Clinical Trials Assistant

Job Overview

University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust is delighted to offer a fantastic opportunity to work with us.

Please see below for a detailed job description of the role.

Main duties of the job

Research is a rewarding and patient-centred career!

The research conducted at UHS is focused on the health and well-being of our patients and their families and significantly contributes to the future progress of healthcare for all patients.

We can truly make a difference in an individual’s care and experience within UHS. We strive to ensure that research is considered a treatment option for all eligible patients, and close collaboration with clinical teams and within patients’ clinical pathways ensures that research opportunities and our research teams are expanding. We are delighted to offer these posts in our research teams to suitable candidates wishing to start or develop their skills and practice in clinical research.

Working for our organisation

As one of the largest acute teaching Trusts in England, we offer learning and development opportunities to help you achieve the career you aspire to.

Specific to this role we are open to discussing flexibility in the hours that you work. Please talk to us at interview about the flexibility you need, and we will explore what’s possible for the role and service. UHS employees are able to access a range of NHS discounts, are entitled to a minimum of 35 days paid holiday (pro rata), and we offer a generous pension scheme.

Southampton is an attractive place to live and work situated on the south coast, with an international airport and direct trains to London. The New Forest National Park and beaches of the Jurassic coast are also right on our doorstep. The city offers living costs 20% lower than London and 14 schools rated outstanding by Ofsted.

There are approx. 300 Research Nurses, AHPs, Midwives, Clinical Research Practitioners and Clinical Trials Assistants, as well as a team of non-clinical support staff, led by a Senior Research Nursing Team, working together across the Trust in all specialities. Our teams are award winning and bring exciting research opportunities to UHS for the benefit of our patients and for the future of healthcare at UHS.

Your Responsibilities

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

What You’ll Do

Working in clinical research you will join an enthusiastic, driven and caring research team, to help provide support to embedded research teams across the trust and within our dedicated NIHR clinical research facility, for new and existing studies. Our team participates in research within many different specialities across the trust. There are always opportunities to gain knowledge and experience within a number of these specialities.

The role offered is to work within the research team.

What We’re Looking For

Enthusiasm, self-motivation, flexibility and drive will be required to ensure the success of this post. Clinical research experience is not essential for the role, full research training will be given; we have an excellent induction and ongoing education programme. You will be involved in all aspects of the research process from study start-up, recruitment and delivery, to study close. Team-working skills, flexibility and drive will be required to ensure the success of this post. You will need to have an excellent level of written and verbal communication skills. Good IT skills are essential. You will work in collaboration with multidisciplinary teams, implementing studies to translate scientific discoveries into improved patient outcomes.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• ‘A’ Level/NVQ3 or equivalent in a relevant subject area
• GCSE Level 4 or above or equivalent in Maths and English
• Evidence of continuing professional development and willingness to undertake further training.
  
  

Desirable criteria

• Degree/ Higher education or equivalent
• IT related qualifications
• ICH GCP Trained
  
  

Knowledge and experience

Essential criteria

• Experience of working with data
• Interest in clinical research.
• Ability to work as part of a team, work under own initiative and independently outside the dept without direct supervision.
• An understanding of confidentiality issues
• Ability to work in a large open plan office where there may be noise distractions
• Willing to travel to various locations in and around Southampton.
  
  

Desirable criteria

• Experience of clinical research.
• Previous NHS or other healthcare environment experience
• Venesection experience/ willingness to learn
  
  

Values and behaviours

Essential criteria

• Patients First
• Always Improving
• Working Together