Postdoc Governance and Implementation of Sustainable Healthcare Systems

What do we offer you?

• You will be employed by Amsterdam UMC Research BV.
• A contract for a duration of 12 months, with the intention to extend this after a positive assessment by a maximum of 48 months, up to a total appointment duration of five years, subject to available funding and the applicable employment conditions.
• Classification in salary scale 10: € 3,724 to € 5,867 gross for a full-time employment (depending on experience). Additionally, you will receive an 8.3% end-of-year bonus. Calculate your net salary here.
• Vacation hours: 194.4 hours per year for a full-time employment and the possibility to save up hours.
• 100% public transport reimbursement. Do you come by walking, cycling, or by car? Then you will receive a reimbursement of €0.21 per km (for the car, a maximum of 40 km one way applies).
• Do you come by bike? Make use of our good bicycle scheme.
• Pension accrual at BeFrank, a modern, understandable, and fairly priced pension.

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As a postdoctoral researcher, you will assume an important scientific role within GOV4CARE. You will develop and conduct research into governance and the implementation of strategies for ecological sustainability within European healthcare systems. Additionally, you will contribute to international comparative research on the governance and performance of healthcare systems in the areas of ecological sustainability and climate resilience. In doing so, you will work closely with international researchers, policymakers, and healthcare organizations.

Your duties include

• Developing and conducting international comparative implementation research into sustainable procurement policies in healthcare, including case studies in various European countries.
• Analyzing governance, organizational and institutional factors, and implementation processes that promote or hinder the introduction and scaling up of mitigation strategies, using theoretical frameworks and models such as CFIR, the ERIC taxonomy, and the COM-B model.
• Collecting and analyzing data through, among other things, document analysis, interviews with relevant stakeholders, and available data on the implementation of sustainability measures.
• Developing and applying qualitative, quantitative, and mixed-methods research approaches, including international comparative case studies and evaluations of complex interventions.
• Contributing to international comparative analyses of the governance and performance of European healthcare systems regarding ecological sustainability and climate resilience, including mapping governance strategies in different countries and conducting qualitative country studies, in collaboration with other researchers within the consortium.
• Collaborating with international project partners on the assessment of the environmental, health, and system effects of mitigation strategies, bringing in insights and data from the implementation research.
• Contributing to the translation of research findings into insights regarding implementation trajectories, scaling-up opportunities, and prerequisites, as input for future-oriented scenario models and practical policy instruments.
• Leading and contributing to the writing of scientific publications, and contributing to joint research products within the consortium.
• Collaborating with international research and practice partners, including partners from other European projects within the CARE-CLIMATE cluster, and translating research results into relevant insights for policymakers and healthcare administrators.
• Contributing to education and the supervision of students within the Public and Occupational Health department.
• Contributing to the acquisition of new research funding.

Depending on your expertise and experience, the scientific supervision of PhD candidates may also become part of your role.