Job summary
Closing Date:12th August 2025.
Shortlisting to take place after closing date: Commencing 13th August 2025.
Interview expected to take place in the week following shortlisting: commencing 28th August 2025.
A research fellow post is available within the prestigious Yorkshire Quality and Safety Research Group. The post-holder will support a feasibility trial for an intervention to help primary care clinicians work collaboratively with patients to diagnose cancer earlier, funded by the NIHR's Research for Patient Benefit programme.
This exciting role in a friendly and supportive team will involve working with six general practices in Bradford, Airedale, Wharfedale or Craven to test the feasibility and acceptability of the SSNAP (Shared Safety Net Action Plan) tool. We are committed to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion in our research team, processes and research priorities and are always seeking to review and improve this. We actively encourage applicants from a broad range of backgrounds.
Main duties of the job
You will work across all three work packages of the SSNAP feasibility trial, which is planned to run for 30 months, ending in April 2028. Your work will be varied and will included supporting general practices throughout the trial, maintaining close working relationships with healthcare and administrative staff and visiting them regularly. You will interview patients, family members and staff, conduct focus groups with staff and analyse qualitative data. The trial will also review quantitative data. Although this will be managed by a trial statistician, basic skills in quantitative data collection and and analysis would be an advantage. You will disseminate the outcomes of the study, e.g. by writing research papers or other outputs such as social media posts and by giving presentations.
We're looking for someone with experience of health-related research, excellent communication skills and the ability to work independently and as part of a team to meet project deadlines. Ideally you'll also have experience of working/researching in primary care and of working on a research trial or feasibility study.
About us
Our People Charter outlines the behaviours we can expect from one another and what you can expect from Bradford Teaching Hospitals Foundation Trust:
- We value people
- We are one team
- We care
We're keen to meet people who share these values and are passionate about delivering the highest quality of care to our patients.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see Job Description and Person Specification for a detailed description of the role and responsibilities.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see Job Description and Person Specification for a detailed description of the role and responsibilities.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Experience of health-related research
- Experience of working on research concerning health care organisations, professionals or patients in primary care, secondary care and/or in community settings.
- Experience of collecting and analysing qualitative data (e.g. research interviews, focus groups)
- Experience of writing for publication or writing scientific reports
Desirable
- Experience of conducting applied health services research involving NHS healthcare professionals
- Experience of working in primary care or of carrying out research in primary care.
- Experience of working on a research trial or feasibility study
Skills
Essential
- Excellent IT skills to produce study documents, presentations, reports and perform analyses
- Undertaking qualitative data collection and analysis
- Excellent verbal and written command of English
- Ability to multi-task
- Ability to prioritise workload
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team to meet project Deadlines on time and to the required standard.
- Excellent attention to detail
- Excellent communication skills - ability to relate to professionals, patients and the public at all levels
- Ability to promote the project through social media, conference presentations, attendance at regional and national events
- Ability to write/contribute to high quality research reports and papers to a standard suitable for publication
Desirable
- Ability to communicate in other languages commonly spoken by patients in region, e.g. Urdu, Punjabi, Polish.
- Basic skills in quantitative data collection and analysis, e.g. analysing questionnaire data.
Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge of qualitative and mixed methods research methods (design and analysis)
- Knowledge of the health service
- Knowledge of research governance and good clinical practice
Desirable
- Knowledge of the NHS research priorities particularly with respect to patient safety research
Qualifications
Essential
- First degree in a health-related or social science subject
- Post-graduate research training and experience in health services research
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Experience of health-related research
- Experience of working on research concerning health care organisations, professionals or patients in primary care, secondary care and/or in community settings.
- Experience of collecting and analysing qualitative data (e.g. research interviews, focus groups)
- Experience of writing for publication or writing scientific reports
Desirable
- Experience of conducting applied health services research involving NHS healthcare professionals
- Experience of working in primary care or of carrying out research in primary care.
- Experience of working on a research trial or feasibility study
Skills
Essential
- Excellent IT skills to produce study documents, presentations, reports and perform analyses
- Undertaking qualitative data collection and analysis
- Excellent verbal and written command of English
- Ability to multi-task
- Ability to prioritise workload
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team to meet project Deadlines on time and to the required standard.
- Excellent attention to detail
- Excellent communication skills - ability to relate to professionals, patients and the public at all levels
- Ability to promote the project through social media, conference presentations, attendance at regional and national events
- Ability to write/contribute to high quality research reports and papers to a standard suitable for publication
Desirable
- Ability to communicate in other languages commonly spoken by patients in region, e.g. Urdu, Punjabi, Polish.
- Basic skills in quantitative data collection and analysis, e.g. analysing questionnaire data.
Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge of qualitative and mixed methods research methods (design and analysis)
- Knowledge of the health service
- Knowledge of research governance and good clinical practice
Desirable
- Knowledge of the NHS research priorities particularly with respect to patient safety research
Qualifications
Essential
- First degree in a health-related or social science subject
- Post-graduate research training and experience in health services research
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
