PDRA/PDRF in Health Technology Assessment (Systematic Reviewing)

apartmentUniversity of Exeter placeExeter calendar_month 

Faculty of Health and Life Sciences

The post

The Faculty wishes to recruit a Postdoctoral Research Associate (PDRA) or Fellow (PDRF) in Health Technology Assessment (Systematic Reviewing) to support the work of the Peninsula Technology Appraisal Group (PenTAG).

This NIHR funded post is available immediately to end of March 2027 and may be extended subject to renewal of funding. This is a full-time post (36.5 hours per week).

We are open to recruiting either a PDRA (Grade E) or PDRF (Grade F). Please see the job descriptions for the differences between the roles and specify the role you wish to apply for in your cover letter.

We have a very pleasant office environment at the Exeter St Luke's campus, and we encourage office-based working to support team-working and learning. However, we offer both office-based and hybrid working arrangements, with greater flexibility arrangements for exceptional candidates.

Fully remote working is not available for this post.

Our work involves the evaluation of health technologies (including medicines, medical devices, and diagnostics) for the National Institute of Health and Care Excellence (NICE) and other agencies. The postholder will primarily lead (PDRF) or support (PDRA) the evaluation of clinical effectiveness evidence within HTA appraisals, which involves conducting and critiquing systematic and rapid evidence reviews for the purposes of influencing healthcare decision-making and policy.

For the PDRF role, the postholder will have more research leadership responsibilities, and will be expected to contribute to the supervision, training and development of staff to support career progression through publications and grant capture.

About you

You will be an experienced systematic reviewer who is passionate about using your skills to directly influence healthcare for patients in the NHS and healthcare settings around the world. You will have direct experience of designing systematic and rapid evidence reviews to address research questions relevant to HTA and will have experience appraising and interpreting a range of evidence types relevant to evaluating health technologies (including trial statistics, meta-analysis, diagnostic accuracy data, critical appraisal, patient-reported outcomes, and qualitative data).

You should be an excellent communicator, able to explain verbally and in writing technical detail in a way that is accessible to a range of audiences. We would expect you to be passionate about HTA and have your own area of interest related to HTA that you would like to build a research profile in.

Please ensure you read the Job Descriptions and Person Specifications for full details of these roles.

The University of Exeter

We are a member of the prestigious Russell Group of research-intensive universities and in the top 200 universities in the world (Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2024 and QS World University Ranking 2024). We combine world-class teaching with world-class research, achieving a Gold rating in the Teaching Excellence Framework Award 2023, underpinned by Gold ratings for Student Experience and Student Outcomes.

Our world-leading research impact has grown more than any other Russell Group university in recent years, and we are home to some of the world’s most influential researchers, seeking to answer some of the most fundamental issues facing humankind today.

More than 99 percent of our research is of international quality and 47 percent is world-leading (2021 Research Excellence Framework).

We encourage proactive engagement with industry, business and community partners to enhance the impact of research and education and improve the employability of our students. Read about our world leading research – Green Futures and how we are transforming education for a changing world.

We are located in a beautiful part of the country and Exeter (a fast growing tech hub) is one of only a few UK cities to have been designated as a UNESCO Creative City

Further information

For further information please contact Caroline Farmer, e-mail c.farmer@exeter.ac.uk.

The closing date for completed applications is 26th February 2025. Interviews are expected to take place soon after.

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