Senior Research Fellow (Trauma Informed Care)

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Job overview

Young people's mental health is one of the trusts priority areas for research in the Trusts Research Strategy. In order to support our research ambitions, we are seeking to recruit a Senior Research Fellow to join our Young People's Mental Health Research Centre, which is comprised of enthusiastic and engaged clinicians and researchers.

The Senior Research Fellow will support our aspirations to become an international pioneer of research, which will ultimately support the delivery of world class and sustainable specialist health and social care services for people with mental health challenges. The Senior Research Fellow will be working on an NIHR funded project focusing on Trauma-informed Care in Children's Homes. The research will utilise a realist methodology, therefore experience in this would be greatly beneficial.

Our Young People's Mental Health Research Centre aims to achieve this by undertaking high quality research into interventions, treatments and services for young people with mental health challenges, and to disseminate the findings. If you are enthusiastic about transforming the lives of people through research we would love to hear from you!

Main duties of the job

This post is available at Senior Research Fellow level working within the Young People's Mental Health Research Centre in collaboration with Pennine Cares Research and Innovation department. The Senior Research Fellow will be working on the Trauma-informed Care in Children's Homes research study.

Main Duties include (see job description for full details):

• Utilising skills, experience, knowledge and working in partnership to undertake high quality research for children and young people with mental health challenges.
• Utilising evidence-based research to make service improvements.
• Utilising realist methodology to collect and analyse data.
• Disseminating the findings from research.
• Aiming to ensure that young people with mental health challenges experience the best outcomes and are able to achieve meaningful and fulfilling lives.

As an NHS Research Hub, we believe that our work should be clinically focussed using practice-informed research and research-informed practice. The postholder will work collaboratively with a team of clinicians, researchers, and managers from across Pennine Care, along with looked after children's homes, with the ultimate aim of making a real impact on the way services are delivered.

Working for our organisation

We are proud to provide high quality mental health and learning disability services, both inpatient and in the community across five boroughs of Greater Manchester - Bury, Oldham, Rochdale, Stockport and Tameside and Glossop.

Our vision is for a happier and more hopeful life for everyone in our communities and our staff work hard to deliver the very best care for the people who use our services. We're really proud of our #PennineCarePeople and do everything we can to make sure we're a great place to work.

All individuals regardless of race, age, disability, ethnicity, nationality, gender, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage and civil partnership are encouraged to apply for this post. We would also encourage applications from individuals with a lived experience of mental illness, either individually or as a carer.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see attached job description and person specification to support your application for this post. Please refer to the essential criteria in the person specification which will highlight the skills, knowledge and experience you will need to demonstrate in your application, by way of example, to give yourself the best opportunity to be shortlisted.

The main duties and responsibilities consists of:
• Working closely with research members to contribute to the delivery of the improvement science research programme.
• Being responsible for study design, recruitment and data collection and analysis.
• Obtaining necessary ethical and governance approvals at project outset.
• Conduct literature searching.
• Provide regular progress reports.
• Writing blogs to help promote the theme and our findings, writing publications (as the lead or a co-author) and other dissemination activities that will help to optimise the impact of our work.
• Be involved in grant applications and to supervise more junior staff members.
• Applying for NHS research ethics committee approval.
• Qualitative data collection and analysis.
• Literature searching.
• Recruitment of participants.
• Management of data.
• To engage with colleagues within the Young People's Mental Health Research Centre and the Trust Research Innovation team offering advice and guidance as required.
• To work effectively with patients, the public and healthcare staff to ensure our research meets the needs of these groups.
• To be involved with research publications and conference abstracts.
• To ensure that research governance procedures and GDPR legislation is adhered to.
• To enhance the impact of our work through engagement with professional conferences, writing for different audiences, blogs, short course development, etc.
• To undertake personal development in keeping with the aspiration to be a national leader in health research.
• To update the theme manager on project progress and outcomes to enable monitoring for and reporting to the NIHR.
• Lead on designing projects.
• To manage and/or mentor more junior staff.
• To lead on or contribute to funding opportunities.

Person specification

Education / Qualifications

Essential criteria

• First degree in social science or health related subject.
• Masters level qualification or equivalent substantial research experience

Desirable criteria

• PhD/professional doctorate qualification
• Willingness to undertake GCP

Experience

Essential criteria

• Substantial experience of organising and conducting young people's mental health research.
• Experience of obtaining ethical and research approvals.
• Project management experience; keeping to timelines, managing risks
• Experience in using quantitative or qualitative and/or mixed research methods within projects.
• Experience of collaborative research working.
• Patient and public involvement in research.
• Lead authoring peer-reviewed publications.
• Experience with realist methodologies

Desirable criteria

• Experience working with cared for children in practice or a research environment
• Experience of managing and / or mentoring more junior staff,
• Developing research proposals and funding applications as a co-applicant or principle investigator.

Knowledge

Essential criteria

• Implementation science and/or health services research theory and methods
• Understanding of information governance
• Understanding of national research policy and current issues in the NHS.
• Understanding of equality and diversity issues and how this affects service users, families carers and staff
• Understanding of what NHS Constitution means to you, and your responsibilities to the public, services users and colleagues.

Skills and Abilities

Essential criteria

• Written communication skills.
• ICT skills including use of Microsoft applications.
• Facilitative and negotiating skills.
• Ability to interpret and analyse sensitive and complex data.
• Reporting writing and presentation skills.

Desirable criteria

• Willingness to participate in staff induction and training for junior staff
• Research promotion and dissemination.

Work Related Circumstances

Essential criteria

• Resilient and able to work within a challenging environment.
• Use of a car or access to a means of mobility to travel in line with service needs.
• Willing to carry out all duties and responsibilities of the post in accordance with the Trust's Equal Opportunities and Equality and Diversity policies.
• Appointments to regulated and controlled activities require an enhanced DBS disclosure.

A hints and tips document is attached below for guidance on completing your application form.

Sponsorship - We are an approved sponsoring organisation. Applications will be considered from applicants requiring sponsorship alongside all other applications. Please be aware, not all roles are eligible for sponsorship. You can review the list of eligible role and requirements on the government website.

What happens after your application has been received?

You will be informed about the progress of your application following shortlisting via email. Only applicants who clearly demonstrate the criteria listed in the person specification will be shortlisted for interview. Interview invites will be sent out via email.

What happens if I am offered the position after interview?

The hiring manager will make contact with you to verbally offer you the position. The hiring manager will then inform Recruitment of the decision and provide relevant paperwork. You will be sent a formal conditional offer via email.

What pre-employment checks will I need to complete?

By conducting pre-employment checks, the recruitment team will verify that you meet the pre-conditions of the role you have been offered. Pre-employment checks will be carried out according to NHS Employment Check Standards. The checks are:

• Identity verification
• Right to work check
• Disclosure and barring service (DBS)/Criminal record check (dependent on role)
• Professional registration and/or qualification check
• Occupational health assessment
• Employment history and reference validation

All applicants external to NHS will be required to provide HMRC employment history to cover the most recent three years. This information will used to validate employment history and references as part of pre-employment checks.

If you are offer a position with is and you require sponsorship to support your right to work, we will review your eligibility in line with government guidance. If the role you have been offer is not eligible for sponsorship, and you are not able to evidence your right to work, your conditional offer could be withdrawn.

What happens when pre-employment checks are complete?

Recruitment will liaise with you and the hiring manager to arrange a start date for your new position. You will then be booked on to a Trust Welcome Session and be sent your Pennine Care NHS Terms and Conditions.

Other important information

• We are committed to equality, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) and recognise the importance of ensuring our diverse service user population is reflected within our workforce. Unfortunately, we know that, at present, there is underrepresentation of our communities in our workforce. We welcome applications from people from diverse communities to help us grow, learn, be better and consider brilliant innovation diverse people bring.
• If you would like to be considered under the disability confident scheme, you will be guaranteed an interview if you meet the essential criteria on the person specification for the post.
• If you require reasonable adjustments to our recruitment process please phone us on 0161 716 3181 at the earliest opportunity. We will support you to complete your application.
• Unfortunately we are not able to guarantee the transfer of lease cars, or cover the costs of early termination charges.
• We have a strict policy on unsolicited contact from recruitment agencies. Please do not contact our hiring managers directly.

We reserve the right to close a vacancy earlier than the advertised closing date if a sufficient number of applications have been received. To ensure you application is considered, please submit at the earliest opportunity.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Documents to download

• Job Description (PDF, 119.9KB)
• Person Specification (PDF, 143.1KB)
• Policy Statement on Recruitment of Ex-Offenders (PDF, 117.0KB)
• Applicant Information pack (PDF, 505.6KB)
• Hints and tips for your application (PDF, 128.7KB)