Job summary
- Main area
- Research
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 186-745-24-MH
- Employer
- Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Oxford Street
- Town
- Nottingham
- Salary
- £35,392 - £42,618 Per Annum (Pro Rat for Part Time)
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 27/06/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Senior Research Assistant
Band 6
Job overview
The Nottingham Young People Gender Service (NYGS) at the Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is looking to recruit an enthusiastic senior research assistant to work under the supervision of the head of research of the Nottingham Centre for Transgender Health network (NCTHnet) to lead the research and service evaluation for the newly developed NYGS under the supervision of the head of research.
NYGS are recruiting to a new team comprising Consultant Psychiatrist, Paediatrics, Advanced Clinical Practitioners, Clinical Nurse Specialists, Clinical Psychologists, speech and language therapist and Research assistants. The post holder will have the opportunity to develop much needed research projects and longitudinal studies leading the way nationally and international in children and young people’s Transgender Health.
Main duties of the job
The post holder should be an experienced research assistant who will act as a research lead at NYGS under supervision. They will:
Support the development of research and service evaluation projects related to NYGS.
Manage research and service evaluation projects related to NYGS.
Supervise day to day junior research assistants and students in developing and conducting research.
Support to develop applications and proposals for external research funding.
Offer collaborative consultation to research projects and provide expert advice in relation to research design, analysis, and statistical procedures to clinical and research staff.
Develop database to undertake longitudinal clinical studies related to transgender health.
Assist in the analysis of data and write-up of research
projects.
Working for our organisation
Nottinghamshire Healthcare employs over 10,000 colleagues who help #MakeADifference every day. We provide intellectual disability, mental health, community health, forensic and offender healthcare services across Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire and South Yorkshire. Care is delivered from over 120 sites within the community from acute settings and across low, medium and high secure environments including prisons.
As one of the largest mental health and community trusts in the East Midlands and one of the biggest employers in Nottinghamshire. We are also home to national and regional services such as the National High Secure Deaf Service and the Nottingham Centre for Transgender Health.
We are committed to flexible and agile working, including the opportunity to join our bank.
Your health and wellbeing is our priority and as such we invest significantly in this via our in-house Occupational Health Service, Staff Counselling Service and Health and Wellbeing Team.
We offer a number of employee-led staff networks, including Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) groups, our Green Champions Network, Freedom to Speak Up Network. Health and Wellbeing Champions Network and Menopause Champions. We provide care to a diverse range of communities and are passionate about supporting diversity and inclusion in the Trust.
If you believe in our values of Trust, Honesty, Respect, Compassion and Teamwork, then we would love to hear from you!
#TeamNottsHC
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
NYGS is a multi-disciplinary service offering psycho-social support to young people on the gender affirming medical pathway and looked after by the adolescent endocrinologist service in Leeds and UCL, London. This new service (NYGS) service will work to NHS England’s published interim service specification for specialist gender incongruence services for children and young people (Interim Service Specification).
NYGS will sit within the established NCTH Network which provides the Nottingham Centre for Transgender Health Adult Service, the East of England Gender Service, the Linked Clinic activity with Indigo Gender Service and the Linked Clinic activity with the Sussex Gender Service.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Professional, clinical knowledge acquired through degree supplemented by specialist training to post-graduate diploma level; knowledge of research methodologies
Desirable criteria
- Chartered membership of appropriate body
- Master’s degree in the relevant discipline within the health, psychological, social or medical sciences
Training
Essential criteria
- Evidence of ongoing professional development
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience in conducting empirical research projects in the field of trans health
- Experience in research design, methodology and sophisticated statistical analysis
- Experience in supporting service evaluation/research
- Experience of SPSS and similar packages
- Experience and skills in systematic reviewing
- Evidence of publications in peer reviewed journals
- Ability to provide training and supervision to peers, junior researchers, undergraduate and postgraduate students
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of supervising junior researchers, undergraduate and postgraduate students
- Prior experience of working in an NHS setting
- Ability to manage a portfolio of research projects simultaneously
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Excellent knowledge of the process that involves gender affirming medical transition
- Knowledge and experience of research methods
- An understanding of the importance of maintaining security and confidentiality of information
- Excellent knowledge of Microsoft Office software and web-based applications
- Knowledge of research ethics and research governance processes
Desirable criteria
- Some knowledge of mental health legislation
Skills
Essential criteria
- Evidence of lead authorship of relevant papers in peer reviewed journals
- Ability to present complex information to large groups at conferences, seminars and meetings
- Ability to develop and maintain databases
- Ability to work effectively with various staff at all levels
- Ability to meet deadlines
- Excellent planning and organisational skills, with the ability to prioritise and work to multiple deadlines, whilst maintaining a consistent high-quality output
Desirable criteria
- Ability to work with challenging patient groups
- Ability to act as senior author in written presentation of research findings in reports and peer reviewed journals
Values and Behaviours
Essential criteria
- All colleagues are expected to demonstrate that they act in line with Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust Values: Trust Honesty Respect Compassion Teamwork
- All colleagues are expected to demonstrate an understanding of and commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) and how it applies to their role. The Trust’s expectations are highlighted within our EDI Policy, and associated EDI and Human Rights legislation.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Prof. Jon Arcelus
- Job title
- Consultant in Transgender Health
- Email address
- [email protected]
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