Post-Doctoral Research Fellow

Grade UE07: £41,064 to £48,822 per annum

CMVM / Institute for Neuroscience and Cardiovascular Research / Centre for Cardiovascular Sciences

Full-time: 35 hours per week

Fixed-Term: 1 year
 

The Opportunity:

Applications are invited for a Post-Doctoral Research Associate to work on an exciting project building a multi-centre data infrastructure for cardiac electrophysiology data. Through the MRC-funded OpenEP|NET study the post-holder will work closely with the existing study team, supporting system development, technical processing, data management and data science aspects of the study.

The post holder will be based at the University of Edinburgh’s Centre for Cardiovascular Science, a leading centre combining world-leading cardiovascular disease research, state-of-the-art machine learning and health data science research and a strong interdisciplinary research culture.

This post is full-time (35 hours per week), however, we are open to considering part-time or flexible working patterns.  We are also open to considering requests for hybrid working (on a non-contractual basis) that combines a mix of remote and regular on-campus working.

Your skills and attributes for success:

• Relevant domain knowledge relating to cardiac electrophysiology
• Excellence in Python software development for scientific computing
• A strong knowledge and experience of database software including SQL
• Prior experience handling large quantities of clinical or non-clinical real-world data, preferably in a data manager role
• Experience applying statistical and data science techniques to address real-world clinical problems

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Application Information

 Please ensure you include the following documents in your application:

• CV
• Cover letter
• Statement explaining how your prior experience meets the knowledge, skills and experience requirements of the role.

As a valued member of our team you can expect:

• A competitive salary
• An exciting, positive, creative, challenging and rewarding place to work. 
• To be part of a diverse and vibrant international community
• Comprehensive Staff Benefits, such as a generous holiday entitlement, competitive pension schemes, staff discounts, and family-friendly initiatives. Check out the full list on our staff benefits page (opens in a new tab) and use our reward calculator to discover the total value of your pay and benefits 

Championing equality, diversity and inclusion

The University of Edinburgh holds a Silver Athena SWAN award in recognition of our commitment to advance gender equality in higher education. We are members of the Race Equality Charter and we are also Stonewall Scotland Diversity Champions, actively promoting LGBT equality. 

Prior to any employment commencing with the University you will be required to evidence your right to work in the UK. Further information is available on our right to work webpages (opens new browser tab)

The University may be able to sponsor the employment of international workers in this role.  This will depend on a number of factors specific to the successful applicant.

 

Key dates to note

The closing date for applications is 10th October 2025.

Unless stated otherwise the closing time for applications is 11:59pm GMT. If you are applying outside the UK the closing time on our adverts automatically adjusts to your browsers local time zone. 

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