Researcher with responsibility to conduct clinical research - Hiring in process/Finished, not possible to apply

The position is within the research group Clinical Psychology in Healthcare, Department of Women’s and Children’s Health. The research group is hosting the strategic, interdisciplinary, and multidisciplinary research program U-CARE (http://www.u-care.uu.se). In U-CARE we specialize in the development, piloting, and evaluation of e-Mental Health interventions for people with somatic disease, and their significant others. U-CARE has several international collaborations and our broad competence within research methodology has been acknowledged in the latest evaluation of research conducted at Uppsala University.

Duties/Project Description: The person we are looking for will work on two projects. One project is focused on testing and evaluating a webbased self-help program for parents of children treated for cancer. The second project is focused on the development, testing, and evaluation of a guided self-help intervention for depression in people with dementia living in the community.

The successful applicant will support the principal investigators to coordinate the work within the two projects, including supervision of project coordinators and research assistants, development of study protocols, managing ethical approval processes, monitoring recruitment and retention, liaising with project members and external collaborators, writing for publication, and contribute to the process of securing research funds.

Required qualifications:

To be eligible for the position, you need to have completed a PhD in Behavioural Sciences, Health Care Sciences, Psychology or a related field. The candidate must have a track record in the design and delivery of clinically relevant research, for example, psychological treatment development and evaluation. The candidate must also have specialist knowledge and experience in feasibility and pilot studies, controlled trials, and qualitative research methods. Very good ability to write and speak in the English language is also essential.

Great emphasis will be placed on personal suitability such as flexibility, ability to prioritize, good teamwork and quality awareness. You will also have experience of supervision of others and very strong organizational and administrative skills.

Meriting skills:

• Experience of working with mental health populations
• Experience of participatory action research and patient and public involvement in research.
• A publication track record

Application: Your application should be written in English. It should contain the following:

• Your Curriculum Vitae
• Copies of your degree certificates
• Your PhD thesis
• A letter of motivation (maximum two pages)
• Your complete publication list, including URL/DOI to respective papers.
• Contact information for a minimum of two references

Uppsala University values the qualities that an even distribution of gender and diversity brings with it. Therefore, applicants of all sexes, birth countries, functionalities, and life experiences, are welcome to apply.

Salary: Individually negotiated salary.

Starting date: 2019-03-01 or otherwise agreed

Type of position: Full time position.

Anställningsform: Temporary position ending 2020-02-28 with a possibility of prolongation.

For further information about the position please contact either the research group leader, Professor Louise von Essen (louise-von.essen@kbh.uu.se, +46-070-4250714) or Dr Joanne Woodford (joanne.woodford@kbh.uu.se, +46184716573).

Please submit your application by 2019-02-03, UFV-PA 2018/4512.

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