Research Fellow in Applied Health Research
Institute of Health and Social Care
Central Institute - Health and Social Care
Salary: £40,497 to £45,413 per annum FIxed Term for 30 months from 01/06/2026 Post Type: Full Time Contract Type: Fixed Term Closing Date: Monday 30 March 2026 Interview Date: To be confirmed Reference: HR0196005
This job is only available to University of Bradford staff. It may be released externally should we not appoint internally.
University of Bradford
At the University of Bradford, our focus is on creating the conditions for social, cultural, and economic impact. We are committed to social inclusion. Our work to expand opportunity and enable students to reach their potential, has led to us topping the Social Mobility Index of English universities for the last two years. Our University Strategy sets out our ambitions for 2026, which we will achieve by using our proud heritage as a springboard and remaining steadfast in our commitment to equality, diversity, and inclusion.
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Research Institute
The successful candidate will join the Applied Health and Wellbeing team in the Research Institute for Health and Social Care and be the lead researcher on a new National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) funded project to optimise the safety of medicines management in homecare. You will work alongside a thriving and supportive community of researchers and clinicians exploring health and care quality and safety research questions. Our researchers are embedded within renowned research teams at the Wolfson Centre for Applied Health Research and the NIHR Yorkshire and Humber Patient Safety Research Collaboration to conduct nationally important research to make health and care safer.
What you will be doing:
1. Lead researcher on a 30-month NIHR-funded project to improve the safety of medicines management in home care.
2. Work with academics, researcher, clinicians and members of the public to ensure the project meets its planned milestones and produces meaningful outputs.
3. Co-ordinate the work of a research associate and conduct and analyse interviews and observations with care users, care providers, and healthcare professionals.
4. Work with the wider quality and safety research team based in the NIHR Yorkshire and Humber Patient safety Research Collaboration to support building an evidence based around safe care in the home.
5. Publish academic outputs in the highest quality journals, including as lead author.
Qualifications/ experience:
6. A PhD in a subject relating to health services research or equivalent research experience.
7. Experience of collecting and analysing qualitative data in a healthcare setting through interviews, observations and / or documents.
8. A proven ability to organise and facilitate research-related events, e.g., stakeholder workshops
Do not meet every single requirement? We are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace, so if you are excited about this role but your experience does not align perfectly with everything in the job description or advert, we encourage you to arrange an informal conversation with the hiring manager. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.
Celebrating Diversity – The University of Bradford
Within the Institute of Health and Social Care, there is low representation of BAME women, and therefore, we welcome applications from individuals who represent these categories.
At the University of Bradford, we recognise and embrace people that work in diverse ways so if you need any adjustments to our recruitment process, please speak to the recruitment team who will be happy to support you.
At the University of Bradford, we recognise and embrace people that work in diverse ways so if you need any adjustments to our recruitment process, please speak to the recruitment team who will be happy to support you.
In Return we Offer:
9. 25 days holiday and 13 statutory and customary days (taken at Easter and Christmas).
10. Family-friendly policies
11. Great campus facilities including:
12. Unique fitness centre
13. Eye clinic
14. Physiotherapy & sports rehabilitation,
15. Counselling & mental health services
16. On site nursery
17. Food & drink outlets
18. Generous employer contribution pension schemes -
19. Generous benefit schemes, including car leasing, cycle to work, holiday purchase, home & technology scheme and shopping discounts
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