Band 7 – Fixed term 12 months
Job overview
Are you passionate about improving peoples’ health and wellbeing and reduce health inequalities through applied research? Are you interested in closing the gap between research and implementation?
This is an exciting opportunity to join the Improvement Academy and the Yorkshire and Humber Applied Research Collaboration (YHARC). We are seeking a highly motivated, dynamic and experienced individualto join our team.
The ARC Implementation Research Co-ordinator will provide outstanding leadership and will be integral to the development and execution of the long-term strategic direction of the implementation team.
The YHARC is an NIHR Funded programme designed to support applied health and care research that responds to, and meets, the needs of local populations and local health and care systems.
The YHARC has four core themes:
- Early Life and Prevention
- Older people with Frailty
- Mental and Physical Multimorbidity
- Urgent and Emergency Care
This new 12-month role will be central to the timely delivery and success of the Implementation Science programme. This is a ‘cross-cutting’ theme, and as such, you will have the opportunity to support and collaborate on projects with the core themes as well as the other cross-cutting theme, Health Economics, Evaluation and Equality.
Main duties of the job
You will work closely with senior team members to contribute to the design and delivery of the implementation science programme. This will include:
- Developing and executing the long-term strategic direction of the implementation team
- Identifying funding opportunities, managing capacity and capability across the team
- Providing leadership and line management to the Implementation Research Fellow.
- Responsibility for study design, recruitment, data collection and analysis.
- Promoting the theme and our finding through dissemination activities, such as writing blogs and publications (as the lead or a co-author), to optimise the impact of our work in the region.
- Engaging with patients, the public and healthcare staff to ensure our research meets their needs.
Support and training will be provided at all stages from across the ARC and Improvement Academy to help you to master the art of our implementation science research techniques.
There will also be the opportunity to work with Implementation and Improvement Practitioners to develop practical experience and the possibility to be involved in grant applications.
