Research Fellow

Full time starting salary is normally in the range £36,130 to £45,413 with potential progression once in post to £48,149

Fixed Term contract up to 2 years

We are seeking an experienced and autonomous qualitative researcher, with an interest in behaviour change or implementation science, to join the PRE-EMPT study. This a research project funded by the NIHR Programme Grants for Applied Research with the aim of preventing pre-term birth through cervical length screening and treatment.

With support, you will lead the qualitative research within specified work packages (WP) in the programme to investigate the barriers and facilitators that affect the uptake of cervical length screening and treatment across diverse populations including women and health care workers/providers. One work package will focus on health care workers/providers and require implementation science expertise (WP1) and the other on women and require behaviour change expertise (WP2). You will lead on one work package, providing support for the second.

You may also provide methodological support to other work packages (e.g., Work Packages 3-5) where relevant, ensuring high-quality qualitative/multi method research integration within the broader research programme.

You will be based in the Department of Applied Health Sciences at the University of Birmingham, working alongside internationally recognised maternal health research teams. You will also have the opportunity to collaborate with partners from Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust and other key healthcare institutions involved in the project. 

This position offers an exciting opportunity to contribute to a high-impact research project with real-world implications for maternal and neonatal health, working within leading academic and clinical teams.

Summary of Role

• Work within the PRE-EMPT programme grant and its team of co-applicants
• Operate within area of specialism (behaviour change/implementation science/maternal health)
• Analyse and interpret data and research findings and results
• Contribute to generating patient information, academic publications, and policy reports
• Contribute to public understanding of behavioural/implementation science, maternal health, and inequalities

Main Duties / Responsibilities

The responsibilities may include some but not all of the responsibilities outlined below.

• Contribute expertise on behaviour change/implementation science and qualitative research methodologies
• Contribute to designing protocols and data collection tools like topic guides, as well as ethics applications
• Identify, recruit and consent research participants with a focus on inclusivity and diversity
• Conduct literature searching and reviewing
• Lead public involvement activities with a diverse range of contributors
• Collect qualitative data in a sensitive manner following established protocols
• Analyse qualitative data using established and rigorous analytic methods

Person Specification

• First degree in area of specialism and normally, a higher degree relevant to research area or equivalent qualifications
• Expertise in one or more of the following areas qualitative research methodologies and methods, behaviour change or implementation science methodologies and methods, maternity care, and/or inequalities in health and wellbeing
• Be familiar with behaviour change or implementation frameworks, such as the Behaviour Change Wheel or the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research, and working with underserved populations
• High level analytical capability
• Ability to communicate complex information clearly

Informal enquiries can be made to: caroline.fox@nhs.net, jenny.carter@kcl.ac.uk

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