Project coordinator - Hiring in process/Finished, not possible to apply

Division
The Health Informatics Centre (HIC) performs research, education and development in health informatics. Our research focuses on integrated patient-centred information systems for collaborative care, decision support and decision making, and patient e-services. We apply a sociotechnical approach, combining technical and methodological research with research on how implementation and use of eHealth affects roles, relationships and tasks for patients and healthcare professionals. ki.se/hic

Further HIC also represents the LIME node of the e-health core facility at Karolinska Institutet supporting researchers with the design, development, implementation and evaluation of eHealth tools, and providing education in eHealth. https://ki.se/en/research/ehealth

Duties
The employment comprises 100% and the applicant will work 50% as project coordinator for the LIME e-health core facility node and 50% within a European project regarding remote monitoring of heart failure patients. The LIME node supports healthcare science researchers who study eHealth interventions, as well as other external actors, with methodologies, services and education regarding evidence-based eHealth design and evaluation, and provides education in eHealth. The applicant will work with the coordination of the different projects at the core facility node as well as lead and perform evaluation projects and be involved in the set-up of eHealth education. S/he will further set up end-user and technical requirements specifications regarding remote monitoring of heart failure patients together with clinical staff and patients and develop evaluation schemes.

Entry requirements
We seek a candidate with a BSc or MSc degree in health informatics, computer science with focus on human-computer interaction and/or health science with complementary technical education.

The applicant should have very good knowledge about eHealth in general as well as socio-technical approaches for eHealth design and implementation, and formative and summative evaluation methods (in particular usability evaluations). Experience in eHealth education is an advantage.

The applicant should be fluent in Swedish and English and have very good communication as well as administrative skills. The candidate should be highly motivated, reliable, meticulous and cooperative but with an ability to work independently.  

Application process
The application is to be submitted in Varbi recruitment system.

At Karolinska Institutet a 6-month trial period is required for all permanent appointments.