Intelligence Analyst (Health)

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.

Mouse chromosome postdoc at EMBL

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

www.embl.org/jobs

Time Management

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

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.

Consulting job – very witty ad. Is this U?

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

PhD Comics

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

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.

Science Policy jobs at Wellcome

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.

Careers Fair today (Tuesday)

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

Roche Postdoc (from Kings Job online)

Post-doctoral Position in Pharmacokinetic Modelling F. Hoffmann-La Roche
Job description Please note this vacancy is located in Sweden. Who we are: At Roche, 80,000 people across 150 countries are pushing back the frontiers of healthcare. Working together, we’ve become one of the world’s leading research-focused healthcare groups. Our success is built on innovation, curiosity and diversity, and on seeing each other’s differences as an advantage. To innovate healthcare, Roche has ambitious plans to keep learning and growing – and is seeking people who have the same goals for themselves. The headquarters in Basel is one of Roche’s largest sites. It is home to the Corporate Executive Committee, the Pharmaceuticals and Diagnostics Divisions and the global business functions. Roche Basel also covers the entire business chain from research, development and production through to marketing. Over 8,000 people from more than 60 countries work at the site. The Position: This position is supported by the F. Hoffmann-La Roche Pharma through the Roche Post-doctoral Fellowship Program. The work will be performed in close collaboration with researchers at Roche. The initial position is for one year but is extended for another two years after completion of the goals for the first year.Please note that the working place will be at Uppsala University, Sweden. The PhD project will be performed in Professor Per Artursson’s research group (Drug Delivery) at Uppsala University. The Drug delivery group is comprised of about ten researchers of which half are PhD’s, performs research of highest international standard and is among the most cited in the world in the fields of pharmacy and pharmacology. The research is founded on in vitro studies of ADMET (absorption, distribution, metabolism, elimination, toxicity) properties of drugs. Expertise in physiologically based pharmacokinetic modeling (PBPK) and structure-property relationships will contribute to the project. In the research group, models based on differential equations for advanced analysis of cellular pharmacokinetics are currently developed. The overall goal of the project is to develop transparent in silico models for how structural changes in drug molecules influence pharmacokinetic ADMET-properties. The models will be linked to existing PBPK-models in close collaboration with researchers at Roche. The main motive for developing this software is to expand the use of in silico simulations for structure effect relationships (SER) also to chemist for the purpose ofi) predict PK data from the molecular structures of new drug candidates andii) investigate the impact of structural modifications on such data.Thus, so-called ‘what-if’-functionalities should be built into the software. Who you are: You’re someone who wants to influence your own development. You’re looking for a company where you have the opportunity to pursue your interests across functions and geographies, and where a job title is not considered the final definition of who you are, but the starting point. You’re someone who wants to influence your own development. You’re looking for a company where you have the opportunity to pursue your interests across functions and geographies, and where a job title is not considered the final definition of who you are, but the starting point. The project is based on collaborations between different disciplines. Excellent social skills, flexibility and ability for seamless collaborations as well as independent work are required. The researcher is expected to perform high quality research, to publish the results, and to contribute to the initiation and development of research collaborations within the research field. He/she is also expected to contribute to related research projects within the research group, to participate actively in seminars and research discussions, take own initiatives and to contribute to the future development of the research program in the research group. The Salary will be according to competence. Salary claim should be included in the application. Further information can be obtained from professor Per Artursson, tel +46 70-425 08 88 or via email:per.artursson@farmaci.uu.se. The application, which should contain a brief description of the research experiences of the applicant, a complete CV, preferred starting date and names and addresses (including email addresses) to three reference persons. Job ID No.: 17116 Further information can be obtained from Professor Per Artursson, Phone: +46 70 425 08 88 or via email: per.artursson@farmaci.uu.se. The next step is yours. To apply online today or learn about other exciting positions, please visit http://careers.roche.com.