Researcher

Location: Radcliffe Observatory Quarter, Woodstock Road, Oxford

Applications are invited for a Grade 7 Researcher, mainly using qualitative methods, to work with a team led by Dr Nicola Lindson and Dr Rachna Begh on the TRIDENT research programme which aims to help people with serious mental illness reduce harm from smoking.

We aim to 1. Adapt a brief opportunistic intervention to promote harm reduction based on the MaSC trial 10.1186/s13063-019-3850-1 and 2. Adapt a behavioural support programme to promote smoking reduction based on the SCIMITAR trial doi.org/10.1016/S2215-0366(15)00091-7. Having adapted these programmes, we aim to test the combined effectiveness and cost-effectiveness in a definitive trial, assessing implementation issues to prepare for NHS adoption. The post is part of the friendly, enthusiastic and motivated Oxford Tobacco Addiction Group (OxTAG) based within the Centre for Evidence Based Medicine (CEBM), Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences. OxTAG are carrying out a range of research projects that aim to improve the lives of people experiencing tobacco addiction, with a particular focus on health inequalities. Our research includes both primary and secondary research and has direct implications for health policy and practice. We are committed to involving members of the public in all stages of our work and engage with a wide range of stakeholders and policymakers to facilitate the translation of our research. We continue to use qualitative methods and conversation analysis to better understand health communication.

The post will involve working with patients and staff in mental healthcare to adapt the interventions, using conversation analysis, think-aloud, interviews, and observational methods to understand how the intervention needs adapting and whether adapted interventions meet their goals. Thereafter, the role will involve using implementation science models to understand the process of rollout in routine mental healthcare and understand how the outcomes of the intervention have come to be achieved.

You will hold a PhD/DPhil in a relevant field or be near completion, possess a strong knowledge of qualitative analysis methods and have experience in collecting and analysing qualitative data, including interviews. You will be able to demonstrate a proven ability to plan and manage your own work with strong research outputs commensurate with the stage of your career.

You will be based in the Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, Radcliffe Primary Care Building, Woodstock Road, Oxford, OX2 6GG as your normal place of work.

The position is funded by an NIHR programme grant for applied sciences to start 1^st November 2024. The programme is subject to review at July 2027 and, if we reach our milestones, the post will continue until end of November 2029.

For further information or to discuss the post please contact Dr. Nicola Lindson (nicola.lindson@phc.ox.ac.uk) and/or Dr. Rachna Begh (rachna.begh@phc.ox.ac.uk).

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You will be required to upload a CV and Supporting Statement as part of your online application. The Supporting Statement should include a cover letter and should also clearly describe how you meet each of the selection criteria listed in the job description. Click here for information and advice on writing an effective Supporting Statement.

The closing date for applications is 12:00 noon on Monday 7^th October 2024.

Interviews are expected to be held during the week commencing 28^th October 2024.

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