"Senior Lecturer in Surgical Performance"

Job Identification

11018

UE09: £61,198 - £75,498 Pro Rata.

CMVM / MGPHS / USHER Institute.

Contract type: Open ended - Permanent.

Part time - 21hrs per week.

Location: Usher Institute, Edinburgh Bioquarter, Little France (on campus).

The Centre for Medical Informatics at the Usher Institute within The University of Edinburgh is seeking an exceptional candidate for the role of Senior Lecturer in Surgical Performance. This unique opportunity focuses on enhancing surgical performance through the application of psychology, patient safety, human factors, and sports performance techniques.

The Opportunity:

Join a dynamic and expanding team at the University of Edinburgh, led by Prof. Steven Yule. The successful candidate will lead and contribute to innovative research and education projects aimed at improving healthcare team performance using data science approaches inspired by sports and industry. Based in the Centre for Medical Informatics, you will be part of the Surgical Sabermetrics laboratory, a cutting-edge facility dedicated to transforming individual and team performance in healthcare.

Informal enquiries may be directed to Professor Steven Yule, Chair of Behavioural Sciences (steven.yule@ed.ac.uk)

Your skills and attributes for success: 

• Research Leadership: Proven ability to design, implement, and manage research projects focused on performance enhancement.
• Collaborative Expertise: Experience in providing support and mentorship to team members, postgraduate students, and collaborators (Desirable).
• Educational Innovation: Strong background in developing and delivering educational programs related to enhancing performance, utilizing diverse teaching methods to enhance student engagement and learning.
• Scholarly Contribution: Established track record in publishing research findings in peer-reviewed journals and presenting at national and international conferences.
• Trust and Integrity: The role requires handling sensitive data and interacting with clinical populations. The ability to establish and maintain productive relationships with diverse organizations and stakeholders is essential.

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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. 

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Work with us | Usher Institute - where inquiring minds work together to improve lives across the world.

Join our growing team of academics and professional services staff and work in a vibrant, multi-disciplinary environment. Our vision is to catalyse the transformation of health in society by working with people, populations and their data.

Our greatest asset is our people, working together to improve public health using evidence-based research.

We are a key applied and translational arm of the Edinburgh Medical School, within the College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine at The University of Edinburgh. Working with partners across UK and international universities, health and care providers, policymakers, industry and the public is central to our highly collaborative ethos.

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.