Research Fellow (0.5 FTE)

The School of Nursing & Midwifery at Queen’s University Belfast, is currently seeking to appoint an exceptional candidate to the post of Research Fellow.

The post offers an exciting opportunity to join an interdisciplinary and inter-institution collaboration between Queen’s University Belfast and Dublin City University to deliver an all-island approach to research and education capacity building, and to influence policy and governance to identify best practices and deliver better outcomes for children and their families. Specifically, the research aims to co-produce, with parents and health and social care professionals, a decision-making framework for planning the place of end-of-life care for children and young people with life-limiting, life-threatening and terminal conditions, and their families, on the island of Ireland.

The Research Fellow will be based in the School of Nursing and Midwifery at Queen’s University Belfast and will be required to engage in cross-border mobility working closely with our partner institution at Dublin City University.

The successful candidate must have, and your application should clearly demonstrate you have:

• Obtained or be about to obtain a relevant PhD in a health or other relevant discipline (e.g., nursing, social science, psychology, allied health, health services research).
• At least 3 years’ relevant research experience to include:    – Experience in effective networking and building strong working relationships within and across organisations, disciplines and professions                                                        – Experience of conducting qualitative or mixed methods research                                                                                          – Experience of working within/researching in palliative care.

Please note the above are not an exhaustive list.  For further information about the role including the essential and desirable criteria please click on the Candidate Information link below.

At Queen’s our people are at the heart of everything we do. As a staff member you will become part of a vibrant organisational culture, which will provide you with the opportunity to achieve your full potential and enhance your career through a continuous focus on learning and development.

We offer an excellent employment package that includes:

• Great terms & conditions
• Pension schemes
• Flexible working by enabling you to design your working week in collaboration with your manager through a blend of remote and office working
• Family-friendly initiatives
• Career development opportunities
• Support for health & mental wellbeing
• Generous holiday entitlement of 8 weeks a year (made up of 23 days annual leave, 10 closure days and 9 bank holidays)

Queen’s University is committed to promoting equality of opportunity to all. We have created an inclusive culture by establishing staff networks such as iRise (Race) and PRISM (LGBTQ+) which help us progress equality.

We also subscribe to Equality Charter Marks such as the Diversity Charter Mark NI in addition to Athena Swan. For further information on our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion, please visit:  www.qub.ac.uk/diversity ; www.qub.ac.uk/qgi  and www.qub.ac.uk/sites/StaffGateway/StaffNetworks/

Informal enquiries may be directed to Helen Kerr – h.kerr@qub.ac.uk

Candidate Information

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