Senior Research Fellow - INTERNAL ONLY

King's College London, United Kingdom

Updated: 11 days ago
Location: Cricket St Thomas, ENGLAND
Deadline: 14 May 2024

Job id: 089405. Salary: £62,696 - £64,421 per annum, including London Weighting Allowance.

Posted: 10 May 2024. Closing date: 14 May 2024.

Business unit: Faculty of Life Sciences & Medicine. Department: Perinatal Imaging & Health.

Contact details:Professor Mary Rutherford. [email protected]

Location: St. Thomas’ Campus. Category: Research.


Job description
THIS VACANCY IS OPEN TO INTERNAL APPLICANTS ONLY

We are seeking an exceptionally talented senior research Fellow to undertake the role of study manager for the MRC funded MiBIrth study.

The appointee will lead a multidisciplinary team, contributing to projects strategy and delivery and supporting the co and principal investigators with the day to day running of the study, development and maintenance of a study specific RedCap database, managing finances and leading on PPI activity.

The post is tenable immediately and sited at St. Thomas’s campus.

This post will be offered on a fixed-term contract to  31st May 2025.

This is a full-time post - 100% full time equivalent.


Key responsibilities
  • Study manager for the MiBIRTH study  
  • Line manage, supervise and mentor research assistants 
  • Oversee participant recruitment   
  • Build and maintain RedCap database 
  • Liaise between CoIs and external collaborators  
  • Analyze data within the study  
  • Organise PPI activities 
  • Lead and contribute to manuscripts publications in relevant peer-reviewed journals  
  • The postholder will undertake additional data maintenance and analysis duties for research studies led by Professor Grainne McAlonan  

The above list of responsibilities may not be exhaustive, and the post holder will be required to undertake such tasks and responsibilities as may reasonably be expected within the scope and grading of the post.


Skills, knowledge, and experience
  • Extensive knowledge of antenatal MRI research
  • Experience with ReDCap databasing  
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills 
  • Skills for managing multiple tasks simultaneously 
  • Ability to teach and train junior staff and students 
  • Proven capability of working collaboratively in multidisciplinary research scan teams, involving clinicians, imaging physicists, research assistants  and sonographers.

Essential criteria  

  • PhD in antenatal MR imaging or related subject 
  • Academic research experience as evinced by publication record relevant to perinatal MR imaging or related field. 
  • Prior experience of successfully contributing to funding bids & research projects. 
  • Prior experience of formulating and supervising projects for undergraduate and Master students  
  • Excellent written and verbal communications skills 
  • Prior experience of contributing to multidisciplinary research, ideally within clinical research imaging teams  

    • Desirable criteria

  • Knowledge of fetal MRI image analysis 
  • Statistical expertise 

    • Further information

    This post is subject to Disclosure and Barring Service and Occupational Health clearance.