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| 402614BN | Senior/Principal Research Fellow | This is a unique opportunity to work with national leaders in the field of research and health transformation management on this pioneering programme to deliver the highest quality care to NHS patients. You will work with a team of applied researchers, clinicians and health service managers to develop a programme of work aimed to improve the quality of āfundamentalā care provided by nurses and nursing assistants to hospital patients in the Wessex region.Working closely with the leader of the fundamental care theme, Professor Peter Griffiths, you will contribute your existing knowledge experience and expertise in researching the nursing workforce to coordinate and develop a programme of research that meets the needs and priorities of NHS patients and staff to determine and implement structures and processes which will support excellent care.Ā You will develop and lead a mechanism for identifying priorities for research working with patients, the public and NHS stakeholders.
We are seeking applications from people with strong quantitative research skills able to contribute to our existing work looking at workforce characteristics and patient outcomes. It is essential that youĀ have strong communication and interpersonal skills to enable you to negotiate and persuadeĀ to ensure effective relationships.Ā Appointment at Principal Research Fellow level is available for an exceptional candidate with an established international profile and demonstrable ability to lead a research programme. For further information contact Professor Peter Griffiths +44 (0) 23 8059 7877 |
15/06/2014 |
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| 390014F3 | Improving End of Life Care for Patients with COPD (HS38) | Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is a common lung condition which affects upto 3 million people in the UK. It is a progressive condition leading to increasing respiratory symptoms and in some patients frequent hospital admissions. Currently the clinical tools to estimate prognosis are not optimal and patients with severe disease often will not have had the opportunity to discuss or plan for the end of life.Currently palliative care pathways and resources are focused on patients with malignancy but there is a growing recognition that patients with chronic diseases like COPD would benefit greatly from palliative approaches to care and that pathways to effectively manage the end of life, which do not require emergency admission are needed.
This project will seek to explore patientsā and carersā understanding and expectations of COPD and end of life care. The next step will involve mapping the training needs of staff managing patients with severe disease to discuss and plan for end of life care. This will lead to working with the existing healthcare resources and professionals to map an end of life pathway for COPD and to trial this approach to care within the Wessex CLAHRC. The Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Southampton in partnership with one of ourpartner Wessex NHS organisations (TBC), is offering a Clinical Academic Doctoral Fellowship for a qualified Nurse. This is an exciting opportunity for healthcare professionals interested in career progression with a focus on developing research whilst in clinical practice. Together with our NHS partners we are challenging practice, transforming healthcare, improving quality and involving patients and their carers. This innovative scheme is a four year, full-time doctoral programme of study that incorporates clinical work alongside research. Clinical Academic Doctoral Fellows are registered full-time students with the Faculty of Health Sciences and work in the clinical area associated with the research. Fellows are paid an annual tax free stipend (currently Ā£14,000) and receive a small budget for consumables each year. The University tuition fees are also waivered. The stipend is commensurate with a NHS Band 5 health professional salary and includes a small incremental increase year on year. All Fellows receive a laptop for their use throughout the fellowship. The successful candidate will spend two days per week as a Band 5 Registered Nurse in one of our partner NHS organisations and 3 days per week working on the PhD research study. You will join a thriving and expanding group of Clinical Academic Doctoral Fellows using the purpose built Clinical Academic Facilities.Fellows will hold an honorary contract with the NHS organisation. |
19/05/2014 |
Improve the health of the people of Wessex and quality and cost-effectiveness of health care