Thought there might be a lot of King’s interest in this job.

 £ 24,831 – 33,436
Full Time

West Midlands QI is a new service that has been established by NHS West Midlands in an ambitious response to the challenge of setting up a regional quality observatory as set out by Lord Darzi in his next stage review: ‘High Quality Care for All’.

Quality is at the heart of West Midlands QI. Its core purpose is to help understand quality and measure it – turning data into intelligence that will inspire clinical teams to seek improvements in the quality of services they offer
 
West Midlands QI is now seeking an outstanding analyst to become part of a small team that will deliver high quality information to clinical teams in the West Midlands.

• Are you motivated by achieving, empowering and informing?

• Do you have a strong track-record in clinical information analysis?

• Have you experience in developing and applying complex statistical methods to large datasets within complex computer software?

For further information about West Midlands QI, please visit www.wmqi.westmidlands.nhs.uk.

For an informal discussion regarding West Midlands QI please contact David Lane – Programme Coordinator on 0121 695 2580.

Have completing PhDs familiar with mouse biology and/or stem cells spotted this?

www.embl.org/jobs

Time Management

November 4, 2009

Students who have not been able to get the excellent booklet on Time Management produced by Vitae can download it as a pdf. Full of great advice. Its called ‘The balanced researcher’

http://vitae.ac.uk/CMS/files/Vitae-Balanced-Researcher-June-2008.pdf

NHS Scotland

November 2, 2009

Those of you thinking of doing the NHS management scheme should know that Scotland runs a separate programme. Apply to England and Scotland for 2 bites at the cherry.

Deadline: 01 January 2010

Salary: £27,500
Location: Berkshire

“They are like McKinsey but they do people stuff and the return is immediate”, is how one client described Chemistry’s services.  Given 70% of our revenue is from management consulting fees, we work globally, our people are bright and our multi-national FTSE 100 client list find us an essential partner, we kinda get the McKinsey comparison.  Then again we don’t have any oak paneling, we prefer our Wii, XBox and Mac kitted out, yet rurally chic offices in Binfield.

We are looking for razor bright graduates (fresh or a bit of wear) to join our business.  For a clue to the environment read this blog entry http://tinyurl.com/ykmoc36

You will:
• Work like you are possessed, on the right things
• Treat our customers like they are the centre of your universe
• Treat your colleagues like they are your blood kin
• Enjoy every minute of what we believe is the best place to work on the planet

You have:
• A HUGE BRAIN, seriously immense, one caveat you need to be able to tie your own laces
• Cool TECH skills, one finger typing and “what’s Twitter?” like questions aren’t allowed
• You are a SPONGE – not a deep sea type, but an information absorbing one
• HUMILITY – to listen, learn, improve (and repeat)
How to apply details:
Send cv and covering letter to colinm@thechemistrygroup.com

Credit Suisse Quantitative Workshop 11 November 2009 12pm – 7pm Credit Suisse, 20 Columbus Courtyard, London E14 4DA

Looking to leverage your mathematical or algorithmic skills? Enjoy developing effective solutions to challenging problems? Want your work to make an impact in the real world?

Discover how Credit Suisse models the next generation of financial instruments and apply your technical and interpersonal skills in a credit derivatives workshop. You will gain an insight into the real world of credit derivatives, and learn how we trade these products around the globe. The best way to get a feel for our business is by meeting us, gaining a first hand insight into what it is really like to work here.

Employees from Structuring, Research or Trading will be available to discuss the opportunities we have on offer for quantitative Masters and PhD students in our Global Modelling and Analytics Group (GMAG). To apply to attend this event please email your CV and cover letter to graduate.recruitment@credit-suisse.com before 3 November. Take a closer look at www.credit-suisse.com/careers

PhD Comics

October 28, 2009

Fans of Jorge Cham – don’t forget that he is coming to New Hunts House next Tuesday at 5.30. You can register on the Graduate School website. His topic is ‘the power of procrastination’ According to a recent scholar (Peers, Psychological Bulletin 2007, vol 133,No 1,65-94) “Procrastination is a prevalent and pernicious form of self-regulatory failure that is not entirely understood.” You can say that again!

Media Careers

October 27, 2009

Introducing Careers in the Media
10 – 11 November 2009
www.careers.lon.ac.uk/media

In an industry where contacts are so important, this two day course gives you the opportunity to meet a variety of professionals and seek advice from those who have made it in this competitive field. The event introduces you to careers in Television, Radio, Film, Journalism and Publishing.

Speakers/sessions include:

  • A representative from the Society of Young Publishers
  • A Freelance film producer
  • A Freelance Comedy writer
  • A representative from PMA Media Training – first class training for journalists
  • A session on Employability: What does a Media CV look like? - University of the Arts
  • A Producer/Director in TV production
  • A Media Top Tips Forum including
  • a freelance writer
  • a screenwriter with The Agency
  • a speaker working in film writing/casting/production
  • a representative from City University’s Postgraduate Journalism programme
  • A Getting a Job session hosted by PMA Training
  • A representative from Penguin
  • A Multimedia journalist
  • The Recruitment Manager from The Daily Telegraph

 

PLEASE NOTE: Due to the ongoing postal strikes, it is advised that you email your application form to cs@careers.lon.ac.uk. Please include a telephone number so we can call you to take payment with a credit/debit card to ensure you secure your place on the course.

Join us on Facebook, where you’ll receive updates, can take part in discussions, ask us your questions and share the event with your friends and anyone who you think will be interested in applying to this course: www.careers.lon.ac.uk/facebook/media. Note: You will still need to download and fill in an application form if you wish to attend this course.

Attendees on last years course said:

“I found the course extremely useful as it has made getting a career in the media seem attainable for the first time. The speakers were all totally well-informed, high up in their fields and I feel that all areas of the media were very well represented.”

“Very good for networking and job knowledge/ideas with particular career routes.”

For more information and to download a booking form visit www.careers.lon.ac.uk/media.

Email cs@careers.lon.ac.uk with any queries.

A range of jobs are to be found on the Wellcome site -I have added a link to this blog. But hurry, the closing dates are approaching.

In the Great Hall – visitors include Accenture, Barclays Capital, BNP Paribas, Deloitte, IBM, Mckinsey, Network Rail, Microsoft, RWE nPower, TfL.

Tomorrow its Audit Commission, Ernst and Young, Experian, BDO Stoy Hayward, KPMG, JP Morgan Chase, NHS, PWC, Procter and  Gamble, Credit Suisse, Lloyds.

Times on the website www.kcl.ac.uk/careers