complete a declaration of absence of conflict of interest, which shall be attached to the minutes of the constitution of theCommittee.

The Committee shall reach a decision any potential doubts arising from the application of these rules, and about any cases of unforeseen eventualities.

NINE . Conditions of use of the contract

Students who are awarded one of the vacant places will have the following rights and obligations :

a) Rights :

• To be assigned with a tutor, who will be in charge of the doctoral student’s tasks.
• Clinical supervision during the period of the pre-doctoral contract.
• The relevant financial compensation.
• Right to extend the contract for justified interruptions (medical leave, paternity-maternity leave, etc.)

b) Obligations :

• To be enrolled full-time in the Faculty’s doctoral programme and meet the requirements of the programme.
• To carry out work in health psychology associated with the enjoyment of the pre-doctoral contract.
• To complete research tasks, reflected in the publication of articles in journals of impact (at least one article per year).
• Comply with the specific conditions set out in the University’s regulations.
• Maintain confidentiality of the information to which it has access, signing a confidentiality agreement where required.

TEN. Breach

Failure to comply with the above obligations will result in the immediate termination of the pre-doctoral contract if there is a demonstrable breach after the contract has been signed and the candidate will be ineligible to apply for another contract of a similar nature in the future. Any potential incidents will be immediately reported by the tutor to the competent Vice-Rector for the purpose of opening a case file and, if necessary, terminating the pre-doctoral contract. The Vice-Chancellor may provisionally suspend the financial endowment of the scholarship.

ELEVEN . Resignation

Resignations prior to the concluding of the contract, if they occur, must be justified and their receipt confirmed by the person in charge of the centre. Once the contract has been concluded, if the selected person is not interested in continuing, he / she must give notice of voluntary departure at least 15 days before the effective date of departure.

TWELVE. Incompatibilities

The contract is exclusive and full-time, and is therefore incompatible with any other type of support or contract.

In addition, the beneficiaries will sign a declaration that they are not subject to a regime of incompatibilities that would legally prevent the award of the pre-doctoral contract. Failure to comply with this statement of responsibility will be grounds for terminating the contract.

THIRTEEN . Recruitment

On completion of the selection process resulting from this call for applications, the contracts will be drawn up in writing, and the most appropriate contractual modality for the purpose of the contract will be used, from among those in force at the time of formalisation.

The start date, in the first semester of the academic year 2025 / 2026, will be fixed in the contracting proposal, depending on the needs of the projects, and provided that it is administratively feasible.

The contract may be terminated for any of the reasons provided for in the Workers’ Statute or in other applicable legislation, as well as those set out in the contract itself.

FOURTEEN . Information on personal data

Comillas Pontifical University is the institution responsible for the data provided by those applying for this selection process. The information received will be processed exclusively for the purposes of the call, as well as, where appropriate, subsequent personnel management, in accordance with the provisions of the data protection regulations in force.

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