Research Assistant, Neuroscience

Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust; Cambridgeshire and Peterborough; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading mental health service provider seeks a Research Post in Mental Health Neuroscience. The role involves delivering neuromodulation research for mood disorders, working within a multidisciplinary team, and engaging with various stakeholders. The ideal candidate will have a strong neuroscience background and excellent interpersonal skills.

Benefits

Flexible Working

Qualifications

• Strong interpersonal skills and good awareness of mental illness spectrum.
• Well-organized and capable of working independently.

Responsibilities

• Join a multidisciplinary team for neuromodulation research.
• Recruit participants and collect data for TMS and EEG studies.
• Deliver TMS and EEG research protocols and analyze EEG data.

Skills

Interpersonal Skills

Organization

Neuroscience Background

Job description

Job Title: Research Post in Mental Health Neuroscience

The post holder will play a vital role in delivering Mental Health Research at the Innovation Centre M-RIC as part of the research team. The post-holder will join a newly formed multidisciplinary team of healthcare professionals and researchers committed to launching and developing neuromodulation research for mood disorders within the M-RIC research programme.

The post holder will be responsible for delivering TMS and EEG research protocols, utilizing evidence-based standardized outcome measures. Maintaining good working relationships with service users, carers, clinic staff, and other stakeholders will be key to the success of this role.

The successful candidate should have a neuroscience background, be well-organized, capable of working independently, possess strong interpersonal skills, and have a good awareness of the spectrum of mental illness.

Key Responsibilities

1. Join a newly formed multidisciplinary team dedicated to neuromodulation research for mood disorders as part of the M-RIC research programme.
2. Recruit research participants and collect data for studies and trials, including TMS and EEG, and standardized outcome measures such as PHQ-9, GAD-7, among others.
3. Deliver TMS and EEG research protocols and analyze EEG data.

Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical and mental health services in the North West, serving over 1.4 million people across the region, with services extending to North Wales and the Midlands.

We offer specialist inpatient and community services supporting physical health, mental health, learning disabilities, addiction, and brain injury. Mersey Care is one of only three trusts in the UK offering high secure mental health facilities.

Our core commitment is to ‘perfect care’—safe, effective, positively experienced, timely, equitable, and efficient. We support our staff to perform their best and work closely with service users, families, and carers to co-design future services. We are currently implementing a programme of organizational and service transformation to improve quality and reduce costs.

Flexible working requests will be considered for all roles.

For further details or informal visits, please contact:

• Name: Dr Jade Thai
• Job Title: Senior Research Lead
• Email: [e-mail]
• Telephone: [phone]