Research Assistant in Psychiatry

Research Assistant in Psychiatry Edinburgh, Scotland

University of Edinburgh
Full Time Edinburgh, Scotland 10.56 - 12.04 GBP Today
Job description

Grade UE06 31,396-36,024

Division of Psychiatry, Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences

Fixed Term

24 months

35 hours per week, less than full-time applicants also welcomed

We are looking for an enthusiastic graduate with an interest in the assessment of participants with depression.

The Opportunity:

This is an exciting opportunity for an ambitious graduate in psychology, neuroscience, or other human life sciences to work within an exciting team to improve our understanding of how antidepressants work. The successful candidate will help organise and conduct assessments of people with depression who have, or have not, responded well to antidepressants. The work will include organising the collection and transport of blood samples for use in stem-cell studies of how antidepressants work and why they work better for some people than others. The successful applicant will work as part of team effort with collaborators at Queensland University, King’s College London, Oxford University, and the international Psychiatric Genomics Consortium (PGC).

This post is advertised as full-time (35 hours per week) for 24 months, however, we are open to considering part-time or flexible working patterns.

Your skills and attributes for success:

  • A graduate degree in psychology or other human life science
  • Experience in assessing human participants in research.
  • A basic understanding of research ethics and data governance
  • A genuine interest in the causes and treatment of mental disorders
  • Excellent organisational and communication skills

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As part of this application you will be required to submit a one page document outlining how you meet the essential criteria, as outlined on the job description.

As a valued member of our team you can expect:

An exciting, positive, creative, challenging and rewarding place to work. We give you support, nurture your talent and reward success. You will benefit from a competitive reward package and a wide range of staff benefits, which includes a generous holiday entitlement, a defined benefits pension scheme , staff discounts, family-friendly initiatives, flexible working and much more. Click to access our staff benefits page (opens new browser tab) for further information and use our reward calculator to find out the total value of pay and benefits provided.

The University of Edinburgh holds a Silver Athena SWAN award in recognition of our commitment to advance gender equality in higher education. We are members of the Race Equality Charter and we are also Stonewall Scotland Diversity Champions, actively promoting LGBT equality.

Prior to any employment commencing with the University you will be required to evidence your right to work in the UK. Further information is available on our right to work webpages (opens new browser tab)

On this occasion the University will not consider applicants requiring sponsorship for this role. International workers will therefore only be able to take up this role if they can demonstrate an alternative right to work in the UK

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Research Assistant in Psychiatry
University of Edinburgh

www.ed.ac.uk
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Professor Peter Mathieson
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10000+ Employees
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