2 Specialist Research Lead roles – Flexible (NHS Education for Scotland)

Posted 2022.01.18
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Job reference: 084687

Location: Flexible

Salary: Band 7 (£40,872 - £47,846)

Employment type: Fixed-term or Secondment

Job Type: Medical and Dental

Hours of work: 30

Department: Clinical Effectiveness (Dental)

Employer (NHS Board): NHS Education for Scotland (NES)

Job closing date: Friday 28 January 2022

  • Flexible Location: NES is a remote friendly employer supporting office, remote and hybrid working. We are happy to talk about how you want to work.
  • Duration: Fixed Term Contract for 12 months (*Secondment/SLA in the first instance for NHS Staff)

Role:

NHS Education for Scotland is now seeking an experienced researcher to contribute to a portfolio of implementation science, quality improvement and educational research projects carried out in partnership working with the Health Services Research Unit, University of Aberdeen. This is an exciting opportunity to join the Dental Directorate within NHS Education for Scotland.

Find out more and apply by 28 January 2022


Job reference: 084611

Location: Flexible

Salary: Band 7 (£40,872 - £47,846)

Employment type: Fixed-term or Secondment

Job Type: Medical and Dental

Hours of work: 37.5

Department: Clinical Effectiveness (Dental)

Employer (NHS Board): NHS Education for Scotland (NES)

Job closing date: Friday 28 January 2022

  • Location: This Specialist Research Lead post will be within the Dental Directorate’s Clinical Effectiveness Workstream, which is based in Dundee Dental Education Centre (DDEC). The successful postholder’s base of work may be DDEC or an alternative site. NES is a remote friendly employer supporting office, remote and hybrid working.
  • Duration: Fixed Term Contract for 12 months (*Secondment/SLA in the first instance for NHS Staff)

Role

NHS Education for Scotland is now seeking an experienced researcher to join the guidance development team within the Clinical Effectiveness Workstream. This team has an international reputation for developing and publishing Scottish Dental Clinical Effectiveness Programme (SDCEP) clinical guidance, which is widely used by healthcare professionals in practice, in education and for training throughout Scotland and beyond. You may also contribute to other research and evaluation activities within the workstream related to the implementation of SDCEP guidance.

Find out more and apply by 28 January 2022

 

NHS Education for Scotland (NES) is the national health board with statutory responsibilities to effect sustainable change through workforce development, education and training across the health and social care system in Scotland, while working at UK level with partner organisations.

Working within NES’s Dental Directorate, the Clinical Effectiveness Workstream generates and synthesises research evidence, makes national guidance recommendations and supports their implementation. It also contributes to the development and implementation of specific Scottish Government quality assurance and quality improvement initiatives. In this way the Clinical Effectiveness Workstream supports healthcare professionals to adopt and apply up-to-date knowledge and skills, facilitates the delivery of safe, effective and evidence-based patient care and advances quality improvement.