Research Assistant

Post Title: 

Research Assistant

Post Status: 

Specific Purpose Contract – Full-time or Part time (options considered)

Research Group / Department / School: Centre for Innovative Human Systems, School of Psychology, Trinity College Dublin, the University of Dublin

Location:
Centre for Innovative Human Systems, School of Psychology,
Trinity College Dublin, the University of Dublin College Green, Dublin 2, Ireland
The incumbent may also occasionally be based at related HSE sites.

Reports to:
Principal Investigator: Prof. Sam Cromie

Salary:
Appointment will be made on the Irish Universities Association Salary Scale - Research Assistant Scale €32,962 - €42,943 (in line with government policy and experience)
 

Hours of Work:
39 Hours per week

Closing Date:
12 Noon (Irish Standard Time) 30th April 2025
 

Post Summary
Applications are invited from candidates interested in pursuing research in a post funded by Irish Health Service Executive (HSE) under a research collaboration with TCD. The grant was awarded to the Centre for Innovative Human Systems, School of Psychology, Trinity College Dublin. The successful candidate will have office space at the Centre for Innovative Human Systems, School of Psychology (https://www.tcd.ie/cihs/) and will be supervised by Prof Sam Cromie - Principal Investigator (PI) and will also be and embedded research in the HSE Quality and Patient Safety Division (QPSD) under the supervision of Lorraine Schwanberg. The title of the research project is Learning from Incidents. The objective of the project is to help the HSE to understand the application and effectiveness of the different incident review tools, how the learning is extracted and applied and how it can be used to inform the wider HSE in terms of systematic shared learning.

Standard Duties and Responsibilities of the Post
Specific duties and responsibilities include:
• To conduct the specified programme of research under the supervision and direction of the PI
• To engage in appropriate training and professional development opportunities as required by the PI, School or College in order to develop research skills and competencies
• To engage in the dissemination of the results of the research in which they are engaged, as directed by, with the support of and under the supervision of the PI
• To publish research findings in peer reviewed journals
• To carry out additional duties as may reasonably be required within the general scope and level of the post

Qualifications
Candidates should have relevant bachelor qualifications in Psychology, Social Sciences, Business or a closely related discipline. Desirable is a Master’s in a related topic, for example Organisational Psychology, Human Factors, Quality or Safety Management.

Knowledge & Experience (Essential & Desirable)
The candidate should have knowledge and/or experience in the following areas:
• Organisational psychology/behaviour, human factors, research ethics (Essential)
• Patient safety, organisational learning, safety/quality management and/or risk management (Desirable)
• Working in industry-based organisational research (Desirable)
• Working in a collaborative multi-disciplinary environment (Desirable)
• Interest in developing and leading research proposals (Desirable)
• Public speaking (including delivering presentations and facilitating workshops) to large and influential audiences; (Desirable)
• Publication record in relevant peer reviewed journals (Desirable)