Job Summary
The Mouth Matters in Mental Health trial is an NIHR funded project involving an intervention using mental health support workers as link workers to improve dental visiting in people with severe mental illness (SMI). This is a multicentre randomised controlled trial evaluating an intervention for helping people with serious mental health difficulties (e.g. psychosis, bipolar mood swings) to find and attend a dentist, and through this improve their oral health.
Job responsibilities
The post starts in April 2026. The successful applicant will lead on recruitment and data collection for a trial. This will involve liaising with clinical teams, meeting potential participants, conducting clinical assessments (e.g. interviews, self-report measures) and managing data. The post-holder will receive clinical supervision and training from experienced clinical academics (e.g. Clinical Psychologists) working in the field of mental health research.
About Us
We are proud to provide high quality mental health and learning disability services, both inpatient and in the community across five boroughs of Greater Manchester – Bury, Oldham, Rochdale, Stockport and Tameside and Glossop. Our vision is for a happier and more hopeful life for everyone in our communities and our staff work hard to deliver the very best care for the people who use our services. We're really proud of #PennineCarePeople and do everything we can to make sure we're a great place to work.
All individuals regardless of race, age, disability, ethnicity, nationality, gender, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage and civil partnership are encouraged to apply for this post. We would also encourage applications from individuals with a lived experience of mental illness, either individually or as a carer.
Benefits
* Generous annual leave entitlement for Agenda for Change and Medical and Dental staff.
* Flexible working opportunities to support your work/life balance.
* Access to Continued Professional Development.
* Involvement in improvement and research activities.
* Health and Wellbeing activities and access to an excellent staff wellbeing service.
* Access to staff discounts across retail, leisure and travel.
Qualifications
* Essential – BSc (Hons) Psychology (2:1 or above) or equivalent (e.g. post graduate conversion course accredited by the British Psychological Society) and eligibility for graduate membership of the British Psychological Society.
* Desirable – Masters or above qualification relating to research methods.
Skills
* Essential – Ability to undertake psychologically informed research projects under supervision.
* Good communication skills (written and verbal) including an ability to communicate and work across a number of different settings.
* Use of Microsoft Office including Word, Excel etc.
* One-to-one and group communication.
* Ability to work with people from different backgrounds and of different ages.
* An ability to interact effectively with staff from all disciplines.
* Work independently on a day to day basis.
* Work towards agreed goals via supervision.
* Communicate effectively with potentially vulnerable or otherwise anxious participants.
* An ability to interact effectively with clients, family members/paid carers.
* Ability to work reliably and consistently with work agreed and managed at regular intervals.
Knowledge
* Essential – Quantitative and qualitative research methods.
* Quantitative data analysis using SPSS.
* Research governance and ethics.
* An understanding of the needs and difficulties of people with psychological/mental health difficulties or other disabilities.
* Desirable – Understanding of Serious Mental illness.
* Desirable – Understanding around difficulties in accessing dental care.
Experience
* Essential – Data analysis either quantitative or qualitative.
* Contact with people with mental health difficulties and/or other disabilities.
* Desirable – Experience of data collection on other funded projects relating to mental health.
* Desirable – One or more peer reviewed publications as a co-author.
* Desirable – Work with potentially vulnerable mental health service users.
* Desirable – Experience of preparing reports summarising data.
Additional requirements
* Essential – Ability to accept and use supervision appropriately and effectively.
* Essential – Ability to undertake travel across a wide geographical area.
* Essential – Able to work in the UK.
* Essential – Driving licence and access to own vehicle.
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.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the .
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement.
Employer details
Employer name: Pennine Care NHS FT
Address: Trust HQ, 225 Old Street, Ashton Under Lyne, OL6 7SR
Employer's website: (to be filled)
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