Drug Research and Prevention Specialist
14 hours ago
Job Overview
Liverpool John Moores University is a leading institution in public health research, seeking an experienced professional to coordinate its drug-related deaths research and prevention efforts.
About the Role
We are seeking a skilled Public Health Coordinator - Drug Related Deaths to join our team. In this role, you will be responsible for coordinating and chairing regular non-fatal overdose (NFO) and drug and alcohol related death review sessions for all mortality deaths related to drug or alcohol use across Knowsley, Sefton, and St Helens.
You will drive actions arising from the data and review sessions to evidence their impact. Your duties will include:
- Coordinating and chairing regular NFO and DARD review sessions
- Liaising with relevant organisations and personnel to ensure sessions have appropriate participation
- Developing systems for monitoring non-fatal overdoses/near misses and producing regular reports highlighting the number and characteristics of cases
- Investigating potential additional data sources to enrich understanding of DARD and enhance the system's learning
- Analysing the learning within the context of the wider Public Health/Health Inequalities/Health Improvement framework and promoting actions within local strategies to reduce health inequalities and improve public health
- Taking a leading role in feeding local experience, learning service improvements to national networks and monitoring processes, and bringing together local and national learning
- Supporting the DARD review process to explore and identify factors contributing to people leaving drug and alcohol treatment alongside implementing remedial action to address these factors
Benefits
We offer an excellent benefits package including generous annual leave entitlement, pension scheme, induction and development support, as well as family-friendly policies.
What We Offer
This is an exciting time to join the university as we deliver the LJMU Strategy 2030 and its vision of LJMU as an inclusive civic university transforming lives and futures by placing students at the heart of everything we do.
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