NIHR Maudlsey BRC Research Coordinator (Research Associate) in the Department of Psychology

Job id: 086408. Wage: £43,205 – £50,585 each year, together with London Weighting Allowance.

Posted: 15 March 2024. Cut-off date: 07 April 2024.

Enterprise unit: IoPPN. Division: Psychology.

Contact particulars:Professor Dame Til Wykes. [email protected]

Location: Denmark Hill Campus. Class: Analysis.

Job description

That is an thrilling alternative for a post-doctoral researcher captivated with Affected person and Public Involvement and Engagement (PPIE) in analysis to make a distinction within the Nationwide institute for Well being and Care Analysis (NIHR) Maudsley Biomedical Analysis Centre (BRC) for Psychological Well being. Our NIHR Maudsley BRC believes in placing the service person voice on the coronary heart of analysis, and producing information that may make a distinction to the lives of individuals affected by psychological misery. Throughout the PPIE theme, we put this into apply by supporting service person involvement actions and conducting analysis that issues to service customers. Our earlier analysis has included measures like one to report medicine negative effects and we hope to develop extra of those Affected person Reported Consequence Measures (PROMs).

The Analysis Coordinator will play a key function because the coordinator to facilitate service person involvement actions based mostly in our theme, together with the operations of PPIE, supporting our Analysis Employees and leads, and Range champion. As a Analysis Fellow, the postholder will perform their very own analysis on subjects which can be essential to service customers and related to our theme. This consists of a variety of subjects, from digital psychological well being to medicine negative effects and can embrace the complete analysis cycle from funding to publication and dissemination. The postholder will probably be supported by the theme Co-Leads.

The postholder will probably be captivated with embedding significant Affected person and Public Involvement in analysis. The postholder may even have a superb understanding of each quantitative, qualitative, and blended strategies analysis and a observe file in collaborating with a spread of stakeholders.  It is a good function for an skilled researcher to maneuver in the direction of creating an unbiased programme of analysis of their chosen specialism.

Candidates from racialised teams, and people with lived expertise of psychological misery or utilizing psychological well being companies, are strongly inspired to use.

This publish will probably be supplied on an a set time period contract till 30 November 2027.

It is a full-time publish – 100% full time equal.

Key tasks

• Co-ordinate and implement the day-to-day actions of PPIE within the NIHR Maudsley BRC
• Guarantee we obtain our goals and milestones.
• Use initiative and creativity to establish areas for analysis and lengthen our analysis portfolio, utilizing information of qualitative and quantitative analysis strategies,
• Challenge supervision, together with managing researchers and supporting the PPI group leads.
• Coordinate ethics functions, R&D laws and implement analysis protocols.
• Develop and preserve databases in accordance with knowledge safety laws; and guarantee confidentiality of information amongst employees.
• Handle reporting, together with submission of venture deliverables and periodic and last studies, in a well timed method and be sure that all reporting is submitted utilizing the required format.
• Write publications and current at conferences.
• Reply to routine communication.
• Promote our PPIE inside and out of doors the NIHR Maudsley BRC utilizing a spread of media.
• Talk advanced data, verbally, in writing and electronically.
• Construct inside contacts and take part in inside networks for the alternate of knowledge and to kind relationships for future collaborations.
• Liaise with the theme co-leads, senior NIHR Maudsley BRC administration and our Equality, Range and Inclusion lead.

The above record of tasks might not be exhaustive, and the publish holder will probably be required to undertake such duties and tasks as might moderately be anticipated inside the scope and grading of the publish.

Abilities, information and expertise

Important standards

1.       PhD

2.       Demonstrable dedication to service person involvement.

3.       Robust planning and organisational abilities together with the power to prioritise and handle a number of duties.

4.       Confirmed means to ship to efficiency standards.

5.       Expertise in designing psychological well being analysis, together with conducting applicable analyses.

6.       Expertise in writing analysis protocols and funding functions.

7.       Wonderful written and verbal communication abilities with the power to speak advanced data accessibly and in numerous codecs.

8.       Expertise in venture administration related to psychological well being analysis.

9.       Expertise in writing educational papers.

10.   Understanding of equitable alternative points as they could have an effect on analysis.

Fascinating standards

1.   First-hand expertise of serious psychological misery or utilizing psychological well being companies.

2.   Expertise of efficiently recruiting individuals.

3.   Expertise of creating and delivering Affected person and Public Involvement Engagement (PPIE) actions and/or occasions.

4.   Expertise of qualitative and quantitative analysis strategies.

Please observe that it is a PhD stage function however candidates who’ve submitted their thesis and are awaiting award of their PhDs will probably be thought of. In these circumstances the appointment will probably be made at Grade 5, backbone level 30 with the title of Analysis Assistant. Upon affirmation of the award of the PhD, the job title will turn out to be Analysis Affiliate and the wage will enhance to Grade 6.

This publish is appropriate for a extremely organised and motivated post-doctoral researcher. Candidates ought to have a robust observe file in designing applicable quantitative and qualitative analysis research, and proof of employees and/or venture administration abilities. Candidates also needs to be expert in liaising and speaking with a variety of individuals and be adept in updating on progress and outcomes in a spread of codecs.

This publish is topic to Disclosure and Barring Service and Occupational Well being clearance.