Please note before applying that we can only fund Home tuition fees and we will not be able to cover those for overseas.
Applications are invited for a PhD Studentship across a research theme of the NIHR North West London Patient Safety Research Collaboration (NWL PSRC)
Please note that projects have been scoped and successful applicants will have the ability to take on one of such research projects. Informal, exploratory chats can also be scheduled. Please:
● Email the Centre Manager, Eleni Daniels ([Email Address Removed]), for general queries regarding the Centre and the hiring process.
Using integrated care data to address patient safety challenges
This theme is led by Prof Paul Aylin and Mr Erik Mayer. Integrated care systems (ICS) became statutory bodies in 2022 and could address patient safety issues arising from a lack of integration of care. Person based electronic health records linked across sectors will be essential for care integration. This theme will develop and utilise linked health and social care datasets to develop, test and evaluate innovative approaches to measuring and monitoring patient safety and how they are understood and used in practice.
The project:
North West London has one of the most ethnically diverse populations in the country, which provides an opportunity to examine differences in the delivery of maternal and early child healthcare in a large urban population. We propose a mixed methods approach in characterising potential harm by engaging with our local Maternity Voices Network (MVP) and our public partners within the ARC program on child health. We will take advantage of our linked primary and secondary care datasets available within WSIC to measure and quantify ethnic differences in the delivery of healthcare focusing on those that might be amenable to change.
The successful candidate will:
1) Consult with key patient/population stakeholders;
2) Design potential safety measures associated with delivery of maternal and child healthcare
3) Conduct analysis of measures using routinely collected health data systems (e.g. WSIC).
Please email [Email Address Removed] and CC [Email Address Removed] with queries regarding the theme’s research.
The Centre
The Institute of Global Health Innovation (IGHI) is one of the seven global challenge institutes at Imperial College. Housed within the Faculty of Medicine, the Institute is well placed to leverage the College’s wealth of multidisciplinary talent to innovate across science, technology, design, and policy. By doing so, the Institute’s goal is to develop evidence-based, cutting-edge solutions to the issues faced by healthcare systems and to create transformational improvement in the quality and equity of patient care, population health and wellbeing. The Institute attracts a strong cohort of students and scholars across its educational and academic programmes and continues to advance a broadening research agenda, through its five interdisciplinary centres of excellence which includes the NIHR North West London Patient Safety Research Collaborative (NWL PSRC).
Our aims are to advance the scientific understanding of patient safety, address safety challenges as healthcare evolves and further international research collaborations. We work with local, national, and international partners to support the wider dissemination and implementation of patient safety improvements and interventions.
We develop patient safety in the NHS and internationally through engagement with patients and the public, clinical partners, healthcare organisations, industry, and government. We use our funding to deliver sustainable long-term, high impact programmes of translational research in patient safety.
Qualifications and person-specifications
We are looking for candidates with a strong academic background (with a first-class degree) or MSc in the following subjects or related:
● Health policy
● Health services research and service evaluation
● Psychology, decision-making, behavioural science, and other related disciplines
● Data science and medical informatics
● Healthcare quality improvement
Successful candidates will have experience in undertaking independent research in the above subjects. Applicants must also demonstrate familiarity with mainstream qualitative or quantitative research methods used in patient safety. We are looking for individuals with experience in one or more of the following areas and an interest to further develop his/her skills.
· Qualitative methods, including:
o Ethnographic research (including observational)
o Focus groups
o In-depth interviews
o Thematic analysis
o Consensus studies
o Service audits and evaluation
● Qualitative methods with specific understanding of psychology or behavioural science:
o Human factor methodologies
· Quantitative methods, including:
o Survey design and data collection
o Data mining techniques applied to healthcare
o Proficiency in data preparation, cleaning and analysis using standard statistical packages (e.g. SPSS, Stata, R)
o Experimental studies of human judgment
All students will be registered through the Imperial Graduate School which provides a full programme of training in research and transferable skills. Further details of the Department can be found at: http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/graduateschools.
How to apply
In the first instance, please:
· Email: [Email Address Removed] with an expression of interest by early 26 February 2023.
· Your expression of interest should contain the following items:
o Your CV
o A personal statement no more than 1000 words outlining: 1) your interest, 2) your background, and 3) which research area(s) you would like to base your project on and 4) Why you believe to be the right candidate
o Scans of your educational certificates and transcripts from your Master’s degree and your Bachelor’s degrees. Please ensure these are in English.
o Names and contact details of 2 referees who can speak to your educational background. Reference letters from these referees are ideal, but not required at this stage.
o Specification of which theme you are applying for
Short-listed candidates will be informed via email and will be interviewed.
Successful candidates will be required to formally apply through the Imperial College London Postgraduate Research (PhD) Programme route.
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