Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, Radcliffe Observatory Quarter, Woodstock Road, Oxford
Applications are invited for a Grade 8 Research Programme Manager to lead a team working with Dr Nicola Lindson and Dr Rachna Begh on the TRIDENT research programme which aims to help people with serious mental illness reduce harm from smoking.
We aim to 1. Adapt a brief opportunistic intervention to promote harm reduction based on the MaSC trial 10.1186/s13063-019-3850-1 and 2. Adapt a behavioural support programme to promote smoking reduction based on the SCIMITAR trial https: // doi.org/10.1016/S2215-0366(15)00091-7. Having adapted these programmes, we aim to test the combined effectiveness and cost- effectiveness in a definitive trial, assessing implementation issues to prepare for NHS adoption. The post is part of the friendly, enthusiastic and motivated Oxford Tobacco Addiction Group (OxTAG) based within the Centre for Evidence Based Medicine (CEBM), Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences. OxTAG are carrying out a range of research projects that aim to improve the lives of people experiencing tobacco addiction, with a particular focus on health inequalities. Our research includes both primary and secondary research and has direct implications for health policy and practice. We are committed to involving members of the public in all stages of our work and engage with a wide range of stakeholders and policymakers to facilitate the translation of our research.
The programme will involve work with patients and staff in mental healthcare to adapt the smoking cessation interventions, including using conversation analysis, think-aloud, interviews, and observational methods to understand how the intervention needs adapting and whether adapted interventions meet their goals. Thereafter, the programme will involve using implementation science models to understand the process of roll-out to routine mental healthcare and understand how the outcomes of the intervention have come to be achieved. As Programme Manager, you will oversee this work to deliver research outputs on time and on budget. You will oversee others employed on the programme, line managing a qualitative researcher and a research assistant, and later managing the work of the clinical trials unit and health economists.
You will hold a relevant PhD/DPhil with post-qualification research experience in applied research or public health and possess specialist knowledge in applied behavioural science. You will be able to demonstrate a proven ability to generate innovative research ideas based on solid knowledge of research methods, the current literature and ongoing research in the field and have a strong publication record. You will have direct experience in planning and managing all stages of research projects, from ethical approval through to publication and dissemination with evidence of successful delivery of projects on time and on budget and practical experience of clinical trials.
You will be based in the Centre for Evidence Based Medicine, Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, Radcliffe Primary Care Building, Woodstock Road, Oxford, OX2 6GG as your normal place of work. The Centre for Evidence Based Medicine (CEBM) brings together a multidisciplinary team and aims to be a source of high-quality evidence on which clinical decisions can be reliably based (https: // www. cebm.ox.ac.uk/research/our-research- approach). The team are committed to fostering the wider communication of high-quality evidence by promoting the principles of EBM through engagement, knowledge sharing, research and education.
The position is funded by an NIHR programme grant for applied sciences to start 1 November 2024 or as soon as possible thereafter. The programme is subject to review July 2027 and, if we reach our milestones, the post will continue until the end of November 2029.
For further information or discuss the post please contact Dr Nicola Lindson ([email protected]) and/or Dr Rachna Begh ([email protected]).
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The closing date for applications is 12:00 noon on Monday 7 October 2024.
Interviews are expected to be held during the week commencing 28 October 2024.
Contact Person : HR Team Vacancy ID : 174433 Contact Phone : Closing Date & Time : 07-Oct-2024 12:00 Pay Scale : STANDARD GRADE 8 Contact Email : [email protected] Salary (£) : Salary in the range £47,085 – £49,850