Ofertas de empleo de Fundació per a la Recerca Sant Joan de Déu

Pre-Doctoral Research Position (PhD): Flow Dynamics Research to Optimize Extracorporeal Circuits.

BCNatal | Fetal Medicine Research Center is carrying out an ambitious project in the field of fetal surgery and therapy for the development of an artificial placenta, which involves animal experimentation. We are looking for an enthusiastic individual to join the team as a pre-doctoral student (PhD) in a multidisciplinary applied research project. This research position is in collaboration with the Department of Fluid Mechanics of the UPC Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya.

The position is primarily funded through STEP FI postdoctoral research grants, and the selection of the candidate is contingent upon the resolution of the STEP FI funding. However, candidates interested in other postdoctoral funding opportunities are also encouraged to apply and may submit a motivation letter indicating their interest in exploring alternative funding sources.

Context
BCNatal | Fetal Medicine Research Center, led by Prof. Eduard Gratacós, is a multidisciplinary research center focused on perinatal and fetal medicine, recognized as one of the leading teams in the world in this field. It is accredited by the Spanish government as a center of research excellence, working to find solutions for diseases of perinatal origin.

BCNatal-FMRC is the research division of the clinical area of BCNatal, which consists of the maternal-fetal and neonatal medicine departments of two university hospitals: Hospital Sant Joan de Déu and Hospital Clínic de Barcelona. BCNatal provides a privileged environment for the development of applied clinical research with direct translation into medical practice.

Job Description
We are seeking a highly motivated pre-doctoral researcher to join our team in the study of flow dynamics in extracorporeal circuit systems for extreme premature babies within a Liquid Incubator system. This project aims to optimize extracorporeal circulation by combining experimental measurements in a devoted circuit and computational fluid dynamics (CFD) numerical simulations combined with AI-driven analytics. The expected research outcomes are a real-time monitoring system, a physics-based numerical model and the AI tools suitable to develop a reliable digital twin.

Key Responsibilities
- Validate and calibrate existing sensors (flow, pressure, temperature) and test and integrate new sensor types.
- Create a monitoring system capable of registering continuous data streams of the circuit.
- Conduct flow dynamics studies of the circuit with CFD to obtain a physics-based model providing a good agreement with the experimental measurements.
- Perform a series of experiments and CFD simulations to understand patient adaptation to different conditions through time.
- Develop suitable signal processing and AI analytic tools to detect anomalies, predict behaviours and support decisions.
- Integrate all the previous results to develop a digital twin to optimize extracorporeal circuit design and clinical protocols.

Desitgem incorporar un/a Tècnic/a Comptable a l'àrea d'Administració i Finances.

Funcions principals:

• Comptabilitat de Proveïdors
• Gestió de Compres
• Gestió de la BB.DD de tercers
• Gestió documental (arxiu)
• Participar en el processos de millora del sistema de gestió

Oferim:

• Posició estable en una entitat de reconegut prestigi en el sector.
• Integració a un equip jove i dinàmic, en un entorn laboral conciliador.
• Jornada laboral: 37.5h per conveni laboral. Horari de 8h a 16.30h (flexibilitat horària).
• Lloc de treball: Esplugues de Llobregat

La Fundació Sant Joan de Déu precisa incorporar un perfil a tiempo parcial para la elaboración de protocolos y recomendaciones basadas en la evidencia generada por el proyecto centrado en los Episodios stroke-like en una enfermedad rara: la deficiencia de PMM2-CDG.

La persona contratada deberá elaborar los mismos y encargarse de la difusión y adecuación de contenidos para familias y afectados, así como para clínicos. Se encargarña de desarrollar una web como repositorio para los diferentes agentes de interés. La posición requiere el contacto con asociaciones de pacientes y con clínicos a nivel mundial.

Funciones principales:

• La generación y elaboración de contenidos para familiares y pacientes y para personal sanitario (con sus diferentes niveles de Health-literacy)
• Discusión y elaboración del protocolo de estudio y de manejo con los expertos y referentes, incorporando la experiencia acumulada y las evidencias de nuestro estudio.
• Elaboración e incorporación a la web de un algoritmo de toma de decisiones de consenso.
• Elaboración de un mapa de centros expertos a nivel europeo para la web.
• Coordinación de la traducción de los contenidos a diversos idiomas de países de la EU.
• Generación de contenidos similares en relación con eventos neurológicos agudos que puedan imitar un episodio stroke-like.
• Codiseño con los principales agentes de interés: pacientes, familias y clínicos.
• Evaluación y monitorización del uso y del éxito de la weblanding.

The research group "Impact and prevention of mental disorders", led by Dr. Josep Maria Haro seeks a Postdoctoral Researcher with experience in online interventions to promote mental health and wellbeing.

We are seeking a highly motivated Postdoctoral Researcher to join our team in advancing the development, evaluation, and implementation of online interventions for mental health. This position provides an exciting opportunity to work at the intersection of digital mental health, psychology, and technology, contributing to research that enhances accessibility, engagement, and effectiveness of mental health interventions delivered through digital platforms.

Job Description

- Research & Development: Design, implement, and evaluate online interventions, including mobile apps or digital programs.
- Data Analysis & Publication: Conduct quantitative and qualitative research, analyze engagement metrics, and publish in high-impact journals.
- Collaboration: Work closely with interdisciplinary teams, including psychologists, epidemiologists, clinicians and data scientists.
- Grant Writing: Contribute to funding applications

We are looking for a person to join the Research Management of International projects team. The mission of this team is to manage and ensure the correct execution of the entity’s research and innovation projects funded from European or international grants.

The person will be in charge of managing research and innovation projects mainly funded with competitive grants from the European Commission (Horizon 2020, Horizon Europe, EU4HEALTH among others). She/he will be responsible of budget planning, monitoring the implementation of projects and ensuring compliance with legal and funding body regulations.

The projects will be mainly in the field of Health, and led by the research groups of Hospital Sant Joan de Déu, located in Esplugues de Llobregat.

Job Description

• Work directly with the PI and with Funding Institution of the managed projects.
• Review and negotiation of Grant Agreement and Consortium Agreement.
• Review and negotiation of other types of agreements, such as Third Party or Subcontract agreements, services agreements.
• Economic planning, monitoring and follow-up of international projects. Budget planning at group level, considering all international funded projects of PIs.
• Assuring adequate use of resources and expenses according to the funder regulations.
• Economic reporting and audit management.
• Assuring compliance with internal procedures.
• Liaison with other internal related Units (Pre-award, Post-award of national projects, Finances, HR, etc).
• Attendance at conferences, information sessions and meetings of interest.

BCNatal | Fetal Medicine Research Center está llevando a cabo un ambicioso proyecto en el campo de la cirugía y terapia fetal para el desarrollo de una placenta artificial, el cual implica experimentación animal. Estamos buscando a una persona entusiasta que quiera unirse al equipo como Ingeniero/a Prototipos en un proyecto de investigación aplicada multidisciplinar.

Contexto

BCNatal | Fetal Medicine Research Center, dirigido por el Prof. Eduard Gratacós, es un centro de investigación multidisciplinar enfocado en la medicina perinatal y fetal, reconocido como uno de los mejores equipos del mundo en este campo. Acreditado por el gobierno español como un centro de investigación de excelencia, que trabaja para encontrar soluciones a enfermedades de origen perinatal.

BCNatal-FMRC es la división de investigación del área clínica de BCNatal, formado por el departamento de medicina maternofetal y neonatal de dos hospitales universitarios, Hospital Sant Joan de Déu i el Hospital Clínic de Barcelona. BCNatal ofrece un entorno privilegiado para el desarrollo de investigación clínica aplicada y trasladable a la práctica médica.

Descripción del puesto:
Buscamos una persona polivalente, resolutiva y con espíritu creativo, que disfrute enfrentándose a nuevos retos y llevándolos hasta el final sin rendirse ante obstáculos. Como características imprescindibles buscamos proactividad, meticulosidad, organización y con capacidad de priorización.

Si tienes formación en ingeniería y te apasiona entender cómo funcionan las cosas, diseñarlas y crearlas con tus propias manos, este puesto es para ti.

Funciones:

• Desarrollar prototipos de forma autónoma, desde el concepto hasta su fabricación.
• Construir y ensamblar prototipos, tanto in-house como mediante proveedores externos.
• Gestionar y documentar todas las iteraciones del proceso de desarrollo.
• Presentar avances y resultados de forma clara y estructurada.
• Priorizar tareas y distinguir entre lo esencial y lo secundario en cada fase del proyecto.
• Trabajar en un entorno dinámico con integración rápida de nuevos prototipos.
• Realizar pruebas exhaustivas en laboratorio y documentar los resultados de forma sistemática y organizada para su fácil interpretación.
• Planificar de manera eficiente su jornada, incluyendo materiales, contactos y tiempos de testeo.
• Analizar críticamente los resultados y mejorar continuamente los procesos.
• Participar en turnos de guardia para mantenimiento del sistema en una plataforma experimental, asegurando el buen funcionamiento de los experimentos. Aunque esta no será su función principal, su conocimiento será clave para resolver problemas manuales en prototipos y recoger feedback de los usuarios finales.

L'Institut de Recerca Sant Joan de Déu (IRSJD) és un centre de recerca i innovació en biomedicina creat el 2015 a través d'un conveni de col·laboració entre l'Hospital Sant Joan de Déu Barcelona, la Universitat de Barcelona, la Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, el Parc Sanitari Sant Joan de Déu i la Fundació de Recerca Sant Joan de Déu. L’any 2020 l’IRSJD va esdevenir centre CERCA de la Generalitat de Catalunya.

La Fundació, entitat que gestiona la recerca de l’IRSJD, vol incorporar a l’IRSJD un/a COORDINADOR/A per la Unitat de Suport a la Direcció de l’Institut.

Les seves responsabilitats principals es detallen a continuació:

• Coordinació de l’equip de treball que formi part de la Unitat.

• Responsable de la gestió dels processos relacionats amb l’adequat funcionament de la organització i estructura científica de l’IRSJD.

• Responsable de la gestió de les acreditacions de l’IRSJD.

• Responsable de la coordinació de la gestió d’indicadors de l’IRSJD.

• Responsable de la organització d’activitat científiques de l’IRSJD.

• Enllaç directe amb la direcció de l’IRSJD i els òrgans assessors.

• Responsable de la gestió dels Programes d’Impuls a la Recerca de l’IRSJD.

• Coordinació de l’avaluació i priorització de projectes.

• Coordinació i seguiment dels ajuts interns de l’IRSJD.

• Vetllar per una participació activa de la Unitat als grups de treball (HRS4R) i altres grups de treball que li puguin ser encarregats per la Direcció Científica de l’IRSJD.

The research group “Epidemiology of Mental Health Disorders and Ageing” led by Dr. Josep Maria Haro seeks a postdoctoral researcher to work in the Epidemiology of Youth Mental Health research line, together with Dr. Rodrigo Antunes Lima.

We offer a 12-month contract, with the possibility of renovation. The main attribution of this postdoctoral position is to support the conduction of two EU-funded projects: the e-Intervention Enhancing Mental Health in Adolescents (IMPROVA project; https://www.improva-project.eu/), and the ePlatform for Promoting Health in Schools project (ePro-Schools https://www.linkedin.com/company/epro-schools/?viewAsMember=true ).

IMPROVA will co-design, pilot, evaluate, and facilitate the upscaling of a modular eHealth intervention platform that aims to improve mental health and wellbeing, early detect mental health problems and prevent common mental problems in adolescents. IMPROVA will be implemented in school settings and will include components for adolescents, parents, teachers, and other school staff in complementary and synergistic modules based on materials designed and tested in >20 projects carried out by the consortium members. The platform will be co-created by the consortium in collaboration with stakeholder groups (adolescents, parents, teachers, other school staff, schools and policymakers). IMPROVA includes an international inter-disciplinary group of researchers and practitioners from medicine, education, psychology, sociology, public health, economics, physical activity, ethics, law, UX design, computer science, medical informatics, data science, ICT technologies, and policymakers. After pilot testing the platform, IMPROVA will be implemented via a cluster randomised controlled trial in secondary education schools randomly selected in France, Germany, Romania and Spain, including 8,000 adolescents. A 360º evaluation of IMPROVA will include Effectiveness, Implementation, Economic, and Social Return on Investment analysis. Using implementation science methodology, IMPROVA will co-design transferable evidence-based guidance for scaling up the platform with users and policymakers. IMPROVA aims to provide an evidence-based, innovative, large-scale, comprehensive intervention, and a scale-up plan to promote mental health and prevent mental disorders in adolescents; empower adolescents and families to make better decisions regarding their mental health; and provide schools and the community with tools to achieve a society with better mental health and lower stigma.

ePro-Schools will co-design, pilot and evaluate an evidence-based modular eHealth intervention platform to promote physical activity and healthy eating, and reduce time in sedentary behaviours.

A profound co-creation process, including marketing survey and focus groups with adolescents, teachers, school directors and policy makers together with the adaptation of previous interventions conducted by the consortium members will support the development of the platform. The ePro-Schools platform will contain modules for adolescents and their parents, teachers and school administration. Although the platform will be implemented through schools, it will include contents to be implemented outside the schools setting. By evaluating register-based and cohort data, we will identify schools that have adolescents from socially disadvantaged settings to conduct a randomised controlled trial in those schools to test the ePro-Schools platform. Using implementation science methodology, ePro-Schools will co-design transferable evidence-based practices and methodologies and guidance for scaling up the platform with policymakers and stakeholders as well as informing specialists, policymakers and the general public.

We are looking for a self-driven and committed Scientific Manager to join the Palliative Care and Chronic Complex Patients research group of the Hospital Sant Joan de Déu to provide daily scientific, technical and managerial support to the group.

The Palliative Care and Chronic Complex Patient research group at Hospital Sant Joan de Déu provides ongoing comprehensive care to children with severe diseases who likely will not reach adulthood, as well as to their families. The team's goal is to provide physical, social, emotional and spiritual support to the patients and their families.

Amongst other projects, the Palliative Care and Chronic Complex Patient research group is leading the European funded project HOME-C2P2 (THCS - transforming Healthcare system), an interdisciplinary project aiming to optimise coordination between primary and specialist care to improve home care for children with complex chronic conditions using technology that is tailored to their needs.

Sant Joan de Déu Research Foundation is hiring a Scientific Manager to join the Palliative Care and Chronic Complex Patient research group. The candidate will be integrated in the research group to provide daily technical and managerial support to the group. He/she shall be responsible for the effective implementation of the assigned projects ranging from Health to Social field, including the HOME-C2P2 project (and other projects of the group’s portfolio).

The person we are looking for must be proactive, responsible, flexible, empathic and service-oriented, and should be comfortable working on long-term strategic plans as well as day-to-day project management tasks.

KEY RESPONSABILITIES

Research group management:

• Providing daily administrative, technical and scientific support to the group,
• Performing bibliographic searches,
• Writing scientific papers,
• Preparing abstracts, posters and presentations for congresses and conferences,
• Preparing documentation for ethical committees and regulatory bodies,
• Providing support in the strategic planning of the group’s research lines,
• Providing support in the analysis of the group’s scientific results, including data bases, qualitative data, etc,
• Providing support in the design of clinical studies, data collection…
• Organizing, participating and writing minutes of the group’s meetings.
• Providing support in the preparation of proposals for competitive calls, including writing scientific parts of the proposal, communicating with partners, in collaboration with the Pre-Award team at FSJD.
• Liaise with pre-award team to identify networks, actions, and initiatives that present strategic opportunities for both the Institution and its researchers and attend conferences, information sessions, networking events to promote the group's interests.
• Contribute to enhancing the group's position within Europe. Advocate for the group's interests at lobby and networking events.

Project Management:

• General coordination of the HOME-C2P2 project,
• Interface between the project coordinator and internal team/partners or external stakeholders, traduce coordinator’s decision making toward actions,
• Coordination of day to day internal scientific/technical work according to work plan and coordinator’s orientations,
• Coordination of Work package where the research group is leader, organization of meetings, collecting documents, writing activity reports and deliverables where the group is responsible,
• Preparation of agendas and presentations for project meetings and related committees (advisory board, external experts…) participation in meeting, draft minutes, chair meetings,
• Elaboration of a Data Management Plan and DPIA. Data management plan follow up. Monitoring of data protection compliance,
• Monitoring of ethical regulatory process and compliance.
• Gantt chart follow up, management of timeline and deadlines,
• Daily management activities, organization of meetings and events linked to the project, administrative tasks, economic follow-up, looking for providers and quotes.

We are recruiting an outstanding candidate to participate in a project funded by international and national institutions. Funding is already available for one year (initial gross salary range 24,000-27,000€ depending on experience).

You will join our laboratory of Translational Research in Neuromuscular Diseases at the Institut de Recerca Sant Joan de Déu, Hospital Sant Joan de Déu in Barcelona.
Our Institute is a leading biomedical research hub in Europe for rare diseases and one of the largest pediatric Hospitals in the world. We are a multidisciplinary group recognized as a reference centre for neuromuscular diseases working with an extensive network of collaborators inside and outside Europe. We participate in several clinical trials for various neuromuscular and neurological conditions.

The main functions of the candidate will be to carry out experiments related to the project, in particular those related to cell cultures, protein co-immunoprecipitation, nucleic acid extraction techniques, PCR, etc. In addition, you will have the responsibility of managing the results and issuing reports on them. The candidate will attend periodic meetings of the group and the research unit, where the results will be communicated and discussed critically.

Busquem una persona per incorporar-se a l'equip de Gestió de Recerca de la Fundació Sant Joan de Déu. La missió d'aquest equip és gestionar els projectes de recerca en l’àmbit de la salut i social que es desenvolupen a l’entitat.

La persona seleccionada s’integrarà a l’equip de Gestió de Fons Nacionals treballant directament amb grups de recerca associats a l’Hospital Sant Joan de Déu en la planificació, el seguiment i l’execució dels projectes actius des de la vessant econòmica i administrativa, assegurant el compliment de la normativa del finançador.

La persona que busquem ha de ser proactiva, responsable, estar acostumada a treballar sota la pressió de diferents terminis i tenir bones habilitats de comunicació i de relació. Donada l'actual diversitat de convocatòries, requisits dels finançadors, normes i reglaments aplicables a l'àmbit de la recerca, necessitem algú versàtil i capaç d'aprendre i adaptar-se ràpidament a aquest entorn tan canviant i exigent, posant en pràctica els nous coneixements amb flexibilitat i rigor.

Tasques i responsabilitats:

• Seguiment i justificació econòmica de projectes amb finançament nacional, competitius i no competitius.
• Planificació econòmica dels projectes concedits d’acord amb els processos interns i la normativa aplicable de l’entitat de finançament.
• Donar seguiment a l’execució pressupostària i la utilització dels recursos.
• Promoure accions correctives si hi ha desviacions. Gestió d’esmenes.
• Preparar informes econòmics i gestionar les auditories del projecte.
• Gestió i actualització del sistema d’informació en relació als projectes gestionats.
• Assegurar l’execució de la totalitat dels fons obtinguts.
• Interlocució amb l’entitat finançadora.
• Planificació econòmica dels grups de recerca. Identificar necessitats i planificar l’ús de recursos a nivell global.
• Conèixer en detall les normatives aplicables a la cartera de projectes activa. Mantenir-se al dia de les novetats i participar en l’adequació del funcionament de l’entitat a les mateixes (p.e. noves polítiques i procediments, ús de plataformes i serveis cientificotècnics, etc).
• Assistència a conferències, sessions informatives i reunions d’interès amb agències finançadores.
• Organització de seminaris informatius per a investigadors.

Oferim:

• Contracte laboral indefinit.
• Jornada laboral completa de 37,5 hores.
• Flexibilitat horària.
• Possibilitat d'adherir-se a la política de dies de teletreball un cop superat el període de prova.
• Pla de compensació flexible.
• Pla de formació anual.
• Ubicació a Esplugues de Llobregat.
• Condicions econòmiques segons perfils i coneixements aportats.