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Post Summary
AmethystCare is the voice technology companion that helps care for people with mobility-related illnesses and cognitive-impairment at home, allowing them to live independently for longer. AmethystCare will offer an AI-driven voice assistant that is delivered through Amazon Alexa devices (or similar) to B2B care and health organisations that seek to enable patients to stay at home as long as possible.

The assistant will monitor older person loneliness, and cognitive decline, assist with medicine adherence, and detect falls or other emergencies. The data will be tracked through our analytics hub. This will be tracked over time to allow medical professionals and carers to have a detailed view of the older person progress and ability to live independently at home. It is anticipated that this service will reduce the cost of care and enable organisations to provide a better service but also improve lives of older people.

The role may require work in the field and travel to a person’s home, for which Garda vetting will be required. The overall research team in this project will consist of the commercial lead, two Software developers, one quality controller and one AI researcher.

Context
The position will be based in the ADAPT SFI Research Centre, hosted in the School of Computer Science & Statistics, Trinity College Dublin. ADAPT is the world-leading SFI Research Centre for AI-Driven Digital Content Technology, and brings leading academics, researchers and industry partners together to deliver excellent science, engage the public, develop novel solutions for business across all sectors and enhance Ireland’s international reputation. The ADAPT Centre is hosted and coordinated in the School of Computer Science and Statistics, TCD.

The School of Computer Science and Statistics is ranked #1 in Ireland (QS Rankings) and is a proud recipient of a Bronze Athena Swan award, attained in 2021. As part of the School’s on-going actions in relation to equality, diversity and inclusion it welcomes all applications that meet the criteria below and particularly those from under-represented groups. The School offers a collegiate and supportive environment to all its staff and works to ensure that all its staff and students can perform at their best while putting in those steps that facilitate a healthy work/life balance

Post doctoral health care researcher: Main Responsibilities

As part of the overall project, this appointed person will work on the following tasks:
● Provide clinical insights and expertise to guide the design and development of software.
● Ensure the software aligns with clinical workflows and standards of care delivery.
● Translate clinical needs into technical specifications for the development team.
● Onboarding and deployment of the software to end users.
● Report regularly to the PI and Commercial Lead of the project, and interact regularly with other team members to maintain momentum in the project.
● The position is fully in-person and requires the person to be based in Dublin, Ireland with occasional requirements for international travel.

Additionally, they will support other team members with the following tasks:
● Collaborate with software developers, designers, and Quality Controller to create user-friendly and clinically relevant software.
● Participate in the design of user interfaces and user experiences that facilitate clinical tasks.
● Work with the software team to ensure that the software complies with healthcare regulations and standards by supporting the Quality Controller rolling out a QMS system and becoming a Class 2 medical device in the EU, HIPAA compliance and FDA approvals in the United States.

Administrative

As a postdoctoral researcher in Adapt, the person will occasionally be required to engage in administrative tasks in support of the PI and Commercial Leads overall activity. This may include drafting sections of reports for funding bodies; organising a programme of suitably themed group meetings and seminars; contributing to research funding proposals; drafting of ethics applications; and other such tasks as they arise.

Person Requirements
The postdoctoral health care researcher will require a range of knowledge, skills and attributes for successful performance in the role. The successful candidate is expected to:

● Provide subject matter expertise in older person health and social care needs.
● Have ability to represent the group with excellent written and oral proficiency
● Be skilled at taking research ideas and draw innovative conclusions, or see new solutions
● Have excellent communication and interpersonal skills
● An ability to work autonomously and as part of a multidisciplinary team and learn new cross-over skills as well as transfer skills to others
● Be highly organised in their work, with an ability to balance medium term and longer-term objectives in a project.
● Experience in participant recruitment, data collection, and data analysis.
● Strong narrative analytic and writing for report writing and publication skills.

Knowledge & Experience (Essential & Desirable)
Essential

• A PhD is preferred.
  Ideally a professional background ideally in healthcare for example, medical, nursing, social care or allied health professions.
  At least four years of research and or clinical experience.
  This subject matter expertise will guide the conversational approach and types of assistance that the conversational agent needs to provide.
  The healthcare researcher will also have experience in testing and evaluating care solutions and/or technology solutions in the field with real users and collecting feedback for project teams.
  Strong commitment to their own professional development

Desirable

• Mentoring of junior team members (can be informal depending on career stage)
  Contribution to successful funding applications
  Exposure to standard tools for Software as a Medicla Device (SaMD) management

Benefits
● Competitive salary
● High-end computer and peripherals
● Dedicated desk in shared office space, with generous social spaces
● A creative and enabling environment with impactful research
● Pension and social insurance (PRSI) included
● Trinity Day Nursery
● Travel Pass Scheme
● Bike to Work Scheme
● Employee Assistance Programme
● Sports Facilities
● 22 days of Annual Leave
● Paid Sick Leave
● Training & Development
● Staff Discounts locally

Application Procedure

Applicants should provide the following information when applying:

1. A motivation statement outlining their interest and suitability for the position.
2. A comprehensive curriculum vitae, including a full list of publications.
3. The names and contact details (e-mail) of two referees.

Deadline for applications is 31^st Oct 2024.

Applications should be sent to the below people. Please include the job title in the subject line:

• Conor McNally, [email protected]
• Rebecca McManus, [email protected]
• Vincent Wade, [email protected]

Note: Candidates who do not address the application requirements above will not be considered for interview.

Further Information

Informal enquiries about this post should be made to Conor McNally ([email protected]).