Clinical Research Associate

Salary range: £28,076 - £39,693 (progressing to £47,175)

Closing Date: 1 January 2014

You will undertake duties including assessment, diagnosis, and follow-up of people with dementia included within several linked research projects (work packages) which are all part of an NIHR funded grant “Improving the diagnosis and management of neurodegenerative dementia of Lewy body type in the NHS (DIAMOND-Lewy)”.

You will be involved in the study setup, recruitment and follow-up phases of the study, enabling you to develop your clinical and research skills in a number of areas. It offers excellent research training in an outstanding and vibrant research environment to those pursuing a career in the field of dementia. Applicants are encouraged from psychiatry, old age psychiatry, neurology, geriatric medicine or a related discipline. You will be encouraged to study for a PhD or MD (unless already post-doctoral).

Available from 1 February 2014 and tenable for 2 years.

Interviews will be held on 22 January 2014.

For an informal discussion please contact Professor John O’Brien (john.obrien@medschl.cam.ac.uk) or Professor Alan Thomas (alan.thomas@newcastle.ac.uk).

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