Research Fellow

Job title:

Research Fellow

Company

University College London

Job description

About us Our mission is to maximise and advocate for the holistic health of all children, young people and the adults they will become, through world-class research, education and public engagement. The UCL GOS ICH, together with its clinical partner Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, forms the largest concentration of children’s health research outside North America. The 2024-29 GOS ICH strategy focuses on its five scientific programmes. GOS ICH’s activities include active engagement with children and families, to ensure that our work is relevant and appropriate to their needs. GOS ICH generates the funding for our research by setting out our proposals in high quality applications to public, charitable and industrial funding bodies and disseminates the results of our research by publication in the medical and scientific literature, to clinicians, policy makers and the wider public. The Institute offers world-class education and training across a wide range of teaching and life learning programmes which address the needs of students and professional groups who are interested in and undertaking work relevant to child health. GOS ICH holds an Athena SWAN Charter Gold Award.About the role We are looking to appoint a postdoctoral researcher to join a multidisciplinary team working on finalising, testing and translating a prototype multispectral near-infrared I/II platform for fluorescence-guided surgery into the operating theatre. The role is funded for one year, and an extension may be possible subject to funding. Funding is made available from NIHR GOSH Biomedical Research Centre.The post offers an excellent career development opportunity for a post-doc with an interest in medical devices, optical imaging, multispectral imaging, software development, fluorescence-guided surgery, and translational research.The post holder will gain knowledge in paediatric cancers, molecular probes for targeted fluorescence-guided surgery, and prototype building. There will be opportunity for the post holder to apply for grants to fund further development of the platform and long term salary for the post-holder. The post-holder will be line managed by Mr Stefano Giuliani (PI of the Image-guided surgery Group at UCL GOSH ICH and Consultant Paediatric Surgeon at GOSH) and Prof Paul Beard (Biomedical Photoacoustics. Dept of Med Phys & Biomedical Eng, UCL) and based between the laboratories at UCL and GOSH.About you Candidates must have a PhD in optical imaging or aligned research area, and a strong knowledge in multispectral imaging. Previous experience in device and software development would be desirable.The post holder will have responsibility for the day to day management and coordination of the project. In particular, the post holder will finalise the construction of a multispectral platform based on an high-tech near-infrared II camera (Nirvana 680, Teledyne) to realise a complete device to image fluorescence guided surgery in preclinical and clinical settings. The post holder will also develop the pathway to translation of the device into the operating theatre and will support the first-in-human case with the novel platform.The salary offered in this role is £42,099 – £45,521 and is funded for 12 months in the first instance. Please note: Appointment at Grade 7 is dependent upon having been awarded a PhD; if this is not the case, initial appointment will be at research assistant Grade 6B (Salary £37,332 – £39,980 per annum, including London Allowance) with payment at Grade 7 being backdated to the date of final submission of the PhD thesis (including corrections).What we offer As well as the exciting opportunities this role presents we also offer some great benefits some of which are below:41 Days holiday (including 27 days annual leave 8 bank holiday and 6 closure days)
Defined benefit career average revalued earnings pension scheme (CARE)
Cycle to work scheme and season ticket loan
On-Site nursery
On-site gym
Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption pay
Employee assistance programme: Staff Support Service
Discounted medical insuranceOur commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion As London’s Global University, we know diversity fosters creativity and innovation, and we want our community to represent the diversity of the world’s talent. We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where we all belong.We therefore particularly encourage applications from candidates who are likely to be underrepresented in UCL’s workforce.These include people from Black, Asian and ethnic minority backgrounds; disabled people; LGBTQI+ people; and for our Grade 9 and 10 roles, women.You can read more about our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion here : https://www.ucl.ac.uk/equality-diversity-inclusion/Available documents

Expected salary

£42099 – 45521 per year

Location

North West London

Job date

Fri, 20 Sep 2024 06:55:46 GMT

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