Overview
Job Title: Research Associate or Assistant – Tele-rehabilitation in Stroke Care TELSTAR
Job Reference: REQ250609
Date Posted: Tue, 22 Jul 2025 00:00:00 GMT
Application Closing Date: Thu, 21 Aug 2025 00:00:00 GMT
Location: Loughborough
Package: Specialist and Supporting Academic Research grade 6 from £35116
School of Sport,
Exercise and Health Sciences
Full-time or
part-time (minimum 3 days per week, 0.6 FTE), job sharing
arrangements will be considered; Fixed-term to 30th November 2026
The grade 6 vacancy
(Research Associate) is being readvertised, and previous
applicants need not reapply. However, they may submit an
application for the grade 5 vacancy (Research Assistant) if they
wish.
Project: Tele-rehabilitation in stroke care
(the TELSTAR study)
Project Summary: Understanding how &
when stroke telerehabilitation works to inform recommendations
for practice
We are seeking to appoint a Research
Associate or Research Assistant to work on
TELSTAR, a Stroke Association funded study on stroke
tele-rehabilitation. This study aims to explore how
tele-rehabilitation could support the provision of evidence-based
rehabilitation for stroke survivors at home. We are using a
realist methodology to review the evidence and capture the
experiences and opinions of clinicians, stroke survivors and
family carers. What we find will help us understand the factors
influencing the implementation of telerehabilitation in clinical
practice and identify training and information needs. Our
findings will inform the development of recommendations and
resources to support clinicians and stroke survivors in this new
way of working.
Research
Associate – You will be responsible for the day-to-day
co-ordination and delivery of the study in partnership with the
principal investigator. You will lead on the analysis and
synthesis of qualitative research data and will be responsible
for writing up their work for publication. You will also support
the team in organising co-design workshops with staff
participants and people affected by stroke. You will have the
opportunity to use your initiative and creativity to identify
areas for future research, contribute to bid writing and extend
your research portfolio.
Research
Assistant – You will conduct research, support the analysis
and interpretation of qualitative research data and will
contribute to writing up the work for publication. You will also
support the team in organising co-design workshops with staff
participants and people affected by stroke.
This full- or part-time post is offered on
a fixed-term contract from 1st October 2025 or as soon as
possible thereafter until 30th November 2026.
Please note that we
have one vacancy and are seeking to make only one appointment at
either Research Associate or Research Assistant level. Candidates
are asked to indicate in their application which role they are
applying for.
Informal enquiries should be directed to
N.N.Chouliara@lboro.ac.uk
For more
information on the Research Assistant
role please refer to this Job
Description and Person Specification.
For more
information on the Research Associate
role please refer to this Job
Description and Person Specification.
Closing Date: 21
August 2025
Loughborough University is committed to
allowing its employees to
work dynamically with a combination of
working on campus and remotely, where possible. This has been
identified as a role that could work dynamically and, if
successful, your line manager will discuss these informal
arrangements with you. Please note that there is a general
expectation that the successful candidate will spend the majority
of time working on the Loughborough campus.
