Research Assistant Part-time

Research Assistant

We seek to appoint one to two Research Assistant Physical Therapists or Audiologists to support the Horizon Health funded vestibular neuroscience project TeleRehabilitation of Balance clinical and economic Decision Support System – TeleRehabDSS. TeleRehabDSS targets the promotion of AI adoption in everyday clinical practice for balance rehabilitation training.

The post-holder will be based at the UCL Ear Institute and UCL Institute of Neurology/National Hospital for Neurology Neurosurgery where the clinical study will take place. He/she will be employed by UCL with an honorary contract at the Hospital where the project takes place.

The post holder will be expected to support the project, the PI Prof Bamiou and Co-investigators Prof Kaski and Dr Koohi. And Dr Pavlou. This 40% full time post is available for 6 months from March 2026 until November 2026.

The post-holder would be expected to hold an MSc in vestibular/balance assessment and rehabilitation with some minimal relevant research and clinical experience in Physical Therapy.

Particular responsibilities will include:

• Liaison with the technical and other clinical partners of the TeleRehab project
• Conducting/overseeing vestibular rehabilitation for adults with balance disorders due to stroke, MCI, long Covid
• Visiting up to half the participants at their London home to set up the balance rehabilitation platform/sensors and deinstall at the end of the project
• The postholder will also be responsible for providing support to MSc students involved in the research. The postholder will be expected to contribute to some data analysis and interpretation, report writing, and dissemination activities.

The job description reflects the present requirements of the post, and as duties and responsibilities change/develop, the job description will be reviewed and subject to amendment in consultation with the post holder.

The post holder will carry out any other duties as are within the scope, spirit and purpose of the job as requested by the line manager or Head of Department/Division.

What We Offer

As well as the exciting opportunities this role presents, we also offer some great benefits some of which are below:

• 41 Days holiday (27 days annual leave 8 bank holiday and 6 closure days)
• Additional 5 days' annual leave purchase scheme
• Defined benefit career average revalued earnings pension scheme (CARE)
• Cycle to work scheme and season ticket loan
• Immigration loan
• Relocation scheme for certain posts
• On-Site nursery
• On-site gym
• Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption pay
• Employee assistance programme: Staff Support Service
• Discounted medical insurance

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