Senior Researcher In Clinical Exercise Physiology/Science

Location: Kedleston Road, Derby, DE22 1GB Contract Type: Fixed Term 12 months Advert Closes: Tuesday 02 April 2024 Challenging, interesting and constantly changing, the University of Derby is an exceptional place to learn and an incredibly rewarding place to work. Ours is an extraordinary educational environment and because we specialise in identifying and developing individual potential, you can be confident you'll receive all the help and encouragement you need to build a rewarding career with lots of opportunities to progress. Our combined higher and further education offering is spread over campuses in Derby, Buxton, Leek and Chesterfield and we have some of the best university facilities in the UK, investing more than £200 million in facilities in the last 10 years. We achieve outstanding results for our teaching and research and with more than 34,000 people choosing to study with us every year, we depend on the dedication of a team of 2,200 academic and professional services staff. Financially strong and seriously ambitious we offer our employees a family-friendly, rewarding career with lots of opportunities to progress. About the role The School of Sport and Exercise Science is looking to recruit a fixed-term researcher to support the delivery of an externally funded research project in COVID-19/Long COVID. You will support the project chief investigator and be responsible for data collection and day-to-day management and delivery of the project, which includes liaising and working closely with project partners. The key focus for this post will be to work alongside clinical teams to determine the effectiveness of an anti-viral drug that is administered intravenously Long COVID patients and the impact of their symptoms/pathophysiology. The research will quantify changes via detailed screening and symptom reporting, cardiopulmonary exercise testing (inclusive of ECG and blood pressure) and a detailed pre and post-testing and intervention biochemical profile. For further information and informal enquiries regarding the role, please contact Mark Faghy, Professor of Clinical Exercise Science via m.faghy@derby.ac.uk. For enquiries regarding your application and for sponsorship eligibility, please contact the recruitment team via recruitment@derby.ac.uk. Please note that unfortunately, this role will not attract sufficient points to obtain a sponsored Skilled Worker visa under the UK Visas & Immigration points-based immigration system; however, applications are welcome from candidates who do not currently have the right to work in the UK, but who would be eligible to obtain a valid visa via another route. Please consult the Home office website for further information. If you are successful, you will be required to undertake a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. The post for which you are applying is exempt from Section 4(2) of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 requiring any spent convictions to be declared. Any information you provide will be treated in confidence and only used when considering your suitability for the post. To enable us to process your DBS check please ensure you are able to supply the documentation listed on the DBS website at interview stage. We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and expect everyone who works for us to also share this commitment and to treat people with courtesy and respect. For more information and to apply on-line, please click the above “Apply” button.