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University of Gothenburg meets society's challenges with diverse knowledge. With 58,000 students and 6,800 employees, the university is a large and inspiring workplace. Strong research and attractive education attract researchers and students from all over the world. With new knowledge and new perspectives, the University of Gothenburg contributes to a better future.

The Department of Nursing Science and Health conducts education and research with a focus on care, health, and people's living conditions. We educate nurses, radiographers, specialist nurses, and midwives with the goal of meeting society's need for competent and engaged healthcare personnel. The research at the department spans many areas but has a common starting point in person-centered and evidence-based care. We are nationally and internationally leading in person-centered care, and this approach permeates both education, research, and collaboration with healthcare.

The department is part of the Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg and operates on Campus Medicinareberget with direct proximity to Sahlgrenska University Hospital. An environment characterized by cross-professional collaboration, clinical relevance, and high academic quality.

The University of Gothenburg is a government agency, which means you receive special benefits, generous vacation time, and a favorable occupational pension. We have a flexible working hours agreement that creates good conditions for balance between work and leisure. Read more on the university's website about working with us: https://www.gu.se/jobba-hos-oss (https://www.gu.se/jobba-hos-oss)

We are looking for a postdoctoral researcher who will be responsible for the health economics part of a research project evaluating a person-centered chatbot support (CHAT-MH) and work within the interdisciplinary center DEMSAM for research focusing on person-centered approaches, dementia-friendly environments, and broad collaboration.

Please read more about AI and mental health (https://www.gu.se/nyheter/ai-och-psykisk-halsa-hur-kan-chatbotar-bidra-i-psykiatrin) and DEMSAM (https://www.gu.se/demsam).

Responsibilities

As a postdoctoral researcher, you are responsible for the planning, implementation, and reporting of the project's health economic analyses, as well as coordinating health economic outcome measures in the projects. You will work in close collaboration with researchers within nursing science, psychiatry, health economics, and person-centered care.

The responsibilities include among other things:

• planning and conducting health economic analyses within the framework of randomized controlled trials (RCT), complex interventions, and longitudinal follow-up studies with mixed methods
• developing models for health economic evaluation of person-centered interventions within psychiatric care as well as care and support for cognitive illness related to dementia
• analyzing resource use, cost-effectiveness, and patient-related outcomes
• contributing to the design and implementation of data collection related to health economic outcomes
• collaborating in a cross-professional research team within nursing science, psychiatry, and person-centered care
• participating in scientific publication as well as national and international research communication
• contributing to research applications and the development of future research projects

You are expected to actively contribute to the scientific development and interdisciplinary collaboration of the projects.

Qualifications

Eligible for employment as a postdoctoral researcher for this position is someone who has completed a doctoral degree, an artistic doctoral degree, or has a foreign degree assessed as equivalent to a doctoral degree. This eligibility requirement must be met no later than at the time the employment decision is made.

In the first instance, preference should be given to those who have completed their degree no more than three years before the application deadline. Those who have completed their degree earlier should also be considered in the first instance if there are special reasons. Special reasons include leave due to illness, parental leave, trust positions within trade unions, service in the total defense, or other similar circumstances, as well as clinical service or service relevant to the subject area.

For further information, qualifications, and eligibility requirements, as well as to apply for the position, see the full advertisement at https://www.gu.se/jobba-hos-oss/lediga-anstallningar (https://www.gu.se/jobba-hos-oss/lediga-anstallningar)

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