Research Officer - Patient Services at Anthony Nolan | GB | Rezi

Research Officer - Patient Services at Anthony Nolan

Research Officer - Patient Services

Anthony Nolan · GB

1 weeks ago

Research Officer - Patient Services

Anthony Nolan · GB

9 days ago
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About the Role

Anthony Nolan unites people and science to match stem cell donors to patients in need of transplants. The organization aims to grow its world-leading stem cell register to ensure everyone can find a lifesaving match. This role is crucial in developing and delivering the Patient Services research portfolio, focusing on qualitative research to improve services and support for patients and their families undergoing cellular therapy.

Responsibilities

  • Play a key role in developing and delivering Anthony Nolan’s Patient Services research portfolio, with a particular focus on qualitative research.
  • Contribute to studies exploring the experiences and needs of people undergoing cellular therapy.
  • Generate evidence that informs and improves services and support for patients and their families.
  • Work collaboratively with colleagues across Anthony Nolan, patients and their families, transplant centre clinicians, and the wider cell therapy community.
  • Support the design and delivery of key research studies.
  • Explore how patient experiences and wider social determinants of health influence recovery, wellbeing and long-term survivorship.
  • Contribute to improving future patient services, care pathways, and support for individuals undergoing cellular therapy through the generation of robust evidence on patient outcomes and experiences.

Requirements

  • A postgraduate qualification (MSc or equivalent) in a relevant discipline, such as health psychology, behavioural science, sociology or public health.
  • Demonstrated experience designing and conducting qualitative research, including interviews and focus groups, ideally within health or patient-focused research.
  • Strong qualitative analysis and interpretation skills, with experience developing themes and drawing meaningful insights from complex qualitative data.
  • Experience using qualitative analysis software, such as NVivo, to manage, code and analyse research data.
  • A strong understanding of research ethics, governance and data protection requirements relevant to health research.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication and facilitation skills, with the ability to engage sensitively and build effective relationships with patients, families, healthcare professionals, researchers and other stakeholders.
  • Evidence of contributing to high-quality research projects and communicating findings through reports, presentations, publications or other outputs for different audiences.
  • All applicants must be able to demonstrate the right to work in the UK.

Skills

  • Qualitative research
  • Patient-focused research
  • Qualitative analysis
  • Qualitative data interpretation
  • Qualitative analysis software (e.g., NVivo)
  • Research ethics
  • Research governance
  • Data protection
  • Written communication
  • Verbal communication
  • Facilitation skills
  • Stakeholder engagement

Location

  • Hybrid
  • Hampstead, London

Work Type

  • Permanent
  • 35 hours per week

Experience Level

  • PhD in a relevant field desirable

Education Level

  • Postgraduate qualification (MSc or equivalent) in a relevant discipline

Salary/Compensations

  • £43,500 per annum

Benefits

  • 27 days annual leave
  • Pension scheme
  • Childcare vouchers
  • Access to counselling via a 24-hour Employee Assistance Programme
  • Life Assurance of four times annual salary
  • Travel season ticket loan
  • Cycle to work Scheme

About the Company

  • Anthony Nolan unites people and science – matching stem cell donors to those in need of transplants and treatments and growing its world-leading stem cell register, so everyone can find the lifesaving match they need.
  • Thanks to Shirley and Anthony Nolan, our register of almost a million potential donors, our cell and gene therapy research and our expertise in stem cell transplants, we currently help four patients a day in need of a transplant, giving more people another chance to live.
  • Driven by patients, backed by stem cell donors, and powered by science, we won’t stop until we’ve unlocked the cures, treatments and transplants that will transform the future for more patients. And together, we can reach the remarkable day where every patient who needs us can not only survive, but thrive.

Equal Opportunity

  • Anthony Nolan is a Disability Confident Committed and Living Wage accredited employer.