Job Description - Qualitative

The Lien Centre for Palliative Care (LCPC) at Duke-NUS Medical School invites applications for a Research Assistant / Research Associate to support ongoing qualitative research in palliative and end-of-life care.

The successful candidate will work closely with senior investigators on studies involving patients with serious illness, family caregivers, and healthcare professionals. This role offers hands-on experience in qualitative (and selected quantitative) palliative care research within a multidisciplinary and collaborative academic environment.

Key responsibilities:

• Conduct in-depth interviews and focus group discussions with patients, caregivers, and healthcare professionals.
• Manage qualitative data, including transcription, coding, and organisation.
• Analyse qualitative data.
• Prepare study-related documents, including ethics submissions, progress reports, and study materials.
• Liaise with clinical and institutional stakeholders as required.
• Ensure compliance with ethical and regulatory requirements.
• Conduct accurate monitoring, documenting and reporting of experimental results and/or research findings.
• Assist researchers in programming, data analysis and literature review in various research projects.
• Evaluate and interpret collected data and prepare oral presentations or written reports/ scientific manuscripts/literature for publication.
• Participate in grant proposal development and assist in preparation and submission of grant reports to funding agencies.
• Contribute to project management, presentations and publications of research work, including occasional laboratory demonstrations where applicable.
• Perform other related duties incidental to the work described therein.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree with at least 2 years of relevant research experience, in a related discipline (e.g. Public Health, Psychology, Social Sciences, Nursing, Life Sciences, or related fields
• Strong organisational and communication skills
• Prior experience or demonstrated training in qualitative research methods; familiarity with quantitative methods is an advantage
• Bilingual in English and Mandarin or Malay, with the ability to conduct research interviews due to the nature of the work
• Ability to work independently as well as collaboratively within a team
• Proficiency in Microsoft Word and Excel
• Sensitivity and professionalism when working with palliative care populations

If you are interested in working on cutting-edge research projects in end-of-life palliative care, please submit your application today. We regret that only shortlisted candidates will be notified.

More Information

Location: Outram Campus

Organization: Duke-NUS Medical School

Department : Office of Research

Employee Referral Eligible: No

Job requisition ID : 31877