Job Description

Primary Care and Family Medicine at Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine is launching a new program of work focusing on general practice activity and optimization of cancer and chronic disease screening and management in primary care.A Research Fellow / Research Associate is required to support these studies in collaboration with Primary Care Practitioners and their patients in the community.Responsibilities:Contribute to design, data collection, analysis and interpretation of quantitative, qualitative and co-design studiesProject management of program of work, ensuring study deliverables, reports and publications are completed punctually according to study and grant timelinesWork effectively with OPEN, the Office for Patient Engagement at Le Kong Chian School of Medicine to grow primary care patient panelPerform literature searches and scientific writing in the form of grants, manuscripts, reports, reviews, abstracts, posters and oral presentationsAssist in communications with institutional review board staff regarding ethics applications, amendments, and reportsEstablish and maintain close communication with all stakeholders and study teamAssist in the supervision of student projects within the program of workPosition requirements are:PhD or Masters (Research) qualification or equivalent in health services research, implementation science or a related discipline (eg medicine, nursing, allied health, psychology, public health, social science, statistics)Experience in health services or implementation research, preferably in primary health care settingDesign of research projects using a range of methods (experience of quantitative and qualitative methods)Competent in utilising software packages including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, statistical packages (e.g. Stata), NVivoSuccessful research activity evidenced by:Peer reviewed grant incomePublication in national and international journalsPresentations at national and international conferencesFamiliarity with primary care setting in Singapore and/or internationallyAbility to work effectively, both individually, as well as part of a team.Strong communication skills in English, both written and spokenHiring Institution: LKC

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