Barcelona Ref. 2026/096

Call for a Senior Research Technician at the Movement Disorders Unit (clinical trials in Parkinson's disease). Deadline: July 1st, 2026, 3:00 p.m.

About the Unit / Group

Movement Disorders Unit. Neurology Department.

Essential requirements

Minimum qualification required: PhD degree or medical/scientific specialty training (MIR, QUIR, FIR, BIR).
More than 4 years of proven experience in the specific field of work.
Oral and written proficiency in the two official languages of Catalonia or, alternatively, the selected candidate must demonstrate, or commit to acquiring within a maximum period of one year, adequate proficiency in both languages.
Advanced level of English.
Advanced proficiency in office software tools (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, etc.).

Skills will be valued

Demonstrated prior interest (conference presentations, publications) in Movement Disorders.

Functions

Neurologist Coordinator of the clinical trials conducted by the Movement Disorders Unit.
Attending Neurologist at the Botulinum Toxin Clinic of the Movement Disorders Unit.

Offered

Permanent contract linked to the project “Clinical Trials for Disease-Modifying Treatments in Parkinson’s Disease and Parkinsonisms”.
Annual working schedule of 1,627.50 hours (37.5 hours per week).
Salary according to the applicable collective agreement.
Training and professional development in the administration of Botulinum Toxin for Movement Disorders.
Research Group: Parkinson’s Disease and Movement Disorders.

Documentation and deadline for submission

Interested parties should preferably submit the documentation in PDF, by e-mail to the Management of the Fundació Institut de Recerca de l'Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, address ir_seleccio@santpau.cat, indicating the reference 2026/096:

Application letter and updated Curriculum Vitae.
Signed Data Processing Authorization (document attached at the end of the call).

The deadline for submitting applications will end on July 1st, 2026, at 3:00 p.m..

Apply to this offer

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Cover letter * Accepted File Extensions: PDF, DOC, DOCX, ODT, TXT (max 10 MB)

Authorisation of personal data processing

AUTHORISATION FOR THE PROCESSING OF PERSONAL DATA

Dear candidate,

The Sant Pau Research Foundation (Fundació Institut de Recerca de l’Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau), with tax ID G-60136934 and registered office at C/Sant Quintí, 77-79, 08024 Barcelona, as data controller, informs you that it will process your data for the following purposes:

Receipt of applications.
Analysis of applications with the aim of recruiting the candidate to the team of the Sant Pau Research Foundation, for a current vacancy and for future selection processes matching your profile.
Conducting personnel selection processes, as well as formalising the hiring of the candidate, where applicable.
Complying with the required legal obligations.

The legal basis for the processing of the data is the legitimate interest in managing this job offer, in accordance with Article 6.1 b) of the General Data Protection Regulation, given that your data are necessary for the performance of a contract to which the data subject is a party or for the application, at the data subject’s request, of pre-contractual measures.

Likewise, we inform you that your data (i) will only be processed by those departments or areas of the Institute that, according to their competences and functions, have an interest in personnel selection; (ii) may be disclosed to public authorities and bodies for the fulfilment of a legal obligation, as well as to service providers and third parties necessary for the management and execution of the relationships arising from the application; and (iii) will be retained for the periods foreseen for the prescription of legal liabilities.

Finally, we inform you that you have the right to access your personal data, to rectify them, to request their deletion, to object to their processing and to withdraw your consent to such processing. In certain circumstances you may request the limitation of the processing of your personal data, in which case we will only keep them for the exercise or defence of claims. In addition, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the relevant data protection authority. If you have any question about the processing of your data you can contact the entity’s Data Protection Officer by sending an email to dpo@santpau.cat.

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