Research fellow (occupational health)
Guy’s and St Thomas’ is among the UK’s busiest and most successful NHS foundation trusts. We provide a full range of hospital and community services for people in south London and as well as specialist care for patients from further afield including cancer, renal, orthopaedic, respiratory and cardiovascular services.
Guy’s is home to the largest dental school in Europe and a £160 million Cancer Centre opened in 2016. As part of our commitment to provide care closer to home, in 2017 we also opened a cancer centre and a kidney treatment centre at Queen Mary’s Hospital in Sidcup.St Thomas’ has one of the largest critical care units in the UK and one of the busiest emergency departments in London. It is also home to Evelina London Children’s Hospital.
Evelina London cares for local children in Lambeth and Southwark and provides specialist services across south east England including cardiac, renal and critical care services. We lead a number of specialist service networks aiming to ensure children are treated locally where possible, but have access to specialist expertise when they need it.Our community services include health visiting, school nursing and support for families of children with long-term conditions.
Our adult community services teams deliver care at the heart of the local communities we serve, working in partnership with GPs, local authorities and other healthcare and voluntary sector organisations. Working with our partners in Lambeth and Southwark, we are focusing on new ways of working to improve care for local patients.
In February 2021 the Royal Brompton and Harefield joined Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, bringing together world-leading expertise in the care and research of heart and lung disease. Our merger provides a once in a generation opportunity to build a lasting, world-renowned heart and lung centre, providing the highest quality care for patients and conducting world-leading research.
We have a reputation for clinical excellence and high quality teaching and research. We are part of King’s Health Partners, one of eight accredited UK academic health sciences centres. In partnership with King’s College London we have dedicated clinical research facilities including an MHRA accredited Phase I clinical trials unit.
Patients are at the heart of everything we do and we pride ourselves on ensuring the best possible patient experience as well as safe, high quality care. We are proud to have one of the lowest mortality rates in the NHS. Following a comprehensive Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspection in 2019 we maintained our overall rating of ‘good’.Our adult community services achieved a rating of ‘outstanding’.
The commitment of our 23,500 staff is key to our success. We are one of the largest local employers and we aim to develop and support all our staff so they are able to deliver high quality, safe and efficient care. The 2019 NHS staff survey results show that we have one of the most engaged and motivated workforces in the NHS.We know this has a positive impact on the care provided to our patients.
We have one of the most ambitious capital investment programmes anywhere in the NHS.
Job overview
This is a new research fellow post and is aimed at candidates who have experience managing research projects in the field of work and (occupational) health research. The post holder will join a research team and will manage and coordinate the Supply chain Health INitiative Evaluation (The SHINE study).There will also be opportunities to assist with developing and writing further grants to support the delivery of future work and health studies. The postholder will work in the Occupational Health Service at St Thomas Hospital.
The post holder will need to have solid study manager skills and experiences in the context of work and health research.
Main duties of the job
The main duties will include: 1) To take a lead role in managing and coordinating the set-up and delivery of the Supply chain Health INitiative Evaluation (The SHINE study) study; 2) To take a lead role in preparing the study documentation for submission to the Research Ethics Committee; 3) To assist with setting up participating sites and providing ongoing support to ensure smooth implementation of the study; 4) Organise and manage Collaborator and Study Steering Committee meetings; 5) To construct a research database and maintain the collection and storage of data and to assist in analyses and interpretation of results; 6) To be a key member of a multidisciplinary team involved in development of research studies within the London Centre for Work and Health and wider occupational health specialty; 7) To maintain strong collaborations across the NHS and other external research groups.
Working for our organisation
The post holder will join a busy and dynamic OH research team located in one of the largest NHS OH services in the UK. The research team are actively leading on a large number of work and health research studies taking place around the NHS and in non-NHS setting.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
This is a new research post and is aimed at candidates who have experience working in the field of occupational health research. The post holder will manage and coordinate a National Institute of Health Research (NIHR) funded study (Supply chain Health INitiative Evaluation (The SHINE study) and assist in developing and writing further grants to support the deliver of future OH studies.
In addition, the post holder will be expected to assist in other relevant research studies on the UK Clinical Research Network (UKCRN) portfolio where Occupational Health Service is taking part as a participating centre.- Duties and Responsibilities
- To take a lead role on managing and coordinating key components of a National Institute of Health Research (NIHR) funded study (Supply chain Health INitiative Evaluation (The SHINE study),
- Assist in developing and applying for appropriate external research grants
- To communicate findings, ideas and results to the wider occupational health field
- To work as part of the Occupational Health department, providing scientific or technical support whenever necessary
- To be a key figure in the development of future clinical trials
- To strengthen research collaborations between the Occupational Health departments and other departments interested in OH research
- To take a lead role in managing and coordinating the set-up and delivery of the Supply chain Health INitiative Evaluation (The SHINE study) study, including assisting the research team in developing a new health and wellbeing intervention.
- To take a lead role in preparing the study documentation for submission to the Health Research Authority (HRA)
- To assist with setting up participating sites and providing ongoing support to ensure smooth implementation of the study
- Organise and manage Collaborator and Study Steering Committee meetings.
- To construct a clinical database and maintain the collection and storage of data from own experiments and to assist in this aspect and the interpretation of results for others’ experiments.
- To be a key member of a multidisciplinary team involved in development of clinical trials for occupational health
- To maintain strong collaborations within the Trust, but also with OH and other experts around the world
Person specification
Demonstrated experience planning and conducting research in the context of work and health research
Essential criteria- Demonstrated experience planning and conducting research in the context of work and health research
Demonstrated experience working in a research team in the context of work and health research
Essential criteria- Demonstrated experience working as part of a research team/group in the context of work and health research
Experience preparing research documents and material incl governance / research ethic applications
Essential criteria- Experience preparing research documents and material incl governance / research ethic applications
Publications / conference presentations in the field of work and health research
Desirable criteria- Publications / conference presentations in the field of work and health research
Guy’s and St Thomas’ celebrates, respects and values the diversity of its staff and patients. We review our policies, procedures and practices to ensure that all employees, patients and carers are treated equitable according to their needs. We are actively committed to ensuring that no one who applies for a job, works or study’s at the Trust, or accesses our services is discriminated against on the grounds of race, ethnicity, nationality, disability, religion or belief, age, gender identity , gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity/paternity, or marital/civil partnership.
Applications are welcomed from applicants with a disability. We can make reasonable adjustments and offer support and advice in a variety of ways throughout the application process. Equality of opportunity is our policy.
As an organisation we are committed to developing our services in ways that best suit the needs of our patients. This means that some staff groups will increasingly be asked to work a more flexible shift pattern so that we can offer services in the evenings or at weekends.
Flexible working
We are committed to supporting all employees to achieve a healthy work life balance and to work in a way that is best for them and our patients. We will consider all requests to work flexibly, taking in to account the individual’s personal circumstances as well the needs of the service.We encourage all prospective applicants to discuss their individual circumstances with the recruiting manager as part of the on-boarding process.
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