Postdoctoral Research Fellow

The post
The Faculty wishes to recruit a part-time Postdoctoral Research Fellow (0.5 FTE) to participate in a project investigating health workforce wellbeing. This National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR)-funded post is available on a fixed-term basis from 01 March 2025 until 28^th February 2030.

The reasons underpinning the current NHS workforce crisis are complex and nuanced and so we will take a mixed methods realist research approach to address knowledge gaps, and identify, develop and evaluate promising interventions. We are particularly interested in systems-level interventions that target multiple levels e.g. individual, team, organisation. We will use traditional and non-traditional approaches to summarise and share our findings, to reach the widest possible audience, and optimise the conditions for change, drawing on our collective national and international networks.

The successful applicant will work as part of a national team of Research Fellows and academics, across multiple UK universities, in partnership with NHS senior leaders, clinicians, patients and other key stakeholders with an interest in workforce wellbeing. They will be responsible for ensuring the smooth running of key elements of this large-scale workforce research partnership project, with strong supervision and support from an experienced wider research team.

The successful applicant will be part of a vibrant wider research community at the University of Exeter through the Health Professions Education and Wellbeing research group (https://medicine.exeter.ac.uk/health-community/research/healthprofessions) and the Care Under Pressure research programme (https://sites.exeter.ac.uk/careunderpressure).

The possibility of remote or hybrid working could be discussed at interview.

About you
The successful applicant will be able to develop research objectives, projects and proposals; identify sources of research funding and contribute to the process of securing funds and make presentations at conferences and other events.

Applicants will possess a relevant PhD or equivalent qualification/experience in a related field of study. The successful applicant will be a nationally recognised authority in workforce-related topics, or relevant methodologies, and possess sufficient specialist knowledge in the discipline to develop research programmes and methodologies. The successful applicant will also be able to work collaboratively, supervise the work of others and act as team leader as required. They will need to be able to work well within an multiprofessional and multidisciplinary team.

Please ensure you read the Job Description and Person Specification (available on the university's website, accessed by the 'Apply' button) for full details of this role.

Benefits
We offer some fantastic benefits including:

• 41 days leave per year
• options for flexible working
• numerous discounts at leading retailers
• onsite gyms on all of our campuses and a cycle to work scheme
• sector leading policies around maternity, adoption and shared parental leave (up to 26 weeks full pay), paternity leave (up to six weeks full pay) and a Fertility Treatment Policy
• stunning campus environments in Exeter and Cornwall, in the beautiful South West of England

The University of Exeter
We are a member of the prestigious Russell Group of research-intensive universities and in the top 200 universities in the world (Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2024 and QS World University Ranking 2024). We combine world-class teaching with world-class research, achieving a gold rating in the Teaching Excellence Framework Award 2023, underpinned by gold ratings for Student Experience and Student Outcomes.

Further information
For further information please contact Professor Karen Mattick, lead for the Health Professions Education & Wellbeing research group, k.l.mattick@exeter.ac.uk.

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