Post Doctoral Position: Health Service Innovation and Co-Design
This two-year full-time post-doc position will support the Principal Investigator (PI) in the Netherlands and work with the international project consortium to fulfil project deliverables and work packages for the project. In this role, you will undertake quantitative, qualitative and service design research to gain insight into at-home hospital practices in the Netherlands.
The Opportunity
The project coordinator and Dutch Project Investigator of the Ageing Right Care(fully) seeks an enthusiastic postdoctoral researcher to join our interdisciplinary, international project, which has received funding from NWO under the framework of the co-fund partnership of Transforming Health and Care Systems of the EU Horizon Europe Research and Innovation Programme. The successful applicant will work in the Interaction Design Research Group, Department of Design, Production and Management, Faculty of Engineering Technology.
Ageing Right Care(fully) is a transnational research project which will explore and map an understanding of the care pathways between ageing in place and hospitalization of older adults in the Netherlands, Israel, and Sweden. The study compares the demographics, policy structure, decision-making process, and the crucial role of the built, social and technological environments along the home-to-hospital care pathways of older adults ageing in place in three regions. This future-focused research approach will allow stakeholders to rethink and imagine ways that health and care systems can be personalized and responsive to the future needs of older adult populations. This role is a unique opportunity to contribute to the development of innovative healthcare systems, develop new research methodologies that directly impact policy and shape the future of built, social and technological environments for older people in the future.
The Role
This two-year full-time* post-doc position will support the Principal Investigator (PI) in the Netherlands and work with the international project consortium to fulfil project deliverables and work packages for the project. In this role, you will undertake quantitative, qualitative and service design research to gain insight into at-home hospital practices in the Netherlands. To understand the current landscape of at-home hospital care in the Netherlands, you will identify, extract and combine quantitative data indicators from pre-existing databases as a basis of a cumulative indicator. You will also co-create patient journey maps with older adults who have received at-home hospital care. This task will involve qualitative data collection using mixed methods and visualization, which you will thematically analyze. In addition, you will support the with project tasks including communication, visualization, dashboarding report-writing, planning for a final project event in the Netherlands and the synthesis of material into insights to feed into service design and policy development. In addition, you will be provided opportunities to lead and assist with project publications and policy outputs plus attend up to two site visits and/or conferences.
*possibility to work on a 0.75 FTE basis for a more extended period of time
Information and application
We invite you to submit a complete application by 30 August 2024 using the apply button. The application should include a:
- A cover letter describing your motivation and qualifications for the position.
- CV including a list of your publications and the contact information of three references.
- List of three self-selected best academic outputs.
Would you be a good fit for this position? Would you like to know more?
Please contact the hiring manager, Dr. Jodi Sturge at j.l.sturge@utwente.nl
Before contacting via email, note that:
- Applications will neither be pre-assessed nor pre-evaluated via email;
- only applications submitted through the link provided in this vacancy will be considered. Applications submitted over email will not be considered;
- Only applicants with a PhD who have been realized will be considered. You are encouraged to apply if you have submitted your PhD and are awaiting approval for the PhD defense.
The first (online) jobinterviews will take place in the week of 9 September.
About the organisation
The Faculty of Engineering Technology (ET) engages in education and research of Mechanical Engineering, Civil Engineering and Industrial Design Engineering. We enable society and industry to innovate and create value using efficient, solid and sustainable technology. We are part of a ‘people-first' university of technology, taking our place as an internationally leading center for smart production, processes and devices in five domains: Health Technology, Maintenance, Smart Regions, Smart Industry and Sustainable Resources. Our faculty is home to about 2,900 Bachelor's and Master's students, 550 employees and 150 PhD candidates. Our educational and research programmes are closely connected with UT research institutes Mesa+ Institute, TechMed Center and Digital Society Institute.
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