Three quick questions
Are you a student or junior Christian professional training in healthcare, law, social work or another field that intersects with the health & justice arena?
Do you have a heart for detainees & other vulnerable patient groups?
And are you keen on research?
Yes, yes and yes?
Then why not have a think about joining our Health & Justice Fellowship Programme and serving with us in this post? Read the below post description and person specification. If you’d like an informal chat before applying, contact our Chief Operations Officer. If you’re ready to apply though, press the button on this page and proceed.
Post description
What would we require of you, and what could you expect of us?
Base
You will be based at your home, which could be anywhere in the world that has good quality, stable internet.
Duties
Your major duties will include:-
commenting – keeping abreast of relevant newly-released research and then creating written blogs, news articles, opinion pieces and press releases
conference attending – writing posters and oral presentations, submitting them to conferences, and then presenting at conferences
data collecting – participating in research projects
encouraging – liaising with our previous researchers, encouraging them to submit their findings to conferences and peer-reviewed journals
expanding – helping to develop our research service
fundraising – applying to grant-awarding bodes for research funding
information disseminating – keeping an eye on published research of relevance to offender healthcare, collating it and disseminating short summaries internally within our organisation
journal article submitting – writing up case reports, quality improvement projects and both internal & partnership research projects, and submitting them to peer-reviewed journals
liaising – communicating with both other internal researchers as well as with seconded researchers from the University of Leeds & possibly other institutions
medical ethics committee applying – gaining approval for our internal research projects
networking – growing our partnerships with medical schools, other university departments and additional researching organisations
research designing – crafting future offender healthcare research proposals
service developing – ensuring that research results impact our service development
social media engaging – creating content to raise the profile of our research service and findings
Depending on our fluctuating needs and your availability, experience and skill set, your duties may include:-
cross-covering – deputising for the fellows serving our other services
telemedicine consulting – if you are a healthcare professional, participating in a rota, delivering holistic offender healthcare to detainees in both the Philippines and other countries
tracking - assisting in the delivery of our Health & Justice Track.
You will be taught any necessary new skills and you will not be permitted to work beyond your competence.
Line management
You will be line managed non-clinically by our Head of Research (if in post) and (if a healthcare professional) clinically by our Chief Medical Officer.
Your line management will be supportive in nature and will include regular performance reviews to enhance your performance and professional growth.
Terms & Conditions
As a volunteer, you will need to raise your own financial support.
You will take six weeks and (if required) one week pro rata of unpaid annual leave and study leave respectively, both pro rata.
Your working pattern and other terms & conditions will be subject to negotiation; for example, you may perform your duties alongside locum shifts or a part-time course.
Person specification
Read on to find out if this position would be a good fit for you…
Qualifications & Skills
Essential
competent in Word software
enrolled in or graduated from a healthcare course (eg medicine, nursing or dentistry), law, social work or another field that intersects with the health & justice arena
GCSE English (Grade C+) & fluency in oral English (1)
good communication skills & other interpersonal skills
good speed of typing
Desirable
additional language skills
research article writing skills
statistical analysis skills
Interests & Experience
Essential
interest in offender healthcare
interest in research
Desirable
authorship of peer-reviewed articles
experience of research
interest in academia
interest in other vulnerable patient groups
Health & Safety
Essential
Disclosure and Barring Service enhanced clearance within the last year (2)
no history of significant post-traumatic stress disorder or vicarious trauma
psychologically suitable for working with offenders
willing to undergo in-house induction training, which includes safety awareness
if a healthcare professional, willing to perform international telemedicine without medical indemnity, if necessary (3)
Desirable
breakaway training and other jail craft (though this is included in our induction training)
Personal Attributes
Essential
active Christian faith (4)
adaptable
autonomous
confidential
organised
respectful of different cultures
subscriber to the concept of integral mission
team player
Desirable
personality suitable for development as a servant leader
Availability
Essential
available for at least six months (four in exceptional circumstances)
available in a predictable pattern, at least 25% of full-time (5)
available in May-July during the peak busyness of our partnership with the University of Leeds’ International Health programme
available to assist in the delivery of our Health & Justice Track
available to attend the Health & Justice Fellowship teaching programme
Desirable
available for a September start
available for one or more years
available in a predictable pattern, at least 50% of full-time (5)
Notes
And lastly, here are the explanatory notes…
(1) = for non-UK trained applicants, alternatives will be accepted.
(2) = performed after successful interview and at your own cost.
(3) = we will discuss why this is not as daunting as it might sound.
(4) = this is an occupational requirement.
(5) = full-time is regarded as 40 hours/week.