Organisation/Company: KINGS COLLEGE LONDON
Research Field: Educational sciences, Juridical sciences
Researcher Profile: Recognised Researcher (R2), First Stage Researcher (R1)
Country: United Kingdom
Application Deadline: 13 Apr 2025 - 00:00 (UTC)
Type of Contract: Other
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
About us
King's College London offers an intellectually stimulating environment in which to work, where staff are dedicated to the advancement of knowledge and learning, in the service of society. We are a multi-faculty institution, providing high-quality teaching, research and innovation across the sciences, humanities, medicine, law, dentistry, and social sciences. As a member of the Russell Group, an association of leading UK research-intensive universities, we are committed to maintaining the highest standards in research and education. King's is the largest centre for the education of healthcare professionals in Europe, and is home to five Medical Research Council Centres spread across its three teaching hospitals.
King's is one of the top 20 universities in the world (2014/15 QS World University Rankings). We are the fourth oldest university in England and based in the heart of London, King's has more than 26,000 students from nearly 140 countries, and more than 7,000 employees.
The Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry is the only such Department in the UK, with 7 professors, 1 Reader and 6 Senior Lecturers comprising its substantive academic staff. The Department will shortly move into the Pears Maudsley Centre, a £90M purpose-built clinical research facility co-locating the academic department and clinical colleagues from South London and Maudsley NGS Foundation Trust, with the purpose of enhancing translational research designed to improve the mental health of children and young people. Its new Clinical Research Facility with cutting-edge equipment offers research opportunities that are unparalleled in the UK and Europe. The PATHWAYS study will be based in the Pears Maudsley Centre.
About the role
We are looking for an experienced and enthusiastic researcher for the high-profile PATHWAYS research programme on children and young people attending the UK Gender Services because of gender incongruence. PATHWAYS is a research programme with multiple workstreams whose aim is to understand young people with gender incongruence and assess the risks and benefits of interventions. The UK is currently the only country worldwide to undertake such comprehensive research in order to better understand best care for children and young people with gender incongruence. The researcher will work primarily on the observational study and clinical trial and will play a key role in recruiting young people and their families into the studies, and in the retention for longer-term follow-up. The research programme is multi-centre across the UK; although the researcher will be based in Warrington, they will need to work closely across centres and may need to visit other centres and/or participants at home or in clinics.
Key Responsibilities of the role:
* Work closely with Trial Managers and Research Fellows to ensure adherence to study protocols. This includes participant recruitment, data collection from participants and from clinic records at the various sites. Longitudinal data collection will need to be completed within specified time windows. This includes follow-up calls and appointments for any missing data.
* Liaise with Trial Managers and Primary Investigators at all sites to problem-solve around any issues that arise at clinical sites.
* Visit clinical sites to extract research data from clinical records.
* Provide continuity to participants and their parents with regard to PATHWAYS research through excellent communication, including with their clinical teams should this be appropriate.
* Assist Trial Managers and Research Associates in providing regular reports on study progress to the investigators and the oversight committees.
This is a full-time post (35 hours/week) and you will be offered a fixed term contract for 3 years with the possibility of extension. The earliest start date is 1st of June 2025.
To be successful in this role, we are looking for candidates to have the following skills and experience:
* BSc in an area related to the cross-over between physical and mental health
* Experience in quantitative methods research including analytical techniques and/or qualitative methods
* Experience of using a research database
* Research or clinical experience with children or young people with mental health or physical health concerns
* Excellent attention to detail
* Excellent interpersonal skills to develop and maintain effective working relationships with both academics and individuals recruited to the study.
* Strong planning and organisational skills, including ability to work to and meet firm deadlines.
* Demonstrable experience in complying with data protection regulations / GDPR protocol
* Experience of longitudinal data collection
* Experience working on clinical trials and/or directly with clinicians
* Experience in administration of cognitive assessments
* Master’s degree in relevant area, e.g., mental health or mental-physical health interface
* Experience in writing and publishing research papers in high-quality journals
Further information
We pride ourselves on being inclusive and welcoming. We embrace diversity and want everyone to feel that they belong and are connected to others in our community.
We are committed to working with our staff and unions on these and other issues, to continue to support our people and to develop a diverse and inclusive culture at King's.
We ask all candidates to submit a copy of their CV, and a supporting statement, detailing how they meet the essential criteria listed in the advert. If we receive a strong field of candidates, we may use the desirable criteria to choose our final shortlist, so please include your evidence against these where possible.
This post is subject to Disclosure and Barring Service and Occupational Health clearances.
Grade and Salary: £33,482 - £35,116 per annum
Job ID: 110785
Close Date: 13-Apr-2025
Contact Person: Professor Emily Simonoff
Contact Details: emily.simonoff@kcl.ac.uk
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