We are seeking to recruit a Band 6 Research Assistant in Inclusion and Migrant Health to work on the Advancing Equity for children and young people seeking asylum and refugees: a blueprint for Generalisable Interventions (AEGIS) project. This is an NIHR-funded project hosted by UCLH, in collaboration with the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Institute of Child Health-Great Ormond Street UCL, Barts NHS Foundation Trust, University of Salford and the Royal College of Paediatric and Child Health.
The post-holder will be based in the Children and Young People’s Division at UCLH and will work within the Paediatric Infection and Migrant health team. The postholder will work with our transdisciplinary team, comprising clinical, academic, policy, migration, law, and social science expertise, to develop an evidence and policy-informed programme of work to reduce inequity for unaccompanied children and young people seeking asylum and refugees (CYPSAR-U) and other marginalised children and young people (CYP). An honorary contract will be provided at UCL.
The role is expected to include contribution to both quantitative and qualitative aspects of the work, and the main output will be delivery of a scoping review of existing relevant literature and interventions. There is scope to extend the role subject to funding.
University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH) is one of the most complex NHS trusts in the UK, serving a large and diverse population. We provide academically led acute and specialist services, to people from the local area, from throughout the United Kingdom and overseas. Our vision is to deliver top-quality patient care, excellent education, and world-class research.
We provide first-class acute and specialist services across eight sites:
- University College Hospital (incorporating the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Wing)
- National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery
- Royal National ENT and Eastman Dental Hospitals
- University College Hospital Grafton Way Building
- Royal London Hospital for Integrated Medicine
- University College Hospital Macmillan Cancer Centre
- The Hospital for Tropical Diseases
- University College Hospital at Westmoreland Street
We are dedicated to the diagnosis and treatment of many complex illnesses. UCLH specialises in women’s health and the treatment of cancer, infection, neurological, gastrointestinal and oral disease. It has world class support services including critical care, imaging, nuclear medicine and pathology.
We are committed to sustainability and have pledged to become a carbon net zero health service, embedding sustainable practice throughout UCLH. We have set an ambitious target of net zero for our direct emissions by 2031 and indirect emissions by 2040.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Dr Sarah Eisen Job title: Principal Investigator Email address: sarah.eisen@nhs.net
This appointment would suit a flexible and enthusiastic researcher who would relish working within a dynamic collaborative team of mixed-methods researchers on a novel and exciting project. If you would like to find out whether this post could be right for you, please contact the Principal Investigators, Dr Sarah Eisen (sarah.eisen@nhs.net) and Michelle Heys (m.heys@ucl.ac.uk).
