The Office of Patient Engagement (OPEN) brings patient and public voices into medical research and education in LKCMedicine. OPEN works with researchers and educators to integrate patient and public involvement and engagement (PPIE) into their work, connecting them to patients and the community.
OPEN is seeking a motivated Research Fellow / Research Associate to play a key role in the development of PPIE programmes in the School, which will build PPIE capacity in OPEN and the LKCMedicine community.
Responsibilities:
- Contribute to design, data collection, analysis and interpretation of quantitative, qualitative and co-design studies
- Project management of program of work, ensuring study deliverables, reports and publications are completed punctually according to study and grant timelines
- Work effectively with other research and education teams to grow patient-public involvement and engagement (PPIE) and design patient engagement activities in LKCMedicine
- Develop curriculum materials for PPIE capability building programmes
- Perform literature searches and scientific writing in the form of grants, manuscripts, reports, reviews, abstracts, posters and oral presentations
- Assist in communications with institutional review board staff regarding ethics applications, amendments, and reports
- Establish and maintain close communication with all stakeholders and study team
- Assist in the supervision of student projects within the program of work.
- Ensure all work processes meet the ethical standards of the University, Singapore Good Clinical Practice Guidelines and other applicable regulatory and ethical requirements
- Assist with any other duties of a similar nature that are delegated by the Faculty Lead and Deputy Director of OPEN.
Competencies and Qualification Requirements:
- PhD qualification or equivalent certification or experience in health services research, implementation science or a related discipline (eg medicine, nursing, allied health, psychology, public health, social science, statistics, communications)
- Experience in health services, implementation research, co-design or patient-public involvement
- Design of research projects using a range of methods (experience of quantitative and qualitative methods)
- Competent in utilising software packages including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, NVivo
- Confident facilitator for workshops and focus group discussions
- Successful research activity evidenced by:
- Peer reviewed grant income
- Publication in national and international journals
- Presentations at national and international conferences
- Ability to work effectively, both individually, as well as part of a team.
- Strong communication skills in English, both written and spoken
