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Job Description
Postdoctoral Health Care Researcher
Amethyst Care is a voice technology companion that helps care for people with mobility-related illnesses and cognitive-impairment at home, allowing them to live independently for longer.
The role involves providing clinical insights and expertise to guide the design and development of software, ensuring it aligns with clinical workflows and standards of care delivery.
Main Responsibilities:
- Provide clinical insights and expertise to guide the design and development of software.
- Ensure the software aligns with clinical workflows and standards of care delivery.
- Translate clinical needs into technical specifications for the development team.
- Onboarding and deployment of the software to end users.
- Report regularly to the PI and Commercial Lead of the project, and interact regularly with other team members to maintain momentum in the project.
Additional Responsibilities:
- Collaborate with software developers, designers, and Quality Controller to create user-friendly and clinically relevant software.
- Participate in the design of user interfaces and user experiences that facilitate clinical tasks.
- Work with the software team to ensure that the software complies with healthcare regulations and standards.
Administrative Tasks:
- Occasionally required to engage in administrative tasks in support of the PI and Commercial Leads overall activity.
- Drafting sections of reports for funding bodies; organising a programme of suitably themed group meetings and seminars; contributing to research funding proposals; drafting of ethics applications.
Person Requirements:
- Provide subject matter expertise in older person health and social care needs.
- Have ability to represent the group with excellent written and oral proficiency.
- Be skilled at taking research ideas and draw innovative conclusions, or see new solutions.
- Have excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
- An ability to work autonomously and as part of a multidisciplinary team and learn new cross-over skills as well as transfer skills to others.
- Be highly organised in their work, with an ability to balance medium term and longer-term objectives in a project.
Knowledge & Experience:
- A Ph D is preferred.
- Ideally a professional background in healthcare for example, medical, nursing, social care or allied health professions.
- At least four years of research and or clinical experience.
Benefits:
- Competitive salary.
- High-end computer and peripherals.
- Dedicated desk in shared office space, with generous social spaces.
- A creative and enabling environment with impactful research.
- Pension and social insurance (PRSI) included.
Application Procedure:
- Applicants should provide a motivation statement outlining their interest and suitability for the position.
- A comprehensive curriculum vitae, including a full list of publications.
- The names and contact details of two referees.