Research Assistant (Sussex Voices Clinic)

An exciting opportunity has arisen to work within the Sussex Voices Clinic (SVC) which offers packages of evidence-informed psychological interventions to patients distressed by hearing voices, across the lifespan and diagnoses. We wish to appoint a part-time Research Assistant to support the delivery of our interventions across our services for adults.

The post-holder will be based within clinical services across Sussex and be responsible for assessing patients and supporting them to engage with the interventions. The SVC is also a research service, so opportunities will exist to be involved with the delivery of high-quality research studies.

We would welcome applications from motivated and organised psychology graduates who wish to develop their clinical and research skills.

This permanent post is part-time and, therefore, the working days can be chosen by the individual in discussion with the Clinic lead. The key working day to be included is Monday, as this is when the weekly clinic allocations meeting held., Duties will include:

• administration of referrals


• conducting of patient assessments


• collation and management of data


• liaising with patients and clinicians


• conducting service evaluations and delivery of high-quality research studies


• supporting therapy training, supervision and therapy delivery.


Responsibilities will include the coordination of the following:

• referral and therapy pathway


• datasets


• service evaluations


• recruitment to research studies.


Key relationships:

• patients


• clinicians


• researchers


• students., As well as working within the immediate clinic team, you will also work within the wider Research and Development (R&D) Department. You will work closely with your line manager and have regular contact and supervision with them and the Clinical lead. You will also have group supervision with the other clinic RAs within R&D. This is a group supervision of those who have a similar role and a good forum to share experiences and learn from each other.


We encourage flexible working, either at home or in the office (Sussex Education Centre) which is a good way to keep in touch with colleagues. Sussex Education Centre is a fully accessible building. Travel to appointments with patients, clinicians and researchers will be required, therefore mobility to travel is essential.

You will join a team led by Prof. Mark Hayward and consisting of two Research Assistants and a Psychology Placement student. Psychology Doctorate students usually join the team for part of the year as well.