Research fellow in qualitative intervention design (post-grad non-clinical)

Company Description

Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest and most renowned healthcare providers in the UK, with a long-standing track record in designing and delivering excellence in research.

This role offers a position at our Paediatric Allergy 'Seal' Clinical Research Facility, to co-design our next priority in the field of food allergy prevention. This stream of work follows on from our flagship LEAP Study (weaning with peanut to protect against peanut allergy) and the EAT Study (including egg and peanut into babies' diets to protect from food allergy). We have forged strong partnerships across diverse South London community groups, to facilitate the co-design of our next prevention trial.

This role is funded from our successful National Health Institute for Health and Care Research project stream to Co-Design a Food Allergy Prevention Intervention, prioritising marginalised groups in society and listening to families from diverse backgrounds. This collaborative project also involves experienced healthcare researchers from St George's, University of Sheffield and Stirling, as well as members of the public and will involve recruiting Community Research Link Workers who live in diverse communities of South London.

Role Description

This is a 90% full-time-equivalent role for a Research Fellow in Intervention Design at Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, located in London.

The Research Fellow will be responsible for:

• forging relationships across the diverse community of South London
• managing the research pathway for delivering community-led interviews with parents and carers

The Research Fellow will be supervised to:

• undertake qualitative analysis of the transcripts with NVIVO
• co-lead focus groups with community members to inform intervention design
• co-design behavioural modification strategies with families and healthcare experts

Motivation

The successful candidate will have experience in undertaking qualitative research, ideally within the context of health, and will be committed to the ethos of health equity. Due to the nature of this work, we particularly welcome female applicants from minoritised ethnic backgrounds.

Qualifications

• Essential: A first degree in a related field
• Desirable: Post-Graduate degree in relevant field

Experience

• Experience of health-related research
• Experience of qualitative research
• Experience of project management
• Desirable: Experience of working with underserved communities

Knowledge / Skills

• Excellent written and verbal communication and interpersonal skills for academic and non-academic audiences
• Computer literacy and competence in standard software packages
• Desirable: Knowledge of behaviour change theories (eg COM-B)
• Desirable: Proven facilitation skills in co-production workshops

Attributes

• Enthusiasm for addressing health inequalities
• Ability to adopt culturally appropriate ways of working
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively within a team to meet deadlines
• Reliability and commitment