Job Description:

Job information Research Support Assistant from the Company Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust, this latest Research Support Assistant job vacancy is located in the city Halifax HX located in the country United Kingdom . This latest job opening is open to job seekers who have the latest education / graduate GCSE . Job Vacancies in this Research field have been opened and published up to the specified time.

Job Responsibility:

This is an exciting new role within the research team to assist in the rapid set up of new research studies. The primary focus of the role is to support the Research Facilitator in ensuring the department delivers on its tasks to implement research quickly and safely and deliver a high-quality research service and provide support in the set-up process of research projects. They will act as a point of coordination and liaise with the research delivery team, medical and surgical teams, governance team, relevant support departments and external sponsors to expedite rapid reviews for potential new study opportunities. As such, the post holder will need to be able to manage a dynamic workload and be able to constantly prioritise and respond to changes. The post holder will be a key member of the research team, with excellent interpersonal skills including a high level of written and verbal communication skills and good networking skills. Whilst on-the-job training is provided, the post holder is expected to have the ability to grasp information quickly. Applicants are advised to read the job description and person specification carefully and evidence that they meet the essential criteria as stated. We employ more than 6,500 staff who deliver compassionate care from our two main hospitals, Calderdale Royal Hospital and Huddersfield Royal Infirmary as well as in community sites, health centres and in patients' homes. We also are incredibly proud to have almost 150 volunteers here at CHFT. We provide a range of services including urgent and emergency care; medical; surgical; maternity; gynaecology; critical care; children's and young people's services; end of life care and outpatient and diagnostic imaging services. We provide community health services, including sexual health services in Calderdale from Calderdale Royal and local health centres. These include Todmorden Health Centre and Broad Street Plaza. We continue to modernise and invest in our health services to build on our strong reputation. Foundation trusts are public leaders in improving quality in health services. They are part of the NHS - yet decisions about what they do and how they do it are driven by independent boards. Boards listen to their Council of Governors and respond to the needs of their members - patients, staff and the local community. Foundation trusts provide what the health service wants, yet are also free to invest quickly in the changes to the local community needs, in striving to be the best, and in putting their patients first.

• Link closely with Trust services and departments, clinicians and external partners to identify opportunities for new research.
• Assist with expressions of interest for new research studies within the pre-designated timeframes, by liaising with suitable clinicians and teams to collect accurate information to support successful site selection.
• Assist in the set-up and review of new research across a wide variety of specialties; closely liaising with governance, the research delivery team & service support departments to ensure swift study set-up.
• Arrange feasibility and site initiation meetings, staff training, and co-ordinate any resource requirements, e.g., room bookings and equipment.
• Support the assessment of new study feasibilities with the Principal Investigator and Research Nurse/Midwife/AHP, by reviewing the protocol, assessing any resource implications, and seeking specialist advice where required.
• Work with the Principal Investigator and Research Nurse/Midwife/AHP to decide on an achievable recruitment target for new studies, to ensure recruitment to time and target and adherence to performance metrics.
• Communicate effectively and provide regular communications to clinicians, research delivery team, trial sponsors, ethics committees etc regarding all aspects of new research.
• Circulate study information and co-ordinate training internally by linking with the research delivery team and research champions.
• Provide timely responses to queries and requests.
• Display a professional, polite, and presentable approach to all researchers and others who contact the research office and develop good networking skills and engagement with external partners.
• Assist in the preparation, review, and finalisation of essential documents for new studies.
• Set-up and maintain comprehensive electronic and paper files as appropriate for individual research projects, ensuring that contractual, legal and policy requirements are complied with and provide training to the research delivery team where required.
• Assist with the acquisition and distribution of study equipment and tools and ensure relevant safety checks are conducted in accordance with trust policy, by medical engineering if required
• Assist in the maintenance of the EDGE database and the Trust's own research projects database to ensure that the project records are kept up-to-date and accurate.
• Assist in the production of ad hoc reports, independent project work and performance reports using EDGE, local databases, and national information systems e.g. ODP and CPMS as requested.
• Provide support for the internal monitoring of studies.
• Have an awareness of the financial arrangements for clinical research, associated costs, and invoicing systems in line with internal processes (training provided) and consult with finance to ensure timely and accurate invoices are raised to ensure study costs are recovered.
• Provide support to research committees and groups as required by the Research Manager.
• Have an awareness of the structure, roles, and function of the R&D department and all Trust service support departments.
• Have an awareness of the importance of NIHR performance objectives for initiating and delivering clinical research.
• Seek advice from the Research Facilitator, Research Manager, colleagues in the NIHR Yorkshire and Humber CRN, and other R&D staff within the Trust where appropriate.
• Always follow and comply with R&D/Trust policies, procedures, and protocols.

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Closed Date : 2025-04-14