Grade UE08: £49,559 - £60,907 per annum, pro-rata if part-time

CMVM/Institute of Neuroscience and Cardiovascular Research

Full-time: 35 hours per week

Fixed-term: for 2 years with potential to extend to September 2029

The Opportunity:

The BHF Centre of Research Excellence in Edinburgh is funded by a five-year award from the British Heart Foundation to accelerate our science. By collaborating across disciplines and institutions, we will deliver bold discoveries and foster the next generation of research leaders. We now have a suite of new opportunities in our Centre, and are seeking people with the ideas and ambition to drive forward our work.

We seek a research fellow to work with a multi-disciplinary research team in the delivery of the BHF REA Data-Driven Innovation theme, which is led by Professor Nicholas Mills (British Heart Foundation Chair of Cardiology) and Dr Atul Anand (Reader in Health Data Research). The post-holder will be responsible for conducting and supporting original research, focussing on the use of health data for the development of clinical decision-support tools in acute cardiovascular care using statistical modelling and machine learning techniques.

This post is full-time (35 hours per week); however, we are open to considering part-time or flexible working patterns. We are also open to considering requests for hybrid working (on a non-contractual basis) that combines a mix of remote and regular on-campus working.  

The salary for this post is £49,559 - £60,907per annum.

Your skills and attributes for success: 

• The ability to use mainstream data science programming languages (such as R, Java, Python) for data extraction, transferring and transforming data, and statistical data analysis.
• Experience in using one or more statistical software packages (e.g. R, SAS, STATA or similar).
• A track record of publications in internationally leading journals and conferences.
• Experience working with routine healthcare data.

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Application Information  

Please ensure you include the following documents in your application:

- CV

- Cover letter

As a valued member of our team you can expect:

• A competitive salary.
• An exciting, positive, creative, challenging and rewarding place to work. 
• To be part of a diverse and vibrant international community.
• Comprehensive Staff Benefits, such as a generous holiday entitlement, competitive pension schemes, staff discounts, and family-friendly initiatives. Check out the full list on our staff benefits page (opens in a new tab) and use our reward calculator to discover the total value of your pay and benefits. 

Championing equality, diversity and inclusion

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).

The University is able to sponsor the employment of international workers in this role.  If successful, an international applicant requiring sponsorship to work in the UK will need to satisfy the UK Home Office’s English Language requirements and apply for and secure a Skilled Worker Visa.  

Please note if the role is offered on a part-time basis, it may result in sponsorship being dependant on a number of factors specific to the successful applicant or the role no longer meeting the Home Office’s criteria for sponsorship.

Key dates to note

The closing date for applications is 8 May 2025. 

Unless stated otherwise the closing time for applications is 11:59pm GMT. If you are applying outside the UK the closing time on our adverts automatically adjusts to your browsers local time zone. 

Interviews will be held within 3 weeks of closing date.