Applied Mental Health Research Assistant (Qualitative)

Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust; Coventry; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 35,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Wellbeing support

Learning and development opportunities

Staff networks and support groups

Discounts with retailers and NHS perks

Job summary

Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust is recruiting a Research Assistant Psychologist to develop applied research capabilities within inpatient mental health services transformation. You will conduct qualitative fieldwork, collate secondary data, and contribute to reports, manuscripts and knowledge mobilisation outputs.

You will join the NIHR ARC WM network and support dissemination of findings across the service, with opportunities for audit, quality improvement and data analysis

Qualifications

• Experience gathering and analysing primary and secondary qualitative data.
• Experience conducting qualitative research with interviews and thematic analysis.
• Familiarity with data management and interpretation of qualitative data.
• Experience of working in mental health or social care settings.
• Experience of presenting and disseminating research findings.
• Postgraduate research experience (MSc or higher).
• Ability to extract and code data from electronic patient records.

Responsibilities

• Engage in qualitative fieldwork interviewing stakeholders and observing staff and service users.
• Collate secondary data such as strategic plans, literature reviews and audit material.
• Produce accessible reports and presentations for stakeholders.
• Contribute to development of academic manuscripts and knowledge mobilisation outputs.
• Drive small audit and quality improvement projects and disseminate results.

Skills

Research experience

Qualitative data analysis

Interviews

Dissemination of results

Initiative and problem solving

Data interpretation (qualitative)

Education

Psychology degree GBR status

MSc or postgrad research

Tools

SPSS

Excel

Word

Job description

Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust is recruiting a Research Assistant Psychologist to develop applied research capabilities within inpatient mental health services transformation. You will conduct qualitative fieldwork, collate secondary data, and contribute to reports, manuscripts and knowledge mobilisation outputs.

You will join the NIHR ARC WM network and support dissemination of findings across the service, with opportunities for audit, quality improvement and data analysis