Senior Research Fellow | Bristol NHS Foundation Trust

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The Senior Research Fellow will play a pivotal role in advancing psychological and multi-disciplinary research, audit, and quality improvement (QI) within the Children and Young People’s Gender Service (CYPGS) and Psychological Health Services (PHS). Working under the leadership of the Deputy Research and Quality Improvement Director, the postholder will contribute to the design, delivery, and dissemination of high-quality studies that address key clinical, psychosocial, and developmental questions for children, young people, and their families. 

Please note, there is scope to discuss additional extra clinical sessions within CYP Gender Services, in addition to the research 0.5 WTE sessions, should that the preference of the postholder.

Further information is available in the attached Job Description & Person Spec.

Interpersonal and communication skills  

• To apply highly developed written and verbal communication skills to convey complex and sensitive research, audit, and quality improvement findings clearly to a wide range of audiences, including clinicians, academics, managers, service users, and policy stakeholders. 

• To interpret and present complex quantitative and qualitative data and synthesise evidence into accessible outputs for academic publication, professional education, and service development. 

• To use advanced interpersonal skills to build collaborative relationships across multi-professional teams, higher education institutions, and external partners, fostering a culture of research and QI within CYPGS and PHS. 

• To act as a point of authority for research and QI advice to clinicians within the department, thereby helping support the integration of evidence into practice and service improvement initiatives. 

• To employ skills in negotiation, partnership working, and management to achieve stakeholder consensus, particularly when research findings challenge existing practice or service models. 

• Todisseminatefindings through high-quality peer-reviewed publications, conference presentations (national and international), and accessible formats for non-specialist audiences, including service users and carers.

• Please see attached JD for further information.

 

Bristol NHS Foundation Trust brings together more than 28,000 staff to deliver over 160 clinical services across thirteen hospital locations, operating from three main sites at Southmead, Bristol city centre and Weston.  

With an annual turnover of £2.3 billion, we are now one of the largest NHS trusts in the United Kingdom. Our hospitals are spread across Bristol and Weston, join us and you can enjoy the very best of both worlds; city living within a stone’s throw of the countryside or beside the seaside, both with easy access to all that the South West has to offer.  

 Bristol NHS Foundation Trust values all people as individuals. As an equal opportunities employer actively working towards a diverse workforce we aim to recruit and retain a workforce which represents the rich diversity of the local population at all levels and are committed to designing our services around the needs of individual patients and those around them. Anonymous information will be used from your application in order to ensure we’re meeting our pledge. 

Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for further information about the main responsibilities for this post.

This advert closes on Sunday 22 Nov 2026