Research Assistant

Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust; London; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare institution in London is seeking a Research Assistant to support the development of a machine learning-driven Urology Triage Platform, facilitate research grant applications, and coordinate literature reviews. Ideal candidates should have relevant experience in research methodologies and the ability to work collaboratively in a clinical setting. This role offers an opportunity to contribute to innovative healthcare solutions.

Qualifications

• Experience in conducting systematic literature reviews.
• Ability to coordinate discussions and interviews.
• Familiarity with machine learning applications in healthcare.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate the write-up of research data.
• Assist with grant applications for future research.
• Conduct systematic literature reviews and coordinate group discussions.

Skills

Coordinating data write-up

Research grant application

Literature reviews

Integration assessment with care models

Education

Degree in relevant field

Job description

The RA Will Be Responsible For

• Coordinating the write-up of this data
• Utilising the outputs to apply for a future research grant
• Assisting with setting up this model in other centres once ready
• Conducting systematic literature reviews
• Coordinating group discussions and interviews - The RA will work with the GSTT AI team to develop this aspect for publication
• Assessing feasibility for integration with current UK-wide models of care

Workstream 1

Using machine learning (ML)-driven Urology Triage Platform (UTP) to help address the increased urology referrals of an ageing population directly addresses two of the industry research grand challenges of AI-supported initiatives and innovation to support an ageing population. This aligns with the NHS long-term plan pledge of ‘digitally enabled’ outpatient care becoming mainstream. Our previous work with Demdx has demonstrated a ML technical and clinical Urology Triage Platform (UTP) with developed ML algorithms to optimise clinical pathways can be trained to various supervised learning models using SNOMED symptoms and anonymised past medical records as independent variables and diagnosis as the dependent variable.

Workstream 2: Understanding Barriers to AI Care

Guy's and St Thomas' renal and transplant service is a centre of excellence for kidney disease treatment. Clinical services are based at Guy's with outreach services across south east London and Kent. We offer treatment at all stages, including early diagnosis, advanced kidney disease care, dialysis, kidney transplantation, and end-of-life care. We have the UK's largest and most active living kidney donation programme. Urology is a surgical specialty covering the diagnosis and treatment of disorders of the kidneys, ureters, bladder, prostate, and male reproductive organs. We conduct various research studies in the directorate.

For further details or informal visits, contact:

Name: Professor Tet Yap

Job title: Professor of Urology

Email: [e-mail]