Job description

The Institute for Public Health and Nursing Research - IPP is a scientific institution at the Faculty 11 Human and Health Sciences at the University of Bremen with currently around 100 employees working in nine departments and three working groups. The IPP's tasks include research, teaching, counselling and scientific transfer in the fields of health and nursing research. The Group of Nursing Science Evaluation and Implementation Research conducts research on the development and evaluation of complex interventions to provide evidence-based nursing and healthcare. This includes, for example, the facilitation of informed decision-making by patients. To achieve this, we develop evidence-based health information for patients and training programmes for healthcare professionals.

The group has acquired a DFG-funded mixed-methods systematic review on the determinants of practice for decision coaching as an intervention to support informed decision-making by patients. In the project, a diverse team consisting of renowned international researchers at different career stages, patient representatives and practitioners from 6 countries and 4 continents are working together to conduct a mixed-methods systematic review as part of a co-creation approach. The new position holder will be responsible for conducting the mixed methods systematic review in the project. This includes the planning, conduct and publication of the systematic review. Furthermore, the position holder will support the project management of the project and has the opportunity to write a doctoral thesis.

What you can expect:

• Opportunity for academic qualification ("PhD") and associated opportunities for further training in terms of content and methodology in research and teaching
• Possibility of self-organised work within a committed and friendly team
• Integration into national and international networks
• Attendance at conferences

Requirements

• A university degree (Master's/University Diploma) in nursing science or public health/health sciences or a related field with a very good or good grade.
• Skills in conducting systematic reviews
• Good expertise in the methods of evidence-based nursing/medicine/healthcare
• Willingness to continue training in qualitative and quantitative research methods
• Excellent written and oral English skills
• Interest in interdisciplinary collaboration

Desirable:

• Completed vocational training and professional experience as a nurse
• Independence and organisational skills
• Reliable, goal- and team-oriented way of working
• Knowledge of shared decision making and decision coaching
• Awareness of gender- and diversity-sensitive teaching and research

General Information

Open to unconventional approaches in research and teaching, the University of Bremen has retained its character as a place of short distances for people and ideas since it was founded 50 years ago. With a broad range of subjects, we combine exceptional performance with great potential for innovation. As an ambitious research university, we stand for the approach of research-based learning and a pronounced orientation towards interdisciplinarity. We actively organize scientific cooperation worldwide in a spirit of partnership.

Today, around 23,000 people learn, teach, research and work on our international campus. In research and teaching, administration and operations, we are firmly committed to the goals of sustainability, climate justice, and climate neutrality. Our Bremen spirit is expressed in the courage to try new things, in supportive cooperation, in respect, and appreciation for one another. With our study and research profile and as part of the European YUFE network, we assume social responsibility in the region, in Europe and the world.

The university is family-friendly, diverse, and sees itself as an international university. We therefore welcome all applicants regardless of gender, nationality, ethnic and social origin, religion/belief, disability, age, sexual orientation, and identity.

The University of Bremen intends to increase the proportion of women in the academic field and therefore explicitly encourages women to apply.

Disabled applicants will be given priority if they have essentially the same professional and personal qualifications.

Application:

Please send your application (motivation letter, CV, certificates, list of publications if applicable) with the reference number A243-24 by August 15, 2024 as a PDF file by unencrypted electronic mail to degeringprotect me ?!uni-bremenprotect me ?!.de or by regular mail to

University of Bremen
Faculty 11
Human- and Health Sciences
Institute for Public Health and Nursing Research(IPP)
Department Evaluation and Implementation Research in Nursing Science-
Prof. Dr. Birte Berger-Höger
Postfach 330 440
28334 Bremen   
Germany

For further information and questions, please send an e-mail to birte.berger-hoegerprotect me ?!uni-bremenprotect me ?!.de.

Please only send us copies of your application documents (no folders) as we cannot return them. They will be destroyed after the selection process has been completed.
Any costs for the application procedure cannot be reimbursed.