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PhD position in implementation science (100%) or Research Assistant (50-70%)

October 2023 - September 2026

The Institute of Nursing Science (INS) at the University of Basel ( ) invites applications for a PhD position or for a research assistant position to join a national implementation program in the residential long-term care setting. The INS is ranked in the top 50 for Nursing worldwide (Shanghai Ranking 2022).

The position will be anchored in the NIP-Q-UPGRADE program, commissioned by the Federal Quality Commission to ARTISET with the industry association CURAVIVA and senesuisse and implemented in collaboration with the INS, the Institut et Haute \\xc3\\x89cole de la Sant\\xc3\\xa9 La Source and Scualo universitaria professionale della Svizzera italiana. The main aims of the program are to improve the data quality of the existing national quality indicators in residential long-term care, to foster data-based quality improvement and to develop and introduce new quality indicators.

Your position

The successful candidate will be expected to:

• Apply implementation science methodology working in different sub-aims of the programme
• Work with both quantitative and qualitative data methods
• Disseminate research results through presentations at conferences and publications in peer reviewed journals

As PhD student:

• Achieve a PhD within the usual timeframe of 3-4 years
• Supervise and support Master students
• Participate in teaching activities of the Master in Nursing Science curriculum

Your profile

• Master degree in nursing science, public health, psychology, sociology, medicine, health economics or a related field with outstanding grades
• Experience in long-term care is highly desirable
• Sound knowledge of basic office (e.g., Word, PowerPoint)
• Sound methodological and statistical skills, knowledge of statistical analysis software such as R or STATA, or the willingness to strengthen these skills and knowledge
• Strong planning, organizational and communication skills, ability to work successfully in an interprofessional team
• Good project and self-management skills to meet project (and PhD) deadlines and deliverables
• Fluent in German (level C2 at the start of position or mother tongue)
• Good oral and written English skills

We offer you

The successful candidate will:

• Benefit from the well-established INS research infrastructure which provides a stimulating research environment to grow academically
• Possibility to make a tangible impact in long-term care
• Profit from first-hand experience in scaling up interventions in a national implementation program
• Have the opportunity to experience a stimulating academic environment which has collaborative relationships with leading international institutions, nursing and health researchers and centers of research in long-term care
• An attractive work environment in the lively and international city of Basel

Application / Contact

Please send your application by the 30th of September 2023 to Prof. Dr. Franziska Z\\xc3\\xba\\xc3\\xb1iga and Dr. Bastiaan Van Grootven .

Your application must include a letter of interest (max. 700 words), your curriculum vitae, a transcript of your Master\\\'s degree and details of three referees.

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