Job summary
Closing date : 15th October 2025
Shortlisting to commence: 16th October 2025
Interviews to take place: 20th November 2025
With support from Theme Leads, the Senior Research Fellow, and a vibrant, established quality and safety research community that includes NHS staff and patients, you will contribute to the design and delivery of research that addresses local and national priorities for patient safety. You will be based in the 'Safer Systems, Cultures and Practices' theme, which explores the fundamental and practical issues of how safety is organised and enacted through the 'work' of safety and improvement. The research conducted within this theme aims to understand how organisational processes and governance systems shape, enable or constrain safety in different settings. The intension is to explore, develop and evaluate practical approaches for strengthening safety through the improvement of systems and practices, to both optimise and better understand the recursive relationships that exist between culture, systems and practices in different healthcare settings.
Main duties of the job
You will work closely with team members under the supervision of senior researchers and/or programme managers to support the delivery of patient safety research programmes. You will be an integral part of the team contributing to study design, recruitment and data collection and analysis. You will help with administrative support and data management. Other responsibilities might include literature searching, contributing to regular study updates, writing blogs to help promote the theme and our findings, writing publications and other dissemination activities. There is a strong focus on EDI and stakeholder engagement and impact. This makes the role an ideal position for those who are keen to build their networks, develop their expertise in safety science and deliver research that makes a difference to the safety of patients and their families and underrepresented groups. Support will be available from a Research Administrator. Mentorship and guidance will be provided by senior research colleagues.
About us
Our People Charter outlines the behaviours we can expect from one another and what you can expect from Bradford Teaching Hospitals Foundation Trust:
- We value people
- We are one team
- We care
We're keen to meet people who share these values and are passionate about delivering the highest quality of care to our patients.
Job description
Job responsibilities
A Research Fellow posts is available within the prestigious National Institute for Heath and Care Research (NIHR) Yorkshire and Humber Patient Safety Research Collaboration (PSRC). The Yorkshire and Humber PSRC is a 5-year partnership between Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and the University of Leeds, working with academics from the Universities of Bradford, Nottingham and Oxford.
Job description
Job responsibilities
A Research Fellow posts is available within the prestigious National Institute for Heath and Care Research (NIHR) Yorkshire and Humber Patient Safety Research Collaboration (PSRC). The Yorkshire and Humber PSRC is a 5-year partnership between Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and the University of Leeds, working with academics from the Universities of Bradford, Nottingham and Oxford.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Experience of health-related research
- Experience of working on research concerning health care organisations, professionals or patients in primary care, secondary care and/or in community settings.
- Experience of collecting qualitative and/or quantitative data
- Experience of analysing qualitative and/or quantitative data
- Experience of writing for publication or writing scientific reports
Desirable
- Experience of applied health services research
- Experience of literature reviewing
Skills
Essential
- Excellent IT skills to produce study documents, presentations, reports and performing analyses
- Undertaking qualitative and/or quantitative data analysis
- Undertaking qualitative and/or quantitative data collection
- Excellent verbal and written command of English
- Ability to multi-task
- Ability to prioritise workload
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team to meet project deadlines
- Excellent attention to detail
- Excellent communication skills - ability to relate to professionals, patients and the public at all levels
- Ability to promote the project through social media, conference presentations, attendance at regional and national events
- Ability to write/contribute to high quality research reports and papers to a standard suitable for publication
Knowledge
Essential
- Understanding of Information Governance and Confidentiality
- Knowledge of qualitative and quantitative research methods (design and analysis)
- Knowledge of the health service
- Knowledge of research governance and good clinical practice
- Knowledge of research methods
Desirable
- Knowledge of the NHS research priorities particularly with respect to patient safety research
Qualifications
Essential
- First degree in a health-related or social science subject
- Post-graduate research training and experience in health services research
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Experience of health-related research
- Experience of working on research concerning health care organisations, professionals or patients in primary care, secondary care and/or in community settings.
- Experience of collecting qualitative and/or quantitative data
- Experience of analysing qualitative and/or quantitative data
- Experience of writing for publication or writing scientific reports
Desirable
- Experience of applied health services research
- Experience of literature reviewing
Skills
Essential
- Excellent IT skills to produce study documents, presentations, reports and performing analyses
- Undertaking qualitative and/or quantitative data analysis
- Undertaking qualitative and/or quantitative data collection
- Excellent verbal and written command of English
- Ability to multi-task
- Ability to prioritise workload
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team to meet project deadlines
- Excellent attention to detail
- Excellent communication skills - ability to relate to professionals, patients and the public at all levels
- Ability to promote the project through social media, conference presentations, attendance at regional and national events
- Ability to write/contribute to high quality research reports and papers to a standard suitable for publication
Knowledge
Essential
- Understanding of Information Governance and Confidentiality
- Knowledge of qualitative and quantitative research methods (design and analysis)
- Knowledge of the health service
- Knowledge of research governance and good clinical practice
- Knowledge of research methods
Desirable
- Knowledge of the NHS research priorities particularly with respect to patient safety research
Qualifications
Essential
- First degree in a health-related or social science subject
- Post-graduate research training and experience in health services research
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
