Primary Care and Family Medicine at LKC Medicine is seeking a motivated Research Fellow / Research Associate to play a key role in the development on a new program of work to capture general practice activity and optimise cancer and chronic disease screening and management in primary care. They will contribute to co-design of health services interventions with patients, their carers and primary care health professionals, and to their evaluation in implementation studies.

This is a key role which will build capacity in Primary Care OPEN, our patient and public involvement group, and the pcRn primary care research network.

Key Responsibilities:

• Contribute to design, data collection, analysis and interpretation of quantitative, qualitative and co-design studies
• Project management of program of work, ensuring study deliverables, reports and publications are completed punctually according to study and grant timelines
• Work effectively with OPEN, the Office for Patient Engagement at Le Kong Chian School of Medicine to grow primary care patient panel
• Perform literature searches and scientific writing in the form of grants, manuscripts, reports, reviews, abstracts, posters and oral presentations
• Assist in communications with institutional review board staff regarding ethics applications, amendments, and reports
• Establish and maintain close communication with all stakeholders and study team
• Assist in the supervision of student projects within the program of work.
• Ensure all work processes meet the ethical standards of the University, Singapore Good Clinical Practice Guidelines and other applicable regulatory and ethical requirements
• Assist with any other duties of a similar nature that are delegated by the PI

Key Competencies and Requirements:

• PhD (Research Fellow) or Masters (Research Associate) qualification or equivalent in health services research, implementation science or a related discipline (eg medicine, nursing, allied health, psychology, public health, social science, statistics)
• Experience in health services or implementation research, preferably in primary health care setting
• Design of research projects using a range of methods (experience of quantitative and qualitative methods)
• Competent in utilising software packages including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, statistical packages (e.g. Stata), NVivo
• Successful research activity evidenced by:
• Peer reviewed grant income
• Publication in national and international journals
• Presentations at national and international conferences
• Familiarity with primary care setting in Singapore and/or internationally
• Ability to work effectively, both individually, as well as part of a team.
• Strong communication skills in English, both written and spoken

Hiring Institution: LKC