Research Assistant in Dementia Care

Queen Mary University of London; Greater London; On-site; GBP 34,000 - 41,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salaries

Generous pension scheme

30 days’ leave per annum

Season ticket loan scheme

Professional development opportunities

Work-life balance and inclusive policy

Flexible working arrangements

Campus facilities

Disability recruitment adjustments

Flexible working options

Job summary

Queen Mary University of London is seeking a Research Assistant in Dementia Care within the Centre for Psychiatry and Mental Health. You will contribute to NIHR, Alzheimer's Society and Barts Charity-funded studies, gaining exposure across young onset dementia, virtual wards and pre-hospital care in a single role.

The role requires an undergraduate or postgraduate qualification in social sciences or a related field, plus experience with older people, dementia, and applied health research.

Qualifications

• Undergraduate degree or postgraduate qualification in social sciences or a related subject.
• Experience and interest in working with older people, people with dementia or cognitive impairment and their families.
• Experience of research within applied health or care research, preferably with older people.
• Experience in working with NHS sites for research including understanding or experience of applying for NHS ethics and Health Research Authority approvals.
• Ideally experience in mixed methods research, particularly with qualitative methods.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to research supporting delivery of NIHR, Alzheimer's Society and Barts Charity-funded studies.
• Work across studies spanning young onset dementia (DETECT-YOD), virtual wards (DEM-VW) and pre-hospital care (REACH).
• Engage with NHS sites for research and navigate NHS ethics and Health Research Authority approvals.

Skills

Qualitative research

Older people/dementia experience

NHS ethics approvals

Mixed methods research

Education

Undergraduate or postgraduate qualification in social sciences or related field

Job description

About the Role

We are offering an exciting opportunity to become a Research Assistant in Dementia Care at the Centre for Psychiatry and Mental Health in the Wolfson Institute for Population Health at Queen Mary, University of London. The Centre has an ambitious and growing portfolio of internationally‑leading teaching and research across the life span.

The successful candidate will make contributions to research supporting delivery of a series of NIHR, Alzheimer's Society and Barts Charity‑funded studies. The post holder will work across studies spanning young onset dementia (DETECT‑YOD), virtual wards (DEM‑VW) and pre‑hospital care (REACH), offering broad exposure to mixed‑methods dementia and acute care research within a single post.

About You

The successful candidate will have an undergraduate degree, or postgraduate qualification in social sciences or a related subject. They will have experience and an interest in working with older people, people with dementia or cognitive impairment and their families and experience of research within applied health or care research, preferably with older people. This includes experience in working with NHS sites for research including an understanding or experience of applying for NHS ethics and Health Research Authority approvals. They will ideally have experience in mixed methods research, particularly with expertise in qualitative methods.

About the School/Department/Institute/Project

The Centre for Psychiatry and Mental Health (CPMH) is at the forefront of research internationally into the prevention and treatment of mental illness through biopsychosocial mechanisms. We are particularly active in programmes of research on public mental health, health promotion, prevention and early intervention. Programmes include work in health services, and population studies of complex risk and protective factors, co‑morbidities and health inequalities. We have an international reputation for cultural, social and environmental epidemiology and trials of complex interventions, including in people with serious mental illness and dementia. We host the Alzheimer’s Society Doctoral Training Centre for Integrated Care (I‑Care DTC) and Alzheimer’s Society Centre for Inequalities (GRACE).

About Queen Mary

At Queen Mary University of London, we believe that a diversity of ideas helps us achieve the previously unthinkable.

Throughout our history, we’ve fostered social justice and improved lives through academic excellence. And we continue to live and breathe this spirit today, not because it’s simply ‘the right thing to do’ but for what it helps us achieve and the intellectual brilliance it delivers.

We continue to embrace diversity of thought and opinion in everything we do, in the belief that when views collide, disciplines interact, and perspectives intersect, truly original thought takes form.

Benefits

• competitive salaries
• access to a generous pension scheme
• 30 days’ leave per annum (pro-rata for part‑time/fixed‑term)
• a season ticket loan scheme
• access to a comprehensive range of personal and professional development opportunities
• a range of work life balance and family friendly, inclusive employment policies
• flexible working arrangements
• campus facilities
• Reasonable adjustments will be made at each stage of the recruitment process for any candidate with a disability.
• We are open to considering applications from candidates wishing to work flexibly.

Informal enquiries are welcome and should be addressed to Professor Nathan Davies at [e-mail]

Details about the Centre for Psychiatry can be found here

£33,928 to £40,815 per annum