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Senior Medical Statistician

University of Leeds
West Yorkshire
1 year ago
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Senior Medical Statistician

Senior Medical Statistician – Leeds Institute of Clinical Trials Research 

(Faculty of Medicine and Health)

£37,099 - £44,263 p.a. depending upon experience 

Are you an experienced medical statistician and want to work for an Institute leading in clinical trials research and impacting international clinical practice? Do you want to be part of a successful, highly talented, and multi-disciplinary team? Are you an enthusiastic, driven postgraduate with a major statistical qualification? 

The Clinical Trials Research Unit within the Leeds Institute of Clinical Trials Research (LICTR) is an international leader in the field of clinical trials. The Unit is one of the largest in the UK and conducts national and international randomised and early phase clinical trials in a variety of clinical fields. 

Our main aim is to develop and support novel and efficient trials to change clinical practice for the better. Our past results and current research have already helped to do this. 

You will join a large, well-established group of statisticians and will work on trials designed to answer questions of real importance that will contribute to improved care pathways and patient outcomes across a range of long-term health conditions of strategic importance to NHS, patients and social care.

What we offer in return

•26 days holiday plus 16 Bank Holidays/days that the University is closed by custom (including Christmas).

•Health and Wellbeing: Discounted staff membership options at The Edge, our state-of-the-art Campus gym, with a pool, sauna, climbing wall, cycle circuit, and sports halls.

•Personal Development: Access to courses run by our Organisational Development & Professional Learning team, and self-development courses including languages, Creative Writing, Wellbeing Therapies and much more.

•The opportunity, if applicable, to apply for a PhD.

•Access to on-site childcare, shopping discounts and travel schemes are also available.

And much more!

This role will be based on the university campus with scope for it to be undertaken in a hybrid manner. We are also open to discussing flexible working arrangements.

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