Research Assistant: Public and Patient Involvement (PPI) in Psychosis

We are looking to appoint a Research Assistant to join the Early Psychosis Research Group, led by Professor Belinda Lennox. You will be supporting the involvement of people with lived experience of psychosis Early Psychosis multi-arm, multi-stage (MAMS) platform trial (PUMA), which aims to develop and build a trial platform for early psychosis over the next 24 months, with a trial protocol that will then be ready to be delivered. The postholder will also provide some support to the FOCUS and Sleeping Better clinical trials which also focus on early psychosis. The post is based in the Department of Psychiatry at the Warneford Hospital, Oxford and is full-time.
The post is for a fixed term (funded for 27 months).
You will support the involvement of people with lived experience, and contribute to the research work of the PUMA, FOCUS, and Sleeping Better research studies. This will include supporting the new Oxford Psychosis Patient Advisory Group, carrying out qualitative interviews and work to look at the "acceptability" of the interventions being offered.
You will have an undergraduate degree or MSc in a relevant subject area (experimental psychology, medical sciences, biomedical science,) along with an interest in Public and Patient Involvement in research. With relevant research experience and a publication record you should have expertise in writing up research reports for stakeholders. Experience of research in early psychosis would be desirable as would experience of working with multidisciplinary teams and stakeholders with different backgrounds.