Assistant Research Practitioner B4

Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust; Gillingham; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

The Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust invites applications for a Band 4 Assistant Research Practitioner to join the South East Regional Research Delivery Network (SE RRDN) in Kent. You will support NIHR Portfolio studies across varied health and care settings, partnering with Research Nurses, CRPs, AHPs and Facilitators to deliver research with patients and participants.

Travel across sites is required; a driving licence and access to a car are essential.

Qualifications

• Educated to A level or equivalent.
• NVQ3/foundation degree in a healthcare subject or currently pursuing.
• Understanding governance and ICH Good Clinical Practice.
• Experience of data management/administration - preferably in a health or care setting.
• Computer literate with some experience of common office applications.

Responsibilities

• Support and deliver NIHR Portfolio studies across varied health and care settings across Kent, Surrey and Sussex.
• Identify, recruit, deliver and follow up research participants according to protocols.
• Travel across multiple sites; access to a car and full driving licence required; travel expenses reimbursed.
• Collaborate with Research Nurses/CRPs/AHPs/Facilitators within the RRDN core team to ensure smooth delivery of studies.

Education

A level or equivalent

NVQ3/foundation degree in a healthcare subject or working towards

Job description

We are looking for enthusiastic, motivated health research professional who will be a key member of the SE RRDN Agile Research Delivery Team (ARDT), supporting and delivering NIHR Portfolio research projects across community, residential, primary care, hospital and wider care settings. You will play a key role in supporting the delivery of a diverse portfolio of Commercial and Non-Commercial research studies and clinical trials across the SE RRDN. The emphasis will be ‘one team, one workforce’, that will deliver high quality and new types of research across the whole of Kent, Surrey and Sussex.

You’ll work as part of a flexible, multidisciplinary team, supporting the set up and delivery of studies across multiple organisations and care environments, helping to make high quality research accessible to patients and participants across the region.

Previous research experience is not essential, full training, supervision, and ongoing professional development will be provided. This is an excellent opportunity for someone with a strong healthcare background who is eager to start or build a career in research.

As this role involves travel across multiple sites, access to a car and a full driving licence are essential.

Main duties of the job

The focus for this role is for the post holder to work closely with and support Research
Nurses/ CRPs/ AHPs/ Research Facilitators in the delivery of National Institute for Health
and Care Research (NIHR) Portfolio studies across varied health and care settings. This will
require flexible working across disciplines and the Regional Research Delivery Network
(RRDN) region and will involve the correct identification, recruitment, delivery and follow up
for research participants according to the appropriate research protocols. The post holder
will need good interpersonal skills to facilitate collaborative working relationships across a
breadth of stakeholders. The role will support different professions from multiple
organisations involved in health and care research and will be an integral part of the Agile
Research Delivery Team which sits within the RRDN core team. The post holder will be
accountable to the Agile Research Delivery Nurse/ CRP/ AHP/ Facilitator.

Working for our organisation

Royal Surrey is a compassionate and collaborative acute and community Trust. Recognising that our 5,000 colleagues are our greatest strength, we offer a comprehensive health and wellbeing programme alongside a strong commitment to developing your career. Our diverse and welcoming Royal Surrey family ensures you feel valued from your initial interview and throughout your time with us.

We are clinically led and provide joined-up care by bridging hospital and community services, alongside delivering regional specialist cancer care. Our main acute hospital site is in Guildford, with community sites at Milford, Haslemere and Cranleigh, and services delivered in patients’ homes across Guildford and Waverley.

We work in partnership with Ashford & St Peter’s Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust through a collaborative Group Model, supporting joined-up services, workforce flexibility and development opportunities.

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has rated us as Outstanding. We are proud of our achievements and continue to invest in our people and infrastructure.

To learn more about life at Royal Surrey, please watch our short video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R96pMboIYdo

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please refer to the Job description

Band 4 - Permanent contract

South East Regional Research Delivery Network (SE-RRDN) are recruiting a Band 4 Assistant Research Practitioner to extend their team to support research across South East Region. This vacancy is based in Kent (Rochester).

Are you ready to take on a new and exciting challenge?
Do you thrive in dynamic environments and enjoy working across a variety of healthcare settings?

As part of an innovative plan to transform the support for health-related research across the region, the South East Regional Research Delivery Network (SE RRDN) is recruiting an Assistant Research Practitioner to their Kent-based delivery team.

Previous research experience is not essential, full training, supervision, and ongoing professional development will be provided. This is an excellent opportunity for someone with a strong healthcare background who is eager to start or build a career in research.

As this role involves travel across multiple sites, access to a car and a full driving licence are essential. Travel expenses will be reimbursed in line with the Trust’s expenses policy. In addition, while your primary focus will be supporting research delivery across Kent, there may be occasions where you will contribute to activities in Surrey and Sussex to support wider network priorities and ensure flexible study delivery across the region.

The Royal Surrey is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.

Reasonable adjustments to the interview process can be made for any candidates with a disability.

Important:

The closing date given is a guide only. There may be some occasions where we have to close a vacancy once sufficient applications have been received. It is therefore advisable that you submit your application as early as possible to avoid disappointment.

Please ensure you check your emails regularly as this is how we will communicate with you throughout the recruitment process.

If you have not heard from us within three weeks after the closing date, we regret that this usually means that your application was not successful.

In submitting an application form, you authorise Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust to confirm any previous NHS service details via the Inter Authority Transfer (IAT) process should you be appointed to the post.

The Trust aims to treat all applicants fairly in regards to any disclosure of conviction revealed at the application stage. Having a criminal record will not necessarily bar you from working with us. This will depend on the nature of the position and the circumstances and background of your offences. If you currently reside outside of the UK we will require documentary proof of security/police clearance, in English.

The Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust has a safeguarding policy for both adults and children and is committed to all safeguarding legislation and current standards.

Person specification

Qualifications

• Educated to A level or equivalent.
• NVQ3/foundation degree in a Healthcare related subject or working towards.
• Developing knowledge of the governance and legislative framework for conducting clinical research studies,including ICH Good Clinical Practice.

Knowledge and Experience

• Developing knowledge of the governance and legislative framework for conducting clinical research studies, including ICH Good Clinical Practice.
• Developing knowledge of the clinical trial and health and care research lifecycle including some experience of the set up of clinical research studies in a health or care setting.
• Demonstrable experience of data management/administration - preferably in a health or care setting.
• Computer literate with some experience of the use of Web applications, Microsoft Office and/or Google Hub applications.
• An understanding of confidentiality issues.
• Experience of the care of patients/participants enrolled in research studies.
• Knowledge of case note tracking, computerised patient administrative systems.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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.