CentRIC is a world-leading centre dedicated to transforming how people affected by cancer are supported. Our research focuses on understanding the psychosocial impact of cancer on everyday life and developing and testing innovative solutions that help people live well. We work closely with people affected by cancer, healthcare professionals, commissioners, policy makers and charities, ensuring that their insights guide the development of patient-centred care. Our research involves people at increased genetic risk of cancer, those living with and beyond cancer, caregivers and healthcare professionals.

The post-holder will support the delivery of an ESRC Impact Acceleration project under the supervision of Professor Claire Foster, Co-Director, and members of the research team. The team have worked with patients, healthcare professionals, subject experts and charities to co-design Lynch Choices, a publicly available website designed for people with Lynch Syndrome to help them make decisions about their cancer risk management (funded by Cancer Research UK). Key activities will include working with a wide range of stakeholders to support updates to Lynch Choices to ensure it is up to date with the latest evidence and appealing to a wide audience, wide dissemination strategy to support inclusion and use of Lynch Choices and gathering evidence of impact. 

Core responsibilities will include engaging with stakeholders, including patients, health professionals and charities, developing recruitment processes, collecting data through interviews, stakeholder groups and surveys, and undertake quantitative and qualitative analysis to support refinements to Lynch Choices, wide implementation of Lynch Choices, report both usage and impact data. Additional responsibilities include ethics applications, grant development, report writing, publications and dissemination through presentations to a range of audiences (including patients, health professionals and charities).

You will have excellent communication skills and substantial experience of working with a range of stakeholders to support inclusion and implementation of digital technologies in health/social care settings. You will have both qualitative research skills and experience of survey design and analysis (SPSS and Qualtrics). Excellent academic writing skills are essential, as is the ability to present to both specialist and non-specialist audiences to support knowledge exchange and pathways to impact. Experience of working with a range of stakeholders is essential - including patients as research partners, healthcare professionals and charities. Effective collaboration is essential, both within the CentRIC team - which includes researchers, administrative staff and web developers - and with external partners and members of the public/service users.

The post is based within the School of Health Sciences at one of the UK’s leading research universities, which offers excellent facilities and is recognised for its world-class academic staff and strong national and international reputation.

This post is offered at 0.3FTE FTE for one year commencing 1 July 2026. Applicants should have a Formal qualification(s) equivalent to Level 8 of the Regulated Qualifications Framework e.g. PhD in Health Sciences or Level 8 award, certificate, diploma.

A standard DBS check is required. Applicants are encouraged to contact Professor Claire Foster at C.L.Foster@soton.ac.uk to discuss the position.

Closing Date: 09 Jun 2026

Section: Education, Research & Enterprise

Salary: £36,636 Pro rata per annum
Part Time Fixed Term (0.3 FTE, until 30/06/2027)

You will be involved in the face-to-face delivery of our nationally recognised pre-registration BSc (Hons) Mental Health Nursing, our Integrated Masters of Nursing leading to registration as a Mental Health/Adult Nurse or Children’s/Mental Health Nurse, and our 2 year MSc Mental Health Nursing programme. You will have an exceptional understanding of issues facing contemporary clinical practice in Mental Health Nursing founded in your own clinical practice. We are looking for someone who shares our passion for outstanding nurse education and has a dynamic vision for how education and research can transform mental health care across the lifespan. You will have completed a Masters level qualification and ideally have educational experience. However, we are also keen to hear from Mental Health Nurses who have a passion for teaching students and would like to develop a career in education.

The University of Southampton’s mission is to change the world for the better. As a world-leading, research-intensive university, with a strong and high-quality educational offering, it is renowned for its innovation and enterprise and sits within the top 1% of universities worldwide. Nursing at Southampton is currently ranked 13th in the world, and 3rd in the UK according to the QS World Rankings by Subject 2026. It is a leading university for Health Sciences research, ranked in the top 3 UK universities in the overall quality of our research, with our research environment scoring top marks (REF 2021).

As a university we aim to create an environment where everyone can thrive and are proactive in fostering a culture of inclusion, respect and equality of opportunity. We believe that we can only truly meet our objectives if we are reflective of society, so we are passionate about creating a working environment in which you are free to bring your whole self to work.

With a generous holiday allowance, as well as additional university closure days, we are committed to supporting our people and are open to a flexible working approach.

Informal enquiries are strongly encouraged. Please contact Paula Libberton, Head of Department for Nursing Paula Libberton P.Libberton@soton.ac.uk. Please include a covering letter and full CV in your application.

Closing Date: 23 Jun 2026

Section: Education, Research & Enterprise

Salary: £46,049 to £58,225 Pro rata per annum
Part Time Permanent (0.6FTE, 21 hours per week)

You will be involved in the face-to-face delivery of our nationally recognised pre-registration BSc (Hons) Children’s Nursing, our Integrated Masters of Nursing leading to registration as a Children’s/Mental Health Nurse, and our 2 year MSc Children Nursing programme. You will have an exceptional understanding of issues facing contemporary clinical practice in Children’s Nursing founded in your own clinical practice. We are looking for someone who shares our passion for outstanding nurse education and has a dynamic vision for how education and research can transform children’s nursing health care across the lifespan. You will have completed a Masters level qualification and ideally have educational experience. However, we are also keen to hear Children’s Nurses who have a passion for teaching students and would like to develop a career in education.

The University of Southampton’s mission is to change the world for the better. As a world-leading, research-intensive university, with a strong and high-quality educational offering, it is renowned for its innovation and enterprise and sits within the top 1% of universities worldwide. Nursing at Southampton is currently ranked 13th in the world, and 3^rd in the UK according to the QS World Rankings by Subject 2026. It is a leading university for Health Sciences research, ranked in the top 3 UK universities in the overall quality of our research, with our research environment scoring top marks (REF 2021).

As a university we aim to create an environment where everyone can thrive and are proactive in fostering a culture of inclusion, respect and equality of opportunity. We believe that we can only truly meet our objectives if we are reflective of society, so we are passionate about creating a working environment in which you are free to bring your whole self to work.

With a generous holiday allowance, as well as additional university closure days, we are committed to supporting our people and are open to a flexible working approach.

Informal enquiries are strongly encouraged. Please contact Paula Libberton, Head of Department for Nursing Paula Libberton P.Libberton@soton.ac.uk. Please include a covering letter and full CV in your application.

Closing Date: 16 Jun 2026

Section: Education, Research & Enterprise

Salary: £46,049 to £58,225 Per annum
Full Time Permanent

We are looking for someone who shares our passion for high-quality occupational therapy education and has a strong vision for how education and research can transform health care. You will have an appreciation of issues facing contemporary higher education, clinical practice and health and social care services nationally.

This Senior Teaching Fellow (STF) roll is on an education-led pathway. Please see the job descriptions attached for more details of the key qualifications and skills. The role level is dependent on education experience and expertise. You will have or be working towards an MSc with clinical expertise (band 6 level or above) in occupational therapy and experience as an educator in University and/or clinical practice. If this is you, we would be pleased to hear from you.

About the School of Health Sciences

The School of Health Sciences in the Faculty of Environmental and Life Sciences is internationally acknowledged as a leading centre for research in Allied Health Professions, Nursing and Health Sciences in the UK. In the most recent Research Excellence Framework (REF2021) exercise, Health Sciences was ranked number one institution in the UK for overall quality of our research. Our research and research environment received the maximum scores with 100% judged as world leading.

Our School has an excellent track record in nurturing and supporting academic Allied Health Professionals. Our Occupational Therapy programme is ranked number three in league tables and scored first institution for research (Complete University Guide 2026).

What we can offer you

We are an ambitious, mutually supportive academic community, passionate about creating an environment where everyone can achieve their full potential. We are immensely proud to hold an institutional Athena SWAN Silver Award and a School Bronze Award and through this we are pledged to improve equality and diversity. We welcome candidates from all backgrounds, who are committed to helping us create an inclusive work environment.

Working at the University of Southampton gives you access to a comprehensive range of benefits in addition to our competitive rates of pay. Our benefits package also includes a contributory pension scheme, generous holiday allowance (supplemented by University closure days and public holidays), excellent family leave arrangements, subsidised health and fitness facilities, and a cycle-to-work scheme.

Your Application 

For informal inquiries about this post, please contact our Occupational Therapy Programme Lead Dr Rachel Dadswell r.dadswell@soton.ac.uk

Closing Date: 15 Jun 2026

Section: Education, Research & Enterprise

Salary: £46,049 to £58,225 Pro rata per annum
Part Time Permanent 0.6FTE