PPI Lead Researcher

This post is for a Band 5 PPI Lead Researcher for a new Wellcome funded study, SloMo2. SloMo is a digitally supported, cognitive-behavioural therapy for psychosis that improves fear of harm from others (or paranoia). SloMo has developed in close collaboration with people with lived experience of paranoia in psychosis. It works by targeting fast thinking habits and encouraging slow thinking, supporting people to find ways of feeling safer and living well. SloMo consists of 11 sessions with a therapist, with delivery supported by an online therapy platform. This is synchronized with a mobile app, which assists management of worries in daily life. In our large clinical trial, SloMo was found to be improve paranoia, worry, self-concept, quality of life and wellbeing over 6 months, and people found it enjoyable and easy to use. SloMo has been recommended for use in the NHS whilst data is generated to address evidence gaps and inform future guidance (NICE,
2024).
The SloMo2 study will investigate if SloMo therapy can be delivered in NHS routine care. We aim to train 60 therapists across three NHS Trusts to deliver SloMo to 150 patients. The study will examine if and how therapists and patients use SloMo therapy, and whether it works and is associated with cost savings. Understanding participants experience of SloMo is central to the work., This post will involve supporting the recruitment, data collection and analysis of interviews with participants about their experience of receiving SloMo therapy. The post holder will also co-facilitate the local and whole study Lived Experience Advisory Panel (LEAP) groups. They will join a friendly study team and will be line managed by the Local Therapy Lead and Study Coordinator, and supported by the Research Assistant Psychologist. There will also be opportunities to meet with the peer researchers at the NHS sites, and mentorship from the PPI Lead for the study., + Conduct interviews with participants about their experience of receiving SloMo
+ Transcribe participant interviews
+ Collaborate with the research team to analyse interview transcripts
+ Monitor and record research activities
+ Collaborate with the research team to promote SloMo in the NHS
+ Support Patient and Public Involvement and public engagement with the SloMo2 study
+ Effectively use supervision and contribute to team meetings
+ Carry out other duties as agreed with the research team
The Trust is committed to providing services which embrace diversity and that promote equality of opportunity. We are a Disability Confident Employer, we welcome applicants from all sections of the community and people of all protected characteristics. We provide reasonable adjustments for candidates with a disability and are committed to treating people fairly with compassion, respect and dignity and in promoting equality and human rights. We aim to put this commitment into practice by:
+ Embedding our commitment to tackling inequality, eliminating discrimination and harassment; promoting equality of opportunity and fostering good relations in our everyday practice
+ Ensuring that all our services and all staff understand and support our commitment
+ We believe that people who use our services, their carers and our staff, should be treated with compassion, respect and dignity
Please note:
+ That all applications for this post will need to be made online
+ That you read and understand the Job Description and Personal Specification attached to the role. Your Statement in Support should reflect the requirements specified as your application will be judged against these criteria
+ That the closing date listed is a guide only and that the vacancy may close earlier should sufficient number of applicants have been received. We advise that you submit your application as early as possible
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+ That should you not have heard from us within three weeks from the closing date your application has not successful
+ That priority consideration for applications may be given to at-risk NHS employees
+ That should you be successful and appointed, you authorise South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust to confirm your previous NHS service via an Inter Authority Transfer (IAT) process
+ That we are a smoke-free Trust
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NHS AfC: Band 5
South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust has a rich history, well-established community links and an international reputation. We deliver specialist services in the London boroughs of Croydon, Lambeth, Lewisham and Southwark, Bexley, Bromley, Greenwich, Wandsworth and Richmond.
We are committed to provide a high quality and specialist care to our service users and we are recognised for our care and treatment we provide. The Care Quality Commission already rates our services as 'good'.
We launched our five-year strategy, Aiming High; Changing Lives in 2021 together with Our Care Improvement System as our quality management system methodology to make a positive impact on patient care, outcomes and staff experience. By joining SLaM, all staff will get the opportunity to be part of this exciting improvement journey supported with learning and development to harness everyone's potential as change makers.
The trust recognises the unique and valuable contribution that people with lived experience of mental illness can bring to a role. We therefore welcome applications from people with lived experience and consider them as an asset to the Trust.
Our Values
We take pride in providing specialist care to our service users where our Trust values and our promise to be caring, kind, polite, prompt, honest, listen and do what I say I'm going to do is at the heart of everything we do. When you join us, you'll be part of something special.
As a Trust we are happy to talk flexible working., South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust (SLaM) provide the widest range of NHS mental health services in the UK as well as substance misuse services for people who are addicted to drugs and alcohol. We work closely with the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience (IoPPN), King's College London and are part of King's Health Partners Academic Health Sciences Centre. There are very few organisations in the world that have such wide-ranging capabilities working with mental illness. Our scope is unique because it is built on three major foundations: care and treatment, science and research, and training.
SLaM employ around 5000 staff and serve a local population of 1.1 million people. We have more than 230 services including inpatient wards, outpatient and community services. Currently, provide inpatient care for approximately 5,300 people each year and treat more than 45,000 patients in the community in Croydon, Lambeth, Lewisham and Southwark; as well as substance misuse services for residents of Bexley, Bromley and Greenwich.