Postdoc Researcher

Description:

For each of the last six years, RCSI has been positioned in the Top 250 of universities worldwide and ranked in the world’s Top 50 by Times Higher Education for our contribution to the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goal Number 3 'Good Health and Well-being'. This reflects our commitment to supporting people of all ages to live healthy lives and our work to promote the concepts of well-being and positive health.

RCSI recognises that excellence in research is critical to the quality of its educational activities, its credibility, and, overall, to its mission to enhance human health. RCSI’s research strategy aims to build upon its strength in translational biomedical and clinical research to deliver transformational, high impact changes in health care. Targeting both Irish national and EU funding, along with increased collaboration with industry, is a major part of the RCSI research strategy. Forging increased collaboration between RCSI PIs and industry is of critical importance to achieving success in this area. RCSI is also committed to provide its researchers with the supports and developmental opportunities to enable them to continuously grow and support their overall career development.

Specific duties

• Oversee the completion of a medical device observational clinical study in a Diabetic Clinic
• Ensure adherence to the clinical investigation plan
• Develop data collection tools and study design and statistical analysis plans as required
• Set up database and database management plan
• Secure research governance structures
• Put in place all administrative procedures and logistics necessary for the correct conduct of the clinical study
• Establish and maintain regular communication with study partners
• Prepare papers for publication in Q1 wound care journals
• Undergoing programmes of training and development as may be required from time to time
• Performing such other duties as may be required from time to time