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Dear List - please find below a position announcement for a full-time researcher on cochlear implantation at the NIHR National Biomedical Research Unit in Hearing in collaboration with the MRC Institute of Hearing Research in Nottingham. I am happy to answer your questions. Please distribute widely. Thank you and best wishes, Bernhard Seeber Senior Research Fellow in Translational Hearing Research (Cochlear Implantation)
School
of Clinical Sciences in association with the NIHR National
Biomedical Research Unit in Hearing
£35,788
- £44,016 per annum, depending on skills and experience.
Salary progression beyond this scale is subject to performance We
are now looking for a Senior Research Fellow who will join a
multi-disciplinary research team whose role is to create new
knowledge through basic and translational research with the aim
to increase the benefit from cochlear implants (CIs). The
candidate will work in close association with the Auditory
Perception and Signal Processing group at the MRC Institute of
Hearing Research in Nottingham. The project aim is to learn how
to optimally combine a CI with residual hearing for the benefit
of hearing-impaired individuals with single-sided deafness (SSD:
normal hearing in one ear and profound or complete loss in the
other ear). SSD is a common clinical complaint that also
provides an ideal model with which to study effective
combination of electrical hearing through a CI in one ear, and
acoustic hearing in the other, normal hearing ear. Specifically,
the project will investigate the use of monaural and binaural
cues for analysing the auditory scene using a variety of
psychophysical experimental techniques already established in
the research team, e.g. our internationally-recognised spatial
hearing assessment facilities. The studies will provide crucial
knowledge for future improvements of CIs which will be gained
and translated through our close collaboration with hearing
device manufacturers. New proposals will be developed over the
next 5 years and may include further work to improve implant
fitting and signal processing. The successful candidate will be
involved in all aspects of research including development, design,
implementation and dissemination of research findings.
Suitably experienced candidates will be expected to lead
research proposals and to be active in securing additional
external funding. The
successful candidate will independently lead research studies related to
cochlear implantation. They will define research objectives in collaboration with
senior colleagues, setting up and managing resources in order to
achieve research outputs.
They will need to keep abreast of the general literature and
critically review the literature relating to the research area
and manage and perform appropriate statistical analysis of
research data using relevant software packages and interpret
findings. They will also be responsible for developing
research proposals and seeking and securing funding in
collaboration with colleagues within NBRUH and in other
organisations nationally and internationally. They will also
be expected to prepare
and
deliver oral presentations and posters reporting research
results within NBRUH and associated partner organisations, and
to national and international conferences and publish as first or co-author in peer-reviewed
academic journals. Candidates
should have a BSc
or equivalent in a relevant discipline and
a PhD or equivalent in a relevant scientific discipline. In the
absence of a PhD, extensive relevant experience within their
subject / discipline will be considered. Training and skills in
quantitative research methods are essential as is a good working
knowledge of programming in Matlab, C/ C++, or a related
language and of how to implement statistical software to analyse
and interpret data. Good data management and database skills are
also required. The
successful candidate will have research experience in a relevant
field. They will also have experience in research leadership
including initiating, sustaining and pursuing a research plan, a
consistent track record of published research recognised by
peers, experience of contribution to grant proposals for
collaborative research, and a track record of successful grant
capture. A recognised national reputation in a relevant field is
also a prerequisite. This
full time post is available from 1 April 2012 and will be
offered on a fixed-term contract until 31 March 2017. It
is a condition of this post that satisfactory enhanced
disclosure is obtained from the Criminal Records Bureau. Informal
enquiries may be addressed to Dr Bernhard Seeber, Research Lead
for the Cochlear Implantation Research area, NBRUH, tel: +44 (0)
115 922 3431 or email: seeber@xxxxxxxxxxxxx.
Please note that applications sent directly to this email
address will not be accepted. For
more details and/or to apply on-line please access: http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/Jobs/CurrentVacancies/ref/MED1011. If you are unable to apply
on-line please contact the Human Resources Department, tel: +44
(0) 115 846 6172. Please quote ref.
MED/1011. Closing
date: 08 January 2012. -- Dr.-Ing. Bernhard U. Seeber MRC Institute of Hearing Research Science Rd., University Park Nottingham NG7 2RD, United Kingdom office: +44 115 951 8508 ext. 205 switch: +44 115 922 3431 fax: +44 115 951 8503 mobile: +44 786 763 5680 web: www.ihr.mrc.ac.uk www.bseeber.de |