Research Fellow
| Posting date: | 19 June 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £35,116 to £45,413 per year |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 26 June 2025 |
| Location: | University of Warwick Campus, Coventry |
| Remote working: | Hybrid - work remotely up to 2 days per week |
| Company: | University of Warwick |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | 107381-0625 |
Summary
For informal enquiries, please contact Dr Raquel Nunes at Raquel.nunes@warwick.ac.uk and and Professor Jeremy Dale (Jeremy.Dale@warwick.ac.uk)
The successful candidate must be available to start work by 1st September 2025. This is due to time constraints linked to the conclusion of the study, and timely appointment is essential to meet project deadlines.
We are looking for a highly motivated Research Fellow who will work on the GPNET-0 study (Implementation of decarbonisation actions in General Practice to help achieve a net zero NHS. A mixed methods study of institutional, organisational, professional, and patient factors), a National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) funded project. The position is fixed term for a period of 6 months.
Climate change poses an immediate, growing threat to health. Action is needed throughout healthcare to achieve a ‘Net Zero’ NHS and general practice is recognised as having a key role, not only in adapting how services are organised and delivered, but also by influencing society through its interactions with patients and the public. Several interventions are available to facilitate general practice decarbonisation, but little is known about how they are being implemented and how adoption can be facilitated further.
Led by Dr Raquel Nunes and co-led by Professor Jeremy Dale, this interdisciplinary project will contribute to a more rounded and in-depth understanding how general practices are implementing decarbonisation actions and generate actionable recommendations on how to support and accelerate the implementation and sustainability of such actions.
About You
We are looking for a highly motivated Research Fellow who will work on the GPNET-0 study (Implementation of decarbonisation actions in General Practice to help achieve a net zero NHS. A mixed methods study of institutional, organisational, professional, and patient factors), a National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) funded project.
The successful candidate will be an ambitious, methodologically skilled postdoctoral researcher with a background in health services research, implementation science, behavioural science. They will demonstrate strong analytical experience in synthesising qualitative and quantitative data, particularly using frameworks such as Normalisation Process Theory (NPT) and Theoretical Domains Framework (TDF).
They will join an established research team for the final phase of the GPNET-0 study and will be expected to play a key role in enabling the team to maximise the dissemination and impact of the data that has been collected during the first 2 years of the study. They will be skilled at translating complex findings into actionable recommendations and will have a critical understanding of behaviour change and system-level adoption dynamics in healthcare.
The successful candidate will be a confident and thoughtful communicator, capable of leading stakeholder engagement activities, including co-designing consensus materials and facilitating discussions that inform recommendation development. They will have excellent academic writing skills and have the opportunity to contribute to the drafting of several planned outputs.
For further information regarding the skills required for this role please see the personal specification section of the attached job description.
If you are near submission or have recently submitted your PhD but have not yet had it conferred, any offers of employment will be made as Research Assistant at the top of level 5 of the University grade structure. Upon receipt of evidence of the successful award of your PhD, you will be promoted to Research Fellow on the first point of level 6 of the University grade structure.
The successful candidate must be available to start work by 1st September 2025. This is due to time constraints linked to the conclusion of the study, and timely appointment is essential to meet project deadlines.
We are looking for a highly motivated Research Fellow who will work on the GPNET-0 study (Implementation of decarbonisation actions in General Practice to help achieve a net zero NHS. A mixed methods study of institutional, organisational, professional, and patient factors), a National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) funded project. The position is fixed term for a period of 6 months.
Climate change poses an immediate, growing threat to health. Action is needed throughout healthcare to achieve a ‘Net Zero’ NHS and general practice is recognised as having a key role, not only in adapting how services are organised and delivered, but also by influencing society through its interactions with patients and the public. Several interventions are available to facilitate general practice decarbonisation, but little is known about how they are being implemented and how adoption can be facilitated further.
Led by Dr Raquel Nunes and co-led by Professor Jeremy Dale, this interdisciplinary project will contribute to a more rounded and in-depth understanding how general practices are implementing decarbonisation actions and generate actionable recommendations on how to support and accelerate the implementation and sustainability of such actions.
About You
We are looking for a highly motivated Research Fellow who will work on the GPNET-0 study (Implementation of decarbonisation actions in General Practice to help achieve a net zero NHS. A mixed methods study of institutional, organisational, professional, and patient factors), a National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) funded project.
The successful candidate will be an ambitious, methodologically skilled postdoctoral researcher with a background in health services research, implementation science, behavioural science. They will demonstrate strong analytical experience in synthesising qualitative and quantitative data, particularly using frameworks such as Normalisation Process Theory (NPT) and Theoretical Domains Framework (TDF).
They will join an established research team for the final phase of the GPNET-0 study and will be expected to play a key role in enabling the team to maximise the dissemination and impact of the data that has been collected during the first 2 years of the study. They will be skilled at translating complex findings into actionable recommendations and will have a critical understanding of behaviour change and system-level adoption dynamics in healthcare.
The successful candidate will be a confident and thoughtful communicator, capable of leading stakeholder engagement activities, including co-designing consensus materials and facilitating discussions that inform recommendation development. They will have excellent academic writing skills and have the opportunity to contribute to the drafting of several planned outputs.
For further information regarding the skills required for this role please see the personal specification section of the attached job description.
If you are near submission or have recently submitted your PhD but have not yet had it conferred, any offers of employment will be made as Research Assistant at the top of level 5 of the University grade structure. Upon receipt of evidence of the successful award of your PhD, you will be promoted to Research Fellow on the first point of level 6 of the University grade structure.