CPRD – Senior Researcher

£54,088 per annum plus benefits

Location: London Canary Wharf/Hybrid

Permanent, Full-time

Ref: 242110

The MHRA is transforming. Through enabling innovation, making the right judgements of the benefits and risks of medical products and forging the right partnerships in the UK and internationally, it aims to deliver world class regulation and improved outcomes for UK patients.

We currently have an exciting opportunity for a CPRD Senior Researcher to join our Clinical Practice Research Datalink team in the Safety and Surveillance group. CPRD, jointly sponsored by the Agency and the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR), is the UK’s preeminent research service providing access to anonymised NHS data for research. In addition to supporting high quality observational research, CPRD has developed world leading services based on using real world data to support clinical trials and interventional studies.

The CPRD Senior Researcher role offers an exciting opportunity to contribute to the UK Government’s premier data-driven research service and will apply their epidemiological, statistical and leadership expertise to a range of studies to develop and deliver CPRD research services. Responsibilities include leadership of commissioned research; characterising, validating, and integrating new sources of data; developing methodologies and algorithms to add value to the data. The role will also be exposed to novel methods for integrating observational and real-world interventional studies and developing technical solutions for research.

Who are we looking for?

The successful candidate will have a PhD, or equivalent experience, in epidemiology, medical statistics, or a related discipline and will have a track record in publishing epidemiological research analysing large electronic health records databases. You will have excellent organisational skills, with a proven ability to manage and deliver multiple projects on time and to budget.

You will also be a good team player, working closely with colleagues to deliver organisational objectives. Self-motivated, with a strong sense of personal accountability, ensuring tasks, projects and issues are appropriately dealt with to their successful delivery or conclusion.

If you would like to find out more about this fantastic opportunity, please read our Job Description and Person Specification!

Closing date: 20 October 2022.

To apply please click here CPRD Senior Researcher – £54,088 p.a. + benefits – Civil Service Jobs – GOV.UK