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Part-time Research Assistant

Tung Wah College

Established by Tung Wah Group of Hospitals (“TWGHs”) in 2010, Tung Wah College (TWC) is a self-financing degree-granting institution registered under the Post Secondary Colleges Ordinance (Cap.320). Following the educational ideals of TWGHs and leveraging on its renowned strengths and expertise, TWC aims to provide high quality tertiary education to nurture competent, socially responsible and caring professionals for the benefits of society. 

With the staunch support of TWGHs, TWC has been developing rapidly and built up a niche in healthcare education. It is the first self-financing tertiary institution offering six professionally accredited degrees to train nurses and allied health professionals such as medical laboratory technologists, occupational therapists, diagnostic radiographer, therapeutic radiographer and physiotherapists. Besides, the College is also the first institution registered under Cap. 320 offering early childhood education degree and higher diploma programmes to train qualified kindergarten teachers and childcare professionals.

Currently, TWC has 4 schools (namely School of Arts and Humanities, School of Management, School of Medical and Health Sciences, and School of Nursing) running a total of 20 doctoral degree, bachelor degree, sub-degree, diploma and certificate programmes in various disciplines.  It has a student population of around 5,000 in 2025/2026 and nurtured more than 7,200 graduates since its inception in 2010.

Being a young and vibrant institution, TWC aspires to become a leading private university in the long term.  It is planning to launch a number of new programmes, strengthen teaching and learning facilities and quality, and enhance research capability etc. in coming years.  To cope with its continuous development, we are now inviting highly qualified candidates to fill the following post:

Duties and Responsibilities

The role 

The appointee will assist in the research project in developing and checking healthcare education content for an innovative spatial-computing learning experience. 

 

Main duties 

  • Conduct desktop research using reliable academic, government and professional sources; 
  • Co-create realistic clinical scenarios and natural dialogue that are suitable for general public; 
  • Review scripts and filmed material for clinical clarity, accuracy and realism; 
  • Assist with filming preparation, accurate research data collection, data processing and checking; 
  • Organise research materials and undertake other project-related duties as assigned. 

Qualifications and Experience Required

 Applicants should have/be: 

  • Graduate or current students in nursing, medical science or another health-related discipline; 
  • sound healthcare or clinical knowledge, with the judgement to assess whether learning materials are clear, accurate and realistic; 
  • good literature-searching, writing, organisation and attention-to-detail skills; 
  • the ability to work responsibly, and complete assigned tasks to schedule; and 
  • a good command of written and spoken English and Chinese language. 

 

Preferred: Nursing students with exposure to emergency, medical, psychiatric or community settings. 

 

Why apply? 

  • Gain interdisciplinary research experience across healthcare, educational design and emerging technology.
  • Develop relevant experience for your academic CV and future postgraduate or professional applications.
  • Apply clinical knowledge to decisions that shape the realism and educational value of the content, with experience in developing an innovative spatial-computing learning experience for healthcare education. 

Application

Salary will be competitive and commensurate with qualifications and experience.

To apply, please submit your application via system, stating your current programme and level of study. Briefly highlight relevant clinical exposure, research experience, writing skills or other suitable background. 

 

The College reserves the right to fill or not to fill the post.  Applicants who are not contacted by the College 6 months after the application deadline may consider their applications unsuccessful. For enquiries, please phone or send WhatsApp to 9172-8618.

Application Deadline: Until the position is filled

All information and personal data collected will be used solely for recruitment related purposes. For more information about the College, please visit our website: https://www.twc.edu.hk.

Tung Wah College is an equal opportunities employer. We embrace the values of equality, diversity and inclusion and are dedicated to fostering an environment that respects and supports people with diverse perspectives, abilities, cultures and experiences.

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