Below are available Researcher in Residence Opportunities. For further information about opportunities available, please contact the Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire Integrated Care Board Research Team at: bnssg.research@nhs.net.
BNSSG Integrated Care Board has an exciting opportunity for an academic to support a BNSSG system group with the development of a business case to AWP BNSSG Sequoia.
This advert is for a Researcher in Residence to complete assessments/analysis of patient data to support a service evaluation, working with Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust (AWP).
The researcher would start as soon as possible, the project results are expected to be delivered by June.
The aim of the project is to use research methodology to extract patient data from the Rio electronic records system. To sort and analyse that data. Specifically, we are looking to notice trends in patients that have received an intervention from Sequoia. We are looking to understand then number of patients that have been referred, what level of intervention they received, their patterns of engagement. Then to understand from the electronic record what other services they have accesses before and after the Sequoia intervention. We would like to incorporate geographical and demographic trends into the analysis.
The report of the Researcher in Residence project will inform business cases for additional revenue and capital investment and may also be used as part of AWP internal and external assurance processes regarding quality and safety of services.
Please note the available budget for this opportunity is £14,000.
Please submit expression of interest with a covering letter about why you are interested in the project and your CV to bnssg.research@nhs.net.
Closing Date: 5pm on 2 March 2026
BNSSG Integrated Care Board has an exciting opportunity for an academic to support a high-priority piece of work focused on suicide prevention among women who have experienced domestic abuse and had their children removed into care.
As BNSSG ICB prepares for mental health service planning over the next 3–5 years, this project will provide a robust evidence base to inform future commissioning and system planning decisions.
Purpose of the role
The Researcher in Residence will lead a rapid review of evidence to identify and compare interventions used in other areas (including internationally) to support this group of women, with a focus on identifying which approaches have the strongest evidence base and are potentially transferable to the BNSSG systems.
Key activities
The role will primarily involve:
•Conducting a literature review of evidence-based interventions
•Synthesising evidence from multiple sources into a clear, actionable report
•Providing findings to inform ICB planning and commissioning decisions
Depending on scope and available time, the work may also include:
•Qualitative interviews
•Survey design and analysis
•Use of existing quantitative and qualitative datasets
•Engagement with PPIE activities
Outcomes:
The final report will:
•Support and feed directly into the BNSSG ICB planning process
•Support assurance that appropriate services are available and/or in place to meet identified need
•Potentially inform commissioning discussions across the wider Integrated Care System
•The report is shared with Local Authority Safeguarding Adults Boards and Domestic Abuse Strategic Partnerships across BNSSG.
Closing Date: 28/02/2026
Timelines: The researcher would start as soon as possible
Please note the available budget for this opportunity is up to a maximum of £7,000.
Please submit expression of interest with a covering letter why you are interested in the project and your CV to bnssg.research@nhs.net by the 28th February 2026.
BNSSG Integrated Care Board has an exciting opportunity for an academic to support a BNSSG system group with both planning and the evaluation of a Test and Learn development project in South Bristol (BS3).
This advert is for a Researcher in Residence to assist with an evaluation of the impact of the BS3 Neighbourhood Support Service. The researcher would be well supported, working alongside Carla Snell (Care & Wellbeing Manager), Amanda Cowey (Lead Sirona Practioner) and Joe Davies (Head of Community Development).
BS3 Neighbourhood Support Service is an innovative and integrative front-line service, bringing care and wellbeing support into the home. Offering person-centered support to people who have recently been discharged home from hospital. Its aim is to ensure people remain safe and well at home and optimise their overall health and wellbeing through support with accessing the community, social opportunities, practical support at home, and other relevant resources and referrals.
The service (a ‘test and learn’ project) is delivered by BS3 Community Development (a VCSE organisation), but it is truly an integrated service due to close collaborative working with Sirona. The concept of the service arose from a series of conversations between BS3 Community Development and Sirona that enabled both to gain a more in-depth understanding of each other’s strengths and challenges, and how they could complement each other’s work. It was within one of these meetings that Sirona raised capacity issues to conduct more holistic care and wellbeing visits to people coming home from hospital on a Pathway 1 – resulting in Sirona having to use agency staff and therefore increasing staff costs. This also resulted in clinicians struggling to address any ‘upstream’ issues a patient may have had and any wider social or wellbeing needs, and home visits being carried out at unsuitable times for the patient. Patients subsequently reported not feeling supported on discharge from Sirona’s services. Since our service began running in April 2024, we have received positive feedback from both patients and from Sirona but feel an in-depth evaluation of the project is necessary, particularly to help us build a business case for this service to continue long term and scale into other areas. The overarching hypothesis we are looking to explore is that we believe this service is helping to build patient resilience and reduces avoidable yo-yoing between hospital and home, as well as reduced reliance on wider health and social care services following engagement/ intervention. But we would also like to explore any other positive outcomes to understand what the impact of this service truly is.
Through our partnership working with Sirona, we can offer access to key data points including patient records on EMIS, ‘Patient Intervention Timelines’ found on Connecting Care, along with our own in-house data that we have been collecting throughout the Test and Learn project. We would be keen to discuss and co-design with the researcher how we best go about evaluating the project’s impact.
Closing date: 28 February 2026
Timelines: The researcher would start as soon as possible.
Please note the available budget for this opportunity is £7,000.
Contact: Joe Davies (Head of Community Development) joe.davies@bs3community.org.uk & Carla Snell (Care & Wellbeing Manager) – carla.snell@bs3community.org.uk
Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire (BNSSG) Integrated Care Board has an exciting opportunity for an academic to support the BNSSG integrated care system investigate the influence of patient characteristics and influenza vaccination on hospital admission for influenza.
This advert is for a Researcher in Residence to complete a data analysis relating to patient characteristics including vaccination status and how they relate to influenza admissions. This work will help to inform future work around vaccinations and where proactive support is needed.
Details of the project:
The aim of the project is to use research methodology
Project next steps:
The report of the Researcher in Residence project will help to inform predicted probabilities of hospitalisation for various patient profiles. These findings could be used to inform strategies to support vaccine uptake among particular population groups.
Closing Date: 11:59pm 28 February 2026
Timelines: The researcher would start as soon as possible; the project results are expected to be delivered at the BNSSG Clinical Delivery Group.
Please note the available budget for this opportunity is £7,000.
Please submit expression of interest with a covering letter why you are interested in the project and your CV to: bnssg.research@nhs.net.
Download the Researcher in Residence application form (.docx)