PhD Position in Systems Science for Sustainable Safety

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Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland TU Delft Voltijd
PhD Position in Systems Science for Sustainable Safety

We are seeking a skilled PhD candidate to optimize professional and organizational responsibility for safer care.

The Institute for Health Systems Science (IHSS) at the faculty of Technology, Policy and Management (TPM) is a recently established initiative that has a mission to explore and promote systems science methods in Health & Care to enable safe and sustainable health & care for all.

The position will be based within the Centre for Safety in Healthcare (CSH) that is positioned within the section Safety and Security Science (3S). As the IHSS operates faculty wide, you will work with experts from different sections and departments in the faculty, including systems engineers, psychologists, philosophers and others.

This PhD trajectory will focus on the role of professional and organisational responsibility towards ensuring safe care. It will consider individual professional performance and professional views on safe care as related to the healthcare system design and performance (as a sociotechnical system).

Requirements:

  • Background in systems engineering, clinical technology, health (technology) management or a related discipline.
  • Knowledge of, or demonstrable interest in the healthcare domain.
  • Preferably an additional degree or strong interest in philosophy.
  • Basic knowledge on scientific methods to study complex challenges.
  • Professional proficiency in English (mandatory).
  • Professional proficiency in Dutch language (mandatory).

Conditions of employment:

  • Doctoral candidates will be offered a 4-year period of employment in principle, but in the form of 2 employment contracts.
  • Salary and benefits are in accordance with the Collective Labour Agreement for Dutch Universities.

About TU Delft:

TU Delft is a top international university combining science, engineering and design. It delivers world class results in education, research and innovation to address challenges in the areas of energy, climate, mobility, health and digital society.

We value diversity as one of our core values and we actively engage to be a university where you feel at home and can flourish.

We invite you to apply. Your application will receive fair consideration.

Application procedure:

Please apply before 28 October 2024 via the application button and upload:

  • Application letter.
  • CV.
  • Short (max 1 A4) vision document where the candidate describes his or her choice for a specific use case, why that case is considered and what research methods they envision for this topic.

Faculty/Department: Faculty of Technology, Policy & Management

Job type: PhD

Scientific field: Health

Hours per week: 36-40

Salary: € 2.872,00 - € 3.670,00

Desired level of education: University graduate

Vacancy number: TUD04598



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