# Community Researcher > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/community-researcher/1804d678-fb48-4abc-911d-6f19fb9003e3 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/community-researcher/1804d678-fb48-4abc-911d-6f19fb9003e3.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust - **Town:** Bradford - **Region:** North East and Yorkshire - **Country:** England - **Grade:** Band 4 - **Salary:** £14.06 pa - **Contract type:** Bank: 12 months (as and when) - **Employment type:** Flexible working - 4 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-08-02T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-07-20T10:33:24.095Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/West_Yorkshire/Bradford/Bradford_Teaching_Hospitals_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Administration/Administration-v8156721 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8156721?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.bradfordhospitals.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview Closing Date: 02.08.26 Shortlisting to take place after closing date: commencing 03.08.26 Interview expected to take place in the week following shortlisting: commencing 20.08.26 Due to current Home Office Guidelines, Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is unable to provide sponsorship for this role. The post holders will play a key role in shaping the study's design, recruiting participants, collecting data, supporting the analysis of findings, and sharing results with decision-makers and community members. They will receive training and dedicated support from the principal investigator and senior research fellow. ### Main duties of the job The post will be based within the world-leading Yorkshire Quality and Safety Research Group (YQSR) at the Bradford Institute for Health Research (BIHR). The postholders will work on the study on a flexible, as-needed basis. On average, they will work around 4 hours a week – however this will vary from week to week. Some weeks may require no work and some may require a full day’s work. The post will be for one year, with the potential for extension depending on the study findings. The duties include providing feedback on the study proposal and methods, approaching, recruiting and consenting participants, collecting data through workshops, observations and interviews, supporting and feeding back on the analysis of findings, sharing findings and working with partners. Bespoke training will be provided for the community researchers. We are particularly keen to hear from members of Black Caribbean and Black African communities in Bradford with lived experience of end-of-life care. This can be as a carer, family member or friend. In order to ensure high quality data are collected for the project the post holders will work alongside the study team. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities This post presents an exciting opportunity for community members from Bradford with experience of palliative and end-of-life care within the Black Caribbean and/or Black African communities to join our supportive study team. Their role will be to help us understand how to systematically address racism in palliative and end-of-life care. They will join community researchers who have already been recruited from the Pakistani and Roma communities. We are looking for organised, motivated and enthusiastic community researchers. The successful candidates will work with the Principal Investigator and Senior Research Fellow to help design the study, collect data, support the analysis and help share the findings to ensure the findings have impact. ## Person Specification ### Skills **Essential** - Excellent administrative and IT skills - Excellent oral and written communication skills - Able to be self-motivated and work without close supervision in an office and independently in the community - Interpersonal skills to include: diplomacy and sensitivity, negotiating and influencing - Excellent organisational skills - Ability to interpret written procedures and record information accurately - Ability to summarise complex information - Excellent attention to detail - Demonstrates the ability to work well with others in a team - Mature approach to work with a friendly manner - Flexible approach to work and working practices to meet the requirements of the project **Desirable** - Lived experience of end-of-life care within the Black Caribbean and/or Black African communities across Bradford, Can be as a carer, family member, friend or otherwise - Able to speak relevant languages spoken in the Black Caribbean and/or Black African Bradford communities - Knowledge of safeguarding ### Knowledge **Essential** - Understanding of Information Governance and Confidentiality ### Experience **Essential** - Experience of relevant working in a community or health setting - Experience of working under pressure or to tight deadlines **Desirable** - Experience of working in research - Experience of working with people in their home and in the community ### Qualifications **Essential** - NNEB/HND/BTEC,GNVQ level 3 or equivalent level of education* Or other highly relevant experience ## Documents - [useful links (pdf, 110.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2589) - [candidate pack (pdf, 22.5mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2803) - [people strategy (pdf, 640.9kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2592) - [community researcher (pdf, 192.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10462472) - [community researcher (pdf, 464.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10462473) - [voluntary living wage guidance (pdf, 65.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2595) - [guidance for applicants including values (pdf, 246.8kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2591) - [policy statement on recruitment of ex-offenders (pdf, 94.2kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2593) - [code of practice for disclosure and barring service (pdf, 54.9kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2590) - [policy statement on the secure handling off disclosure information (pdf, 67.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2594) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.