This role is part of the which provides individuals who are at the early stage of their career with hands-on experience working on projects or activities conducted by the (IGHI).
Please see the full before you apply. You must have no work experience, or less than two months of full‑time or part‑time equivalent experience, within the health, science, technology, or business management sectors, or in any office‑based role. You must have the right to work in the UK and have not completed any number of internships (paid or unpaid) for two months or more (individually or cumulatively).
Are you interested in telling stories about research that is making a real difference to the safety of patients within the NHS and beyond? This role will support the NIHR North West London Patient Safety Research Collaboration to maximise our impact by communicating the amazing work our researchers are doing on areas like medication safety, the implementation of AI in healthcare, using data to improve safety and changing patients and healthcare professionals behaviours to make everyone safe.
Being a Julia Anderson Trainee with the NIHR NWL PSRC at IGHI will provide you with exciting opportunities and benefits. Prior work experience in patient safety is not required, and we will support the trainee to get as much out of this training as possible. We would welcome a school leaver (someone without a university or college degree) to apply.
As Impact Trainee, you will help translate the real life impact of our work by developing a communications and dissemination plan, bringing together all of the inputs from the range of patient safety research projects to tell an engaging story about how this NIHR infrastructure is contributing to regional and national patient safety.
You will work with individual researchers to help articulate their impact stories, helping them bring together their findings and develop creative ways to demonstrate their real-world influence.
You would be working with the Centre Manager on refining the impact framework and looking at ways to monitor the impact of education and equity, diversity and inclusion initiatives as well as interesting ways to tell stories about our patient public involvement work.
You will work with the IGHI communications team to build a presence for the new NWL PSRC LinkedIn.
1. Has NOT previously completed an internship or graduate programme that lasted longer than two months
2. No or limited prior paid or unpaid work experience at a university or organisation related to health, science, technology, or business management longer than two months (volunteering is allowed)
3. Has experience or ideas about developing communications for a range of audiences
4. Has experience or ideas about communication with a range of stakeholders in person and/or via email
5. Has an understand of or interest in equity, diversity and inclusion
6. Has an understanding of or interest in the different ways research can have an impact on the world
7. Working knowledge of LinkedIn
8. Ability to work inclusively and as part of a team
9. Ability to work independently and use initiative
10. Ability to juggle competing prirorites and manage tasks and deadlines
11. Proficiency with Microsoft Office
12. Build your experience in developing science communications
13. Grow your confidence engaging with a range of stakeholders
14. Receive at least three mentoring sessions with a dedicated mentor who is a trained staff member at IGHI.
15. Access to the Imperial Jobs page, online training and development resources, and LinkedIn Learning for the duration of your training post.
16. Gain meaningful work experience within a prestigious institution that you can use to support your future career search.
17. Engagement with researchers and professionals in patient safety
18. Be part of a diverse, inclusive and collaborative work culture with various and resources to support your personal and professional