Specialist Registrar/Specialist Trainee
SPHS09/466
Job Description
Unit Name:
SPHSU
Division/Section:
Job Title:
Specialist
Registrar/Specialist
Trainee
Salary range:
Band:
Reports to:
Professor Lyndal
Bond
Tenure:
Evaluations
Programme
The
registrar/trainee
would be
appointed on the
appropriate
NHS Specialist
Registrar/Trainee
Scale.
2 years
Working Hours:
36/week
Clinical Training:
The MRC SPHSU is offering a 2 year appointment in this Faculty-approved
training location. The postholder will be seconded to this unit while remaining an
employee of their present NHS authority. The trainee would also be attached to a
Health Board. Greater Glasgow Health Board has agreed to offer this attachment
if required and to add the post-holder to the on-call rota. The Health Board
attachment will give the trainee the necessary service contract to permit
appropriate development and implementation of research. The attachment would
also ensure access to relevant health service information systems. The precise
nature, length and timing of the attachment would be discussed with the
Postgraduate Dean.
Honorary contracts at Specialist Registrar level will be applied for from the
relevant Health Boards.
Training Review:
This is a 24 month attachment in a recognised specialist registrar slot outwith the
“base” service Health Board Department of Public Health. The time in SPHSU
would be counted as Research/Academic experience. The incumbent will retain
his/her own National Training Number (NTN) if already possessed. There would
be an annual review with the Postgraduate Dean and the West of Scotland
Committee to review progress.
Overall Purpose:
To contribute to developments in the evaluation of the health impacts of social
interventions.
To facilitate links between SPHSU, Health Boards, Departments at the University
of Glasgow and non-academic users of our research.
To develop capacity in critical appraisal and systematic review methods skills.
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Working Relationships:
The trainee would report to Professor Lyndal Bond, Associate Director of MRC
SPHSU and be jointly supervised by Professor Lyndal Bond and Professor Phil
Hanlon, who is a recognised trainer in the University’s Section of Public Health
Policy in the Division of Community Health Sciences.
Key Responsibilities:
The trainee would be expected to:
1. Work with the Evaluating the Effects on Health of Social Interventions
programme.
2. Carry out a systematic review which would examine the effectiveness of a
non-healthcare sector intervention (such as a group of related polices,
programme or projects) in influencing population health or inequalities (for
example, in the field of transport, housing, employment or other relevant
field).
3. Contribute to the programme of work in the Evaluating the Effects on
Health of Social Interventions programme, which will involve setting up
and carrying out an outcome evaluation of a social intervention (for
example, in the area of housing and regeneration, transport, welfare to
work or other relevant area).
4. Present research findings at conferences and write them up for publication
in high quality journals.
5. Provide a medical and epidemiological input to the work of SPHSU. This
would involve acting as clinical or public health advisor to health and social
surveys, or referring colleagues to appropriate clinical and epidemiological
expertise elsewhere.
Liaise between relevant programmes of research in MRC SPHSU, NHS Health
Scotland, the Section of Public Health and Health Policy at the University of
Glasgow, and with Health Boards, and other MRC Units where appropriate, and
with non-academic users of our research.
Employment Checks:
Please note that final appointment will be subject to pre-employment
screening.
Agenda check level required - F
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Additional Information:
The MRC SPHSU employs staff from a range of non-clinical disciplines including
medical sociology, health psychology, anthropology, epidemiology, statistics and
human sciences. It has its own specialist library and runs a research skills course
for staff and it’s PhD students.
The experience would promote the acquisition of basic and advanced research
skills including critical appraisal, publication in peer reviewed journals, plus
dissemination skills. We would expect the research undertaken by the post holder
to be developed for submission as an MD or PhD thesis. The Specialist
Registrar/Specialist Trainee would be encouraged to participate in courses which
would enhance their core transferable skills.
The Specialist Registrar/Specialist Trainee would have open access to all Unit and
departmental activities including seminars, tutorials, and research-in-progress
meetings, opportunities for up to 5 hours per week teaching at the University’s
Section of Public Health and Health Policy at undergraduate and postgraduate
level, and to other resources which include not only the large and well stocked
University library but also good computer hardware, software IT support and online access to OVID, JANET, MEDLINE and BIDS. They would also have access to
all University staff training and development courses, including in teaching.
This is a valuable opportunity to work in a Unit with an international reputation
for its research on the wider determinants of health. Further details on the Unit’s
research programmes, and on our programme of evaluations and systematic
reviews can be found in the Unit’s Annual 2008 Report
(http://www.sphsu.mrc.ac.uk/annual_reports.php).
We aim to appoint an individual with prior Special Registrar or Specialist Trainee
PH experience, who would therefore have obtained a Masters degree in Public
Health or MSc and obtained Part A MFPH and a further one year of training in a
Health Board, Health authority or equivalent unit.
If applicants are currently training outside Scotland applicants should clarify with
their home Deanery that they will bring their training number with them and will
return to their home Deanery on completion of the appointment.
Equality & Diversity:
The MRC values the diverse skills and experience of its employees and is
committed to achieving equality of treatment for all. Its objective is that all
individuals shall have equal opportunities for employment and advancement on
the basis of their skills, aptitudes and abilities. The MRC is committed to the
engagement and retention of the best possible talent and to creating an
environment that encourages excellence in scientific research through good
equalities and diversity leadership and management.
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Corporate/Local responsibilities & requirements:
The job holder must at all times carry out their responsibilities with due regard to
the MRC’s:
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Code of conduct
Equality & Diversity Policy
Health & Safety Policy
Information technology policy and Data protection Act
Job descriptions should be reviewed on a regular basis and at the annual
appraisal. Any changes should be made and agreed between postholder and line
manager
The above lists are not exhaustive and the job holder is required to undertake
such duties as may reasonably be requested within the scope of the post. All staff
are required to act professionally, co-operatively and flexibly in line with the
requirements of the post and the MRC.
How to Apply:
Should you have any enquiries about the post, please contact Professor Lyndal
Bond via e-mail lyndal@sphsu.mrc.ac.uk.
Applications should be submitted electronically on our e:recruitment system at
http://jobs.mrc.ac.uk. If you do not have internet access or experience technical
difficulties, please call 01793 301***, quoting reference number SPHS09/466.
Applicants should complete the cover letter section indicating reasons for applying
for the post and how s/he meets the criteria in the Person Specification. A full CV
should also be attached. Please ensure at least one of your referees is able to
comment on your statistical or data analysis skills. The post will be available from
January 2010.
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