Current vacancies

Module Leader

The Hull University Business School develops people and practices for a fast-changing and interconnected world. The school is an international community which, to echo our vision and mission, behaves with friendliness, openness, responsibility and integrity. The University delivers an online portfolio of master’s degree programmes under the brand name Hull Online. These programmes are delivered in association with a collaborative partner, Cambridge Education Group (CEG), who assists with recruitment, marketing, course design and course build. There are currently 6 programmes in the online portfolio and the University has ambitious plans to add several more. All programmes are taught on a flexible, part-time basis over two years within a Virtual Learning Environment (VLE), Canvas. Students can study the same degree as they would on campus without interrupting income and career progression. Programmes are delivered wholly online.

This post is for an academic to lead the Information Management and Visualisation module, which will introduce students to information management principles in the context of business decisions. The module places a lot of emphasis on information visualisation and visual thinking in the broader management sense. Case-based explorations will need to be developed to create hands-on opportunities to reflect on data principles and the key distinction between data and information. How can managers move from the different possibilities that data create in order to generate meaningful information in a business context? These explorations will be done through specialised software like Qlik or Tableau but no coding is required for students. Overall, the module is taking a management approach to information, reflecting critically on the value of data in business, understanding the impact of data, and exploring different forms of data visualisation for business decisions.

Applicants will have a sound knowledge of sophisticated qualitative and quantitative methods for decision making, with an emphasis in information visualisation and be familiar with Qlik or Tableau. The post-holder will initially develop content for the module (at 0.4 FTE for six months) and then act as module leader when the module is live in delivery (0.2 FTE for 15 weeks). Please note, as this is an online programme, candidates do not have to be based in Hull.

For informal enquiries, please contact Prof. Nishikant Mishra, Subject Group Head for the Logistics and Management Systems subject group (Nishikant.Mishra@hull.ac.uk) or Programme Director, Dr. Dionysios Demetis (D.Demetis@hull.ac.uk)

Closing Date: 10 Dec 2020
Category: Academic

Lecturer in Medical Education (Teaching and Scholarship)

Department

The joint medical school of the Universities of Hull and York have a reputation as one of the UK’s most exciting, contemporary schools.  Our innovative curriculum and focus on problem based learning and early and sustained clinical exposure ensures that students on our MB BS programme develop the problem solving, analytical and communication skills and resilience needed to deliver a high standard of care to people with complex needs and from a variety of backgrounds.  This is an exciting time to join Hull York Medical School.  Following the Department of Health initiative to expand the number of medical school places in England, the Hull York Medical School was awarded an additional 90 places a year from 2020, representing a 70% increase in places.  For our School, this expansion of undergraduate medical places is a significant milestone in our history.  The School is therefore undergoing considerable change, which will continue until academic year 2022 / 2023.

Role

We are seeking to appoint a Lecturer in Medical Education to join the multidisciplinary Health Professions Education Unit (HPEU).  The post-holder will lead the development of postgraduate training and continuing staff development in health professions education whilst also creating, curating and delivering teaching for the Masters in Health Professions Education and the School’s tutor and faculty development. The post holder will  carry out on-going curriculum review. The post holder will also set and mark coursework and examinations, providing constructive feedback to students, as well as supervise students. Furthermore, the post holder will be the primary point of contact for external tutor engagement and will supervise provision across all Hull York Medical School sites, including with NHS partners.  The Unit is based in the Hull York Medical School at the University of York but the role will cover all of the School sites.

Skills, Experience & Qualifications needed

• Postgraduate degree in Medical Education or equivalent experience
• PhD desirable
• Highly developed communication skills to engage effectively with a wide-ranging audience, both orally and in writing, using a range of media
• Ability to innovate in teaching and learning, e.g. through the development of teaching materials
• Experience in teaching and learning in HE at undergraduate or postgraduate level or in an evidenced similar context
• Experience of using different delivery techniques to enthuse and engage students

This is a fixed term contract for 24 months.

Interview date:  to be confirmed

For informal enquiries: please contact Professor Matthew Morgan, Deputy Dean, Hull York Medical School, matthew.morgan@hyms.ac.uk

To apply please use the link below to the external organisation’s website: 

https://jobs.york.ac.uk/wd/plsql/wd_portal.show_job?p_web_site_id=3885&p_web_page_id=430346 

Closing Date: 05 Dec 2021
Category: Academic

Academic Support Officer

Department

The Hull York Medical School, the joint medical school of the University of Hull and the University of York, is seeking to appoint an Academic Support Officer.  This is an important operational position in the School, who works closely with the Governance Manager and the Chair of Board of Studies, and is responsible for supporting the academic governance, quality assurance, and quality enhancement activities in the School.

This is an exciting time to join Hull York Medical School.  Following the Department of Health initiative to expand the number of medical school places in England, the Hull York Medical School was awarded an additional 90 places a year from 2020, representing a 70% increase in places. For our School, this expansion of undergraduate medical places is a significant milestone in our history.  The School is therefore undergoing considerable change, which will continue until academic year 2022/23.

Role

The Academic Support Officer assumes the role of the Secretariat of the Board of Studies, the most senior academic committee in the Medical School reporting to the Joint Senate Committee.  As the Secretariat, the role is responsible for supporting a wide range of regulatory and operational academic governance matters (programme quality and student progression) for the Board of Studies. 

In terms of quality assurance, the role supports the regular compliance, quality review and reporting activities required by the Medical School, the University of Hull and the University of York, our professional and regulatory bodies such as the General Medical Council (GMC), and the sector regulator.

In terms of quality improvement, the role supports the Medical School’s activities around student evaluation and feedback, specific improvement projects, and the wider use of quality data.

Skills, Experience & Qualification needed

We are seeking to appoint an experienced, value-driven officer who has experience and skill in academic governance, quality assurance, and quality enhancement activities.  The appointee will be based at the University of York campus but will be required to travel occasionally to the University of Hull campus and other NHS placement sites as and when required.

Interview date: to be confirmed

For informal enquiries: please contact Dr Kit Fan, Governance Manager onkit.fan@hyms.ac.uk

To apply please follow the link below 

https://jobs.york.ac.uk/wd/plsql/wd_portal.show_job?p_web_site_id=3885&p_web_page_id=431209

Closing Date: 06 Dec 2020
Category: Professional, Management and Snr Admin

Graduate Safety, Health, Environment and Quality Project Manager (mKTP Associate)

This is an exciting opportunity for an enterprising Engineering graduate to advance their career as a Management Knowledge Transfer Partnership (mKTP) Associate. This unique role will involve close collaboration with an established industrial partner, Singleton Birch Ltd, and a specialist academic team at the University of Hull.  

Singleton Birch, is a leading independent supplier of chalk and lime-derived products in the UK.  Established in 1815, Singleton Birch primarily quarries chalk which is burnt in kilns and hydrates to make a series of calcium carbonate, calcium oxide and calcium hydroxide products.  These are sold to the steel, water treatment, sewage treatment, flue gas treatment, soil stabilisation and building products markets.  In recent years, the company has diversified into energy production via anaerobic digestion, service provision of these plants and speciality chemicals manufacturing.  The company now aims to undertake an ambitious programme of innovation to enhance the health, safety and environment culture within the business.   

This project is a Management Knowledge Transfer Partnership (mKTP), which is part of a national, Government-supported initiative, that provides graduates with fast-track career opportunities through work on challenging industrial and commercial projects supported by Innovate UK (view?https://info.ktponline.org.uk/action/search/partnership_vac.aspx?for more information).  

The aim of this KTP is to embed a capability to deliver a strategy that allows for a complete cultural shift in improving management and workforce safety, environmental and quality performance driven through sustainable organisational change.  This is an ideal opportunity for a graduate with an Engineering background to expand their knowledge and expertise into an operational management role. 

The successful candidate will be based at the Singleton Birch Lincolnshire site, but will be fully supported with expertise from the Department of Psychology and Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of Hull. 

The successful candidate will benefit from extensive practical and formal training, along with the opportunity to gain specialist skills, broaden their knowledge and expertise within an industrially relevant project, and gain valuable experience from commercial and academic mentors. The Associate will also benefit from a Personal Development Budget of £4,000 to support this training. The project offers the potential to undertake a higher degree, such as an MSc by research, although this is not a requirement of the post.   

This KTP is a 24 month project but, for the right candidate, there are excellent prospects for obtaining permanent employment with Singleton Birch Ltd at the end of the project. 

As well as an undergraduate degree in a relevant subject, such as Engineering, Chemical or Mechanical Engineering or related discipline, you will need:  

• excellent time management skills for yourself and to progress the project that you will lead, 
• to be able to effectively communicate your work and findings across all levels of the organisation,  
• to be able to innovate to produce new solutions that will advance the culture of the company, 
• an interest in Human Factors and the role of people, systems and organisational culture in safety performance.  

Salary of £22,417 per annum, plus a generous associate development budget of up to £4,000. 

Interviews are anticipated to be held on December 14th, 2020 

To discuss this role informally, please contact: Dr Fiona Earle (f.earle@hull.ac.uk).   

For information about: Psychology department visit www.hull.ac.uk / Singleton Birch Ltd visit http://www.singletonbirch.co.uk. For more information about this post visit www.hull.ac.uk/jobs.   

Closing Date: 30 Nov 2020
Category: Professional, Management and Snr Admin

Research Associate in Palliative Care

Cancer outcomes are poorer in Yorkshire than in England as a whole and are especially poor in Hull.  People with higher socioeconomic status have substantially better health than those with lower socioeconomic status; this is also true in relation to cancer outcomes.   Yorkshire Cancer Research (YCR) has awarded the University of Hull a £4.9m programme of research to tackle these inequalities in early diagnosis and detection, patient management, survivorship and palliative care.  More information about how we are addressing these key gaps in knowledge, especially related to age and socio-economic differences, can be found on our website: https://www.hyms.ac.uk/research/transform

This project will focus on people nearing the end of life who have a high risk of delirium. Delirium causes severe distress for patients and families, anxiety and stress for health and care staff, and poor clinical outcomes. However, clinical guidelines for the identification and management of delirium (e.g. NICE, SIGN, ACSQ) are only partly-implemented. This study will address the guideline implementation challenge of how to bring together practical support (e.g. screening tools and clinical pathways) and communication between family and friends, volunteers, and a wide range of health and care professionals. The study will: 1.use experience-based co-design to refine an implementation strategy for guideline-adherent delirium care; 2.conduct a realist evaluation using Normalisation Process Theory to assess the acceptability and flexibility of using the implementation strategy at three sites in Yorkshire; and 3.conduct a feasibility study to demonstrate the potential for a future quasi-experimental evaluation.

This exciting post provides the opportunity to conduct implementation research using a range of methods as part of a broader programme of palliative and cancer care research. The post-holder will: 1.Contribute to obtaining ethical and research governance approval 2.Conduct experience-based co-design workshops 3.Use a realist approach and theory to structure the collection (surveys, interviews) and analysis of quantitative and qualitative data about implementation (e.g. fidelity to core and adaptable components) and feasibility (e.g. recruitment, use of screening tools). The study will underpin future grant proposals to evaluate implementation in delirium care as well as in palliative care more broadly. 

Depending on pandemic restrictions that may be in place at the time, travel to study sites in Yorkshire for workshops and data collection will be required

The post will be based within the Wolfson Palliative Care Research Centre (https://hyms.ac.uk/research/research-centres-and-groups/wolfson) at Hull York Medical School, within the Faculty of Health Sciences at University of Hull and based on the University of Hull campus. As one of the few dedicated palliative care research centres in the UK, the Wolfson Palliative Care Research Centre provides excellent opportunities for career development in palliative care research.

In your covering letter please refer directly to the criteria given in the person specification below. Applications are assessed by the selection panel according to these criteria. You should indicate in your cover letter whether you wish to be considered for flexibility in working hours, pattern and/or location. 

Post HY0316 Research Associate should be read in conjunction with post HY0317 Post-Doctoral Research Fellow. Only one post will be appointed to at the appropriate level. If you wish to be considered for all positions, you will need to submit a separate online application form for each position.

Before submitting an application you may wish to discuss the post further by contacting Dr Mark Pearson (Senior Lecturer in Implementation Science; mark.pearson@hyms.ac.uk) or Prof. Miriam Johnson (Professor of Palliative Medicine; miriam.johnson@hyms.ac.uk).

Closing Date: 04 Jan 2021
Category: Researchers

Post-Doctoral Research Fellow in Palliative Care

Cancer outcomes are poorer in Yorkshire than in England as a whole and are especially poor in Hull.  People with higher socioeconomic status have substantially better health than those with lower socioeconomic status; this is also true in relation to cancer outcomes.   Yorkshire Cancer Research (YCR) has awarded the University of Hull a £4.9m programme of research to tackle these inequalities in early diagnosis and detection, patient management, survivorship and palliative care.  More information about how we are addressing these key gaps in knowledge, especially related to age and socio-economic differences, can be found on our website: https://www.hyms.ac.uk/research/transform

This project will focus on people nearing the end of life who have a high risk of delirium. Delirium causes severe distress for patients and families, anxiety and stress for health and care staff, and poor clinical outcomes. However, clinical guidelines for the identification and management of delirium (e.g. NICE, SIGN, ACSQ) are only partly-implemented. This study will address the guideline implementation challenge of how to bring together practical support (e.g. screening tools and clinical pathways) and communication between family and friends, volunteers, and a wide range of health and care professionals. The study will: 1.use experience-based co-design to refine an implementation strategy for guideline-adherent delirium care; 2.conduct a realist evaluation using Normalisation Process Theory to assess the acceptability and flexibility of using the implementation strategy at three sites in Yorkshire; and 3.conduct a feasibility study to demonstrate the potential for a future quasi-experimental evaluation.

This exciting post provides the opportunity to conduct implementation research using a range of methods as part of a broader programme of palliative and cancer care research. The post-holder will: 1.Contribute to obtaining ethical and research governance approval 2.Conduct experience-based co-design workshops 3.Use a realist approach and theory to structure the collection (surveys, interviews) and analysis of quantitative and qualitative data about implementation (e.g. fidelity to core and adaptable components) and feasibility (e.g. recruitment, use of screening tools). The study will underpin future grant proposals to evaluate implementation in delirium care as well as in palliative care more broadly. 

Depending on pandemic restrictions that may be in place at the time, travel to study sites in Yorkshire for workshops and data collection will be required

The post will be based within the Wolfson Palliative Care Research Centre (https://hyms.ac.uk/research/research-centres-and-groups/wolfson) at Hull York Medical School, within the Faculty of Health Sciences at University of Hull and based on the University of Hull campus. As one of the few dedicated palliative care research centres in the UK, the Wolfson Palliative Care Research Centre provides excellent opportunities for career development in palliative care research.

In your covering letter please refer directly to the criteria given in the person specification below. Applications are assessed by the selection panel according to these criteria. You should indicate in your cover letter whether you wish to be considered for flexibility in working hours, pattern and/or location. 

Post HY0317 Post-Doctoral Research Fellow should be read in conjunction with post HY0316 Research Associate. Only one post will be appointed to at the appropriate level. If you wish to be considered for both positions, you will need to submit a separate online application form for each position.

Before submitting an application you may wish to discuss the post further by contacting Dr Mark Pearson (Senior Lecturer in Implementation Science; mark.pearson@hyms.ac.uk) or Prof. Miriam Johnson (Professor of Palliative Medicine; miriam.johnson@hyms.ac.uk).

Closing Date: 04 Jan 2021
Category: Researchers

Post-Doctoral Research Fellow

The Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of Hull invite applications for the role of Post-Doctoral Research Fellow working within the area of Perinatal Mental Health.  This post will be based within the Institute for Clinical and Applied Health Research (ICAHR). Specifically, the successful applicant will support and contribute to the research activity of the Perinatal Mental Health grouping within the Maternal and Reproductive Health (MaRH) research cluster. 

Candidates must hold a PhD in a relevant subject area and ideally be a qualified healthcare professional. All candidates require experience in the data collection, data analysis and drafting of research reports.

The post is offered on a three-year fixed-term basis.  To discuss this position informally please contact: 

Professor Colin Martin, Email: C.R.Martin@hull.ac.uk 

Closing Date: 04 Dec 2020
Category: Researchers