Job summary
- Main area
- Research and Development
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 8a
- Contract
- 17 months (Fixed Term or secondment)
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 196-COF10819-S
- Employer
- Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Education Centre
- Town
- London
- Salary
- £61,927 - £68,676 p.a inc HCA
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 20/07/2025 23:59
- Interview date
- 31/07/2025
Employer heading

Population Health Research and Evaluation Fellow
NHS AfC: Band 8a
Guy’s and St Thomas’ is among the UK’s busiest and most successful NHS foundation trusts. We provide a full range of hospital and community services for people in south London and as well as specialist care for patients from further afield including cancer, renal, orthopaedic, respiratory and cardiovascular services.
Guy’s is home to the largest dental school in Europe and a £160 million Cancer Centre opened in 2016. As part of our commitment to provide care closer to home, in 2017 we also opened a cancer centre and a kidney treatment centre at Queen Mary’s Hospital in Sidcup. St Thomas’ has one of the largest critical care units in the UK and one of the busiest emergency departments in London. It is also home to Evelina London Children’s Hospital.
Evelina London cares for local children in Lambeth and Southwark and provides specialist services across south east England including cardiac, renal and critical care services. We lead a number of specialist service networks aiming to ensure children are treated locally where possible, but have access to specialist expertise when they need it. Our community services include health visiting, school nursing and support for families of children with long-term conditions.
Our adult community services teams deliver care at the heart of the local communities we serve, working in partnership with GPs, local authorities and other healthcare and voluntary sector organisations. Working with our partners in Lambeth and Southwark, we are focusing on new ways of working to improve care for local patients.
In February 2021 the Royal Brompton and Harefield joined Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, bringing together world-leading expertise in the care and research of heart and lung disease. Our merger provides a once in a generation opportunity to build a lasting, world-renowned heart and lung centre, providing the highest quality care for patients and conducting world-leading research.
We have a reputation for clinical excellence and high quality teaching and research. We are part of King’s Health Partners, one of eight accredited UK academic health sciences centres. In partnership with King’s College London we have dedicated clinical research facilities including an MHRA accredited Phase I clinical trials unit.
Patients are at the heart of everything we do and we pride ourselves on ensuring the best possible patient experience as well as safe, high quality care. We are proud to have one of the lowest mortality rates in the NHS. Following a comprehensive Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspection in 2019 we maintained our overall rating of ‘good’. Our adult community services achieved a rating of ‘outstanding’.
The commitment of our 23,500 staff is key to our success. We are one of the largest local employers and we aim to develop and support all our staff so they are able to deliver high quality, safe and efficient care. The 2019 NHS staff survey results show that we have one of the most engaged and motivated workforces in the NHS. We know this has a positive impact on the care provided to our patients.
We have one of the most ambitious capital investment programmes anywhere in the NHS.
Job overview
Are you passionate about transforming healthcare through prevention, equity, and data-informed care? Join the Population Health Hub (PHH) at Guy’s and St Thomas’, a pioneering team redefining care for our communities.
The PHH is a multidisciplinary team supported by Guy’s and St Thomas’ Charity, driving the Trust’s ambition to improve population health by 2030. We bring together clinical, public health, analytical, and management expertise to support services in delivering preventative, equitable, and insight-led care. The Hub aims to address priority health needs and reduce disparities in access, experience, and outcomes in the population we serve.
You’ll be part of a collaborative team working with services, staff, patients, carers, and system partners. We lead projects that support integrated data across care settings to identify unmet needs, support service redesign focused on early intervention, and conduct impactful research and evaluations. Innovation and learning are at our core.
Why join us? Be at the forefront of improving population health in one of the UK’s most diverse communities. Work with a passionate team improving lives and reducing inequalities. Help shape a new care model focused on prevention and equity and contribute to delivering the quintuple aim: better outcomes, equity, experience, staff wellbeing, and value.
Main duties of the job
The Population Health Hub (PHH) at Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a skilled professional to lead its research and evaluation function. This pivotal role will shape how the Trust understands and improves population health, equity, and services through data-driven insights and system collaboration. The postholder will design and manage mixed-methods evaluations, ensure robust governance, and work closely with clinical teams, analysts, academics, and community stakeholders. Key responsibilities include leading evaluation frameworks, analysing complex data, co-designing research with partners, and translating findings into accessible outputs. They will line manage staff, support training and capacity building, and contribute to strategic development, funding proposals, and dissemination of impactful research. Success will be measured by the delivery of high-quality evaluations, strong partnerships, and the use of evidence to drive meaningful population health improvements
Working for our organisation
We offer a dynamic challenging job, in a fast moving, flexible working environment. We have a strong commitment to your personal and professional development.
In addition, we offer excellent benefits, such as:
- A minimum of 27 days annual holiday allowance (not including bank holidays), plus the option to buy and sell. Increasing to 29 days after 5 years and 33 days after 10 years
- The NHS Pension Scheme - one of the most generous and comprehensive in the UK. When you start working for the NHS you automatically become a member and you will get an excellent package of pension benefits.
- Interest free Season Ticket Loan
- Long Term Service Awards
- Subsidised on-site nurseries and childcare vouchers
- A comprehensive staff health and well-being programme, '5 ways to a healthier YOU'
- Ride to work scheme
- Employee assistance programme
- Free staff counselling service
- Free stop smoking service
Our Trust values: We are Caring, Ambitious, Inclusive
If you would like to join the team, please apply today
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For further information on the role and full responsibilities, please refer to the job description and person specification attached.
Person specification
Educational Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Masters degree or eqivalent experience and professional development in Epidemiology, Public Health, Population Health, Medical sociology, medical anthropology, health psychology, health economics or a closely related subject.
Previous experience
Essential criteria
- Demonstrated experience of UK health service research, including managing health service or complex intervention evaluations
- Highly competent in qualitative research methods and analysis, particularly in workshop and focus group discussion facilitation.
- Demonstrated experience of writing grant proposals and peer reviewed publications
Desirable criteria
- Ability to work with NHS professionals in evaluating and contributing to policy recommendations.
Skills/Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Competent in quantitative research methods and analysis, with a demonstrable knowledge of statistical software packages, such as STATA, SPSS, SAS and R.
Desirable criteria
- Demonstrable knowledge of logic models, theory of change processes and quality improvement approaches.
Applicant requirements
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Katherine Brittin
- Job title
- Programme Director - Population Health Hub
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07708031103
- Additional information
If you would like to discuss the opportunity, please contact Katherine Brittin for an informal discussion.
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