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Applications are invited for the above post, which is funded in the first instance until end September 2026, likely to be extended. The post will be based primarily onsite in the Jean McFarlane Building on the main Oxford Road campus of The University of Manchester.
The post-holder will join the National Confidential Inquiry into Suicide and Safety in Mental Health (NCISH) which is based in the Division of Psychology and Mental Health. The Division of Psychology and Mental Health brings together a number of Research Themes that aim to inform future mental healthcare policy and service planning including, the Manchester Self-harm Project and the Health and Justice Research Network. It is one of the United Kingdom's foremost Research Themes in the field of suicidal behaviour and forensic psychiatry. The Directors of NCISH are Professor Sir Louis Appleby and Professor Nav Kapur.
NCISH was established in 1996 at the University of Manchester. NCISH collects detailed clinical information on all suicides and homicides by people who have had contact with mental health services. Additionally NCISH also runs shorter spotlight studies that have developed from the core work of NCISH,