Research Assistant

Abertay is a modern university with a global outlook, rooted in its local and national communities. We have made our mark with high quality, well-directed teaching and research, and a stimulating and enriching experience for our students. Design HOPES (Healthy Organisations in a Place-based Ecosystem) aims to advance societal understanding of design's impact, and the opportunities, barriers, behaviour changes and tools needed to transition to a green approach. The Design HOPES Green Transition Ecosystem (GTE) Hub will sustain a phased long-term investment to embed design-led innovation, circularity, sustainability and impact for the changing market, across product, service, strategy, policy and social drivers to evolve future design outcomes that matter to the people and planet. The University now seeks to appoint to appoint a Research Assistant in the following area, Applied Game Design for Healthcare Systems. Reporting to the Sustainable Digital Design theme leader you will work with designers, healthcare economists, healthcare professionals and games developers to design and prototype a data driven interactive model of unscheduled healthcare decision making in NHS Tayside. The model will be designed to demonstrate how improved decision making in response to unscheduled care demand impacts resource allocation and improves patient experiences, recovery and outcomes. The role requires postgraduate qualification in a relevant discipline or equivalent professional experience in a relevant industry role. Please refer to the candidate briefsfor more information about the role.