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

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

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.

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

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!

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