The Hanseatic city of Rostock is a lively and child-friendly port city on the Baltic Sea. The University Medical Centre Rostock (www.med.uni-rostock.de) is the maximum care provider for the Rostock region, a growth region with great potential.

To strengthen our team in the Clinic for Forensic Psychiatry, we are looking for a research fellow / postdoc (f/m/d) with immediate effect, in part-time employment (35 hrs/week), initially limited to 17 months and remunerated according to TV-L.

Tender no. 315 E/2023
End of tender: open

You will support the expansion of research activities at the Clinic for Forensic Psychiatry of the University Medical Center Rostock; research focuses on course and therapy research, recidivism research, quality assurance and reduction of coercive measures. You will work in a multi-professional team. There is the possibility of further scientific qualification.

In detail, your tasks are

• Acquisition of third-party funding
• - Project management of studies
• - Preparation of ethics applications for planned studies
• - Supervision of doctoral students
• - Participation in teaching in forensic psychiatry
• - Independent data analysis and interpretation
• - Preparation of scientific publications and lectures

• Degree in relevant subject (medicine, psychology, social sciences, etc.)
• MD or PhD in relevant subject area (completed or close to completion)

Essential

• - Excellent knowledge of statistics (univariate, multivariate)
• - Knowledge of relevant statistical programmes (e.g. SPSS)
• - (High impact factor) publications
• - Excellent written and spoken English
• - Experience in applying for approvals (ethics committees, etc.) for research projects
• - Experience in obtaining external funding
• - Sensitivity in dealing with data
• - Good teamwork and communication skills

Desirable

• - Research experience in the field of forensic psychiatry
• - Experience in collecting and analysing qualitative data
• - Experience in conducting and analysing systematic literature reviews
• - Experience in presenting research data at national and international conferences

The Rostock Clinic for Forensic Psychiatry (KFP) is the largest of three correctional facilities in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. The KFP is part of the Rostock University Medical Centre and thus the only correctional facility with a direct university connection. We evaluate our work within the framework of various scientific studies and have excellent national and international networks..

Please send your complete application documents by e-mail, please only in PDF format as one file, to bewerbung{bei}med.uni-rostock.de or alternatively to the Universitätsmedizin Rostock, Geschäftsbereich Personal, Postfach 10 08 88, 18055 Rostock, stating the above-mentioned job advertisement number.

Severely disabled persons will be given preferential treatment in the recruitment process within the framework of the applicable legal provisions if they are equally qualified.

Costs incurred in connection with the application cannot be covered.