Postdoc PRUDENT-Project | Empirical Health Economics

For the European Commission funded PRUDENT (Prioritization, incentives and Resource use for sUstainable DENTistry) project, we seek to appoint a Postdoc in Empirical Health Economics. The PRUDENT project aims to develop and implement an innovative and context-adaptive framework for optimized financing of oral care. Will you join our project?

During the project you will apply quantative and qualitative methods to evaluate various oral care financing approaches. You will particularly be responsible for managing and carrying out a unique practice-based experiment in the Netherlands to test the implementation of a novel risk-adjusted capitation payment system in dental practices. The PRUDENT project involves close collaboration with partners and collaborators from several EU countires. Therefore, you will liaise with internal and external collaborators and take care of relevant administrative matters.

Tasks and responsibilities

• Conduct research regarding various oral care financing approaches, using experimental, quasi-experimental and qualitative methods.
• Manage and carry out a practice-based experiment in the Netherlands to test the implementation of a risk-adjusted capitation payment system in dental practices.
• Participate in and facilitate regular project meetings.
• Support the Chair for Quality and Safety of Oral Health Care in all scientific, educational, and administrative matters.
• Preparation of research results in the form of publications in international journals as well as presentations at national and international conferences.
• Willingness to write grant proposals.

We are looking for an ambitious Postdoc with a PhD degree in health economics or another relevant discipline. We work in interdisciplinary and international teams, therefore you are fluent in Dutch and English (spoken and written). Moreover, you have strong communication and organizational skills.

You are someone who is eager to learn. Subsequently, you are able to acquire new skills for research and education. But you also already have some of the required skills, such as excellent skills in empircal health economics methods. Also, previous experience with carrying out clinical studies is a plus.

Employment will initially be for two years, and can be extended by an additional 2 years after a positive evaluation. Working at Radboud university medical center means that you are ahead of the curve and working together on the healthcare of the future. And there is more. Our secondary terms of employment are impressive. These are fully tailored to you thanks to our Employment Conditions Selection Model. At Radboud university medical center, you will be given trust, and you will take the responsibility to handle everything together.

• A gross monthly salary between € 3.230 and € 5.088 (scale 10) based on full-time employment. 
• From 1 November 2023 the wages will increase by 4%.
• An annual vacation allowance of 8% and an end-of-year bonus of 8.3%.
• If you work irregular hours, you will receive an allowance.
• As a full-time employee (36 hours per week), you are entitled to approximately 168 vacation hours (over 23 days) per year.
• Radboud university medical center pays 70% of the pension premium. You pay the rest of the premium with your gross salary.
• You get a discount on health insurance as well: you can take advantage of two group health insurance plans. UMC Zorgverzekering and CZ collectief.
• We provide annual courses, both professional and personal.

In addition to our terms of employment, we also offer employees various other attractive facilities, such as childcare and sports facilities. Want to learn more? Take a look at the CAO UMC.

The Chair for Quality and Safety of Oral Health Care is at the forefront of leveraging improvement science, health economics, and multi-disciplinary research methods to enable access to good quality oral care without causing financial hardship. The team carries out its activities in national and international research collaborations together with citizens, patients, oral and health care professionals, health care payors, and health policy makers.

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