Clinical Trials Assistant (Internal)

Wye Valley Nhs Trust; Hereford; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 26,000; Full time

Job summary

Wye Valley NHS Trust in Hereford is seeking a proactive Clinical Trials Assistant to support the Research Delivery Team in delivering high quality research across specialties. You will assist in identifying, recruiting and managing study participants in line with GCP, protocols and local SOPs.

The role combines clinical, laboratory and administrative tasks, including data collection, sample handling and coordinating study visits, working closely with patients, carers and multidisciplinary teams

Responsibilities

• Manage simple studies with support from the wider research team.
• Take participant vital signs, ECGs, venepuncture and process/store trial samples; assist with questionnaires.
• Data management tasks and other administrative duties.
• Coordinate study visits and liaise with patients, carers and multidisciplinary teams.

Job description

The Clinical Trials Team are seeking a highly organised and proactive Clinical Trials Assistant. The Clinical Trials Assistant plays a vital role in supporting the Research Delivery Team to deliver high quality research across a range of specialties. The post holder will assist in the identification, recruitment and management of clinical trial participants, ensuring all activities are conducted in accordance with Good Clinical Practice (GCP), study protocols and local SOPs.

This role will involve a combination of clinical, laboratory, and administrative tasks, including assisting with data collection, sample handling, and coordination of study visits. The post holder will work closely with patients, carers and multidisciplinary teams, contributing to the safe and effective delivery of research that improves patient care and advances medical knowledge.

Main duties of the job

• To manage simple studies with support from the wider research team.
• The role will include clinical duties such as taking participant vital signs, ECGs, venepuncture, processing and storage of trial samples and assisting with completion of questionnaires.
• The role will also include data management as well as other administrative tasks.

Wye Valley NHS Trust is a member of an NHS Foundation Group with South WarwickshireUniversity NHS FT, George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust and Worcestershire Acute NHS Hospitals Trust.

Located on the border with Wales in the shadow of the Black Mountains, we provide acute and community services across Herefordshire and into parts of Powys and run Hereford County Hospital and the community hospitals in Bromyard, Leominster and Ross-on-Wye.

We are a progressive and forward looking trust with ambitious plans to improve quality and integrate patient pathways through close collaborative working with our partners to deliver the quality of care we want for our family and friends.

More than 3,000 people work for the Trust they tell us its a great place to work, blending the busyness of a DGH with the benefits of working in a beautiful rural and unspoilt county like Herefordshire.

We can offer a great work-life balance and have a fine tradition of working with staff to help them achieve their full potential.

Russell Hardy, Trust Chairman: "The strength of the Trust is its amazing staff; a great place to work, a great place to develop your career and a great place to reach your potential."

Our values -Care, Accountability, Respect and Excellence - are at the heart of all we do. We believe in providing the right care in the right place at the right time.