The University of West London (UWL) is ranked the best modern* university (non-specialist) in London in the Complete University Guide 2023.
We are the top University in the UK for Student Experience and for Teaching Quality in the Times and Sunday Times Complete University Guide 2024 and University of the Year for Social Inclusion in the Daily Mail University Guide 2024.
The UWL community is a diverse body of students and staff who work together to create an environment of success and achievement. We celebrate the diversity of our staff and promote our values in practice through our commitment to inclusivity, progression, and success.
*University status awarded in or after 1992
The Geller Institute of Ageing and Memory
We are a flagship Institute at the University of West London (UWL), delivering interdisciplinary applied research and education. Our focus is on delivering the evidence to inform high quality, cutting edge, health and social care to benefit people living with dementia, older people, and their care partners and families.
At the heart of our mission is to ensure the most vulnerable populations of people living with dementia and older people have better experiences of health and social care and are supported in living well and living at home for longer. All our research and education programmes are guided by an inclusive approach.
We are an interdisciplinary team, with expertise in sociology, psychology, social policy, epidemiology, nursing, and philosophy, with our research drawing upon a wide range of methodologies.
Our research funding incorporates Department of Health and Social Care contracts (via NIHR), funding from national and international charities, and philanthropic support. We have established a reputation for the rapid translation of our research into impact, which is informing public discourse, shaping the policy agenda, and translated into practice improvements.
Our postgraduate education programmes offer interdisciplinary, research focused, evidence-based teaching and supervision. Our postgraduate courses are designed to cultivate leaders in ageing and dementia care and improve practice across health and social care settings.
The Institute is based within The School of Medicine and Biosciences. For further details and to see our team, please visit: https://www.uwl.ac.uk/research/research-centres-and-groups/geller-institute-ageing-and-memory
The School of Medicine and Biosciences
The School of Medicine and Biosciences at UWL, is an interdisciplinary research-driven School, embedded within an area of West London with diverse populations and significant pockets of both deprivation and affluence. We work in partnership with policy makers and practitioners to improve the health of our communities and reduce inequalities, developing and delivering hyperlocal health and social care initiatives, which have the potential to scale up locally and nationally. We deliver research-led undergraduate and postgraduate taught courses in Biosciences and Dementia Care. Our research themes: Ageing and dementia; Healthcare inequalities; Public Health; Gene-targeted cancer therapy; and Translational Medicine.
The Role
The post will have a key role in the delivery of an NIHR study that will focus on understand carer experiences when a person living with dementia is detained within a mental health ward, and staff rationales and responses to carers. This 30-month mixed methods study utilises a mixed methods design, integrating a national survey, interviews, ethnography, and experience-based co-design. The goal is to deliver co-designed evidence-based strategies to improve how mental health wards involve and support carers and improve patient outcomes.
The post-holder will work closely with the PI (and a second study post-doctoral RA) on all aspects of the study. In addition, the post holder will have career development opportunities, including contributing to the writing and development of study outputs, research funding applications and the delivery of postgraduate education programmes within GIAM.
The Person
Applications for this position are invited from candidates who have experience of working on qualitative research projects in mental health or dementia as well as excellent communication and organisational skills. Experience data collection in the NHS and of ethnography would be advantageous.
How to Apply
To apply click on ‘Apply Online’ and upload your CV and Cover Letter. Further information about the application process can be found here: https://jobs.uwl.ac.uk/display.aspx?id=1253&pid=0
Please email hr.recruitment@uwl.ac.uk if you need any assistance with the application process.
Interviews are expected to be held on the 12th of November 2024.
For informal enquiries about the position please contact Professor Emma Wolverson emma.wolverson@uwl.ac.uk
Additional Information
Read more about working at the University of West London at https://www.uwl.ac.uk/about-us/how-university-works/why-work-uwl
This post will involve travel for data collection across the UK. Travel will be reimbursed. Travel will involve some overnight stays.
Our school is under-represented in terms of staff from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds, of LGBT+ identities, and with disabilities. UWL is committed to having a diverse and inclusive workforce, supports the gender equality Athena SWAN Charter, and is a Disability Confident Employer as well as a Diversity Champion for Stonewall, the leading LGBT+ rights organisation. We welcome applications from all sections of the community, particularly those mentioned above to increase diversity in our workforce.
Candidates must be able to demonstrate their eligibility to work in the UK in accordance with the Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006.
Please be advised that it is expected that appointment within a grade will normally be at the minimum point.
Applicants must hold a PhD in a relevant field with a demonstrable track record of research within the field.
An Enhanced DBS Certificate is required for this post (to be undertaken upon appointment).
This position does not meet the University criteria for Skilled Worker sponsorship
We will intermittently review the applications as part of this open advert, therefore if successful, you will be shortlisted and contacted at any time.
The University of West London reserves the right to close the role prior to this date should a suitable applicant be found.