Research Assistant

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Liverpool; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional health services provider is looking for a Research Assistant in Liverpool. This role will involve supporting the Breast Research team through tasks such as venepuncture and data entry. Candidates should be educated to GCSE level or equivalent, with experience in a health care setting and strong communication skills. The position offers the chance to work in a collaborative research environment and contributes to patient care within clinical trials.

Qualifications

• GCSE standard/NVQ3 in relevant subject or equivalent.
• Experience of working in a Health Care setting.
• Knowledge of medical terminology and hospital information systems.

Responsibilities

• Perform venepuncture and blood processing.
• Recruit patients for clinical studies.
• Collect and enter patient data accurately.

Skills

Good communication skills – written and verbal

Ability to organise and prioritise own workload

Ability to use initiative

Ability to use tact and a sensitive approach to patients and relatives

Education

Educated to GCSE standard/NVQ3 in relevant subject or equivalent

Tools

Keyboard/Word Processing

Spreadsheets/databases

Job description

Go back Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Research Assistant

The closing date is 28 January 2026

There is an exciting opportunity for a Clerical / Research Assistant to work within the Breast Research team in Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. This will include all LUHFT sites Aintree, the Royal, and Broadgreen.

Main duties of the job

The purpose of this post is to provide comprehensive support to the Researchers and the research teams.

The Clerical / Research Assistant will be expected to perform a variety of clinical and clerical research duties within a research environment. They will assist with patients' study visits and clinical trial procedures. This will include clinical tasks such as venepuncture, vital signs, collection, processing (including centrifugation, freezing, handling of dry ice) and shipping of biological specimens according to protocol requirements. The clerical duties will involve collection of patient data from medical notes, completion of case report forms (CRF’s), data inputting and providing general admin support.

About us

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust was created on 1 October 2019 following the merger of two adult acute Trusts, Aintree University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and the Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust.

The merger provides an opportunity to reconfigure services in a way that provides the best healthcare services to the city and improves the quality of care and health outcomes that patients experience.

The Trust runs Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital, Liverpool University Dental Hospital and the Royal Liverpool University Hospital.

It serves a core population of around 630,000 people across Merseyside as well as providing a range of highly specialist services to a catchment area of more than two million people in the North West region and beyond.

To hear more about our achievements click here https://www.liverpoolft.nhs.uk/media/13089/1606-annual-report-booklet_final.pdf

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Job responsibilities

• Venepuncture
• Blood processing
• ECGs
• Recruiting patients
• Collecting/entering data
• Contacting patients / arranging taxis
• Training will be provided as necessary

For further enquiries please contact Deborah Scanlon and Khaled Al‑Irr on 0151 706 4757 (8am - 5pm)

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Educated to GCSE standard/NVQ3 in relevant subject or equivalent

Experience

• Keyboard/Word Processing
• Spreadsheets/databases
• Experience of working in a Health Care setting

Knowledge

• Medical Terminology
• Good working knowledge of Hospital information systems

Skills

• Good communication skills – written and verbal
• Ability to organise and prioritise own workload
• Ability to use initiative
• Ability to use tact and a sensitive approach to patients and relatives

Other

• Flexible approach to work
• Willingness to undertake training
• An interest in the area/speciality of the research

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

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