Research Assistant Practitioner

NHS; Coventry; On-site; GBP 27,000 - 31,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Coventry is looking for a Research Assistant Practitioner to assist clinical research teams. The role involves providing clinical support, conducting assessments, and managing participant recruitment. This permanent, part-time position offers a salary range of £27,485 to £30,162 per annum and flexible working patterns are available.

Qualifications

• Completion of supporting qualifications as outlined in the documents.
• Experience in handling clinical research protocols.
• Ability to work under supervision in a clinical setting.

Responsibilities

• Provide information to patients about their participation in studies.
• Assist with clinical procedures such as vital sign measurements and blood sampling.
• Manage and coordinate clinical records and data entry for studies.

Job description

University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust

Research Assistant Practitioner

The Research Assistant Practitioner will provide clinical and administrative support to clinical research teams, ensuring the safe conduct of research in accordance with the regulatory and legal frameworks relating to the planning, undertaking and closure of research studies, providing assurance that the rights, safety and well-being of trial participants are protected.

The post holder will be supported through a comprehensive training/competency package as appropriate to the job role and will assist in the identification, recruitment and management of participants into a portfolio of research studies including but not restricted to commercial and non-commercial clinical trials.

Closing Date: 19 October 2025

Main duties of the job

• Provide appropriate information to patients and their carers participating in studies.
• Arrange patient assessments and visits as appropriate to relevant study protocol
• Assist the research team in the preparation and conduct of the clinic visits for patients enrolled in research study
• Under supervision or after appropriate training, carry out clinical procedures including but not limited to vital sign measurement, ECG acquisition, phlebotomy and cannulation, height, weight blood pressure measurements
• Report all findings from clinical procedures to research team and accurately document as advised by team in appropriate research files, logs and databases and patient records
• After appropriate training and assessment of competence process blood, urine and other samples according to protocols such as preparing serum separation using centrifuge and pipetting.
• Arrange couriers for safe and timely transport of all clinical samples
• Attend multi-disciplinary meetings to support the team with patient identification and recruitment

About us

University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust, rated as good by the Care Quality Commission, is one of the largest teaching Trusts in the UK.

We are extremely proud of our employees across our hospital sites, with high quality patient care at the heart of everything we do.

Job responsibilities

Research Teams:

• Support Research Nurses and Physicians by assisting in the planning and conduct of all types of research studies
• Adhere to trial protocols and work in accordance with ICH GCP and Trust Standard Operating Procedures.
• Manage and co-ordinate own portfolio of uncomplicated studies, not requiring qualified medical/ nursing intervention in accordance with the relevant Local, National and International guidelines
• Use databases to access patient groups to improve patient opportunity and recruitment to trials
• Identify/screen patients for studies and registers/ enrol patients into these studies, ensuring informed consent is in place
• After appropriate training and competence assessment obtain written informed consent for allocated non-interventional research studies as delegated by the Principal Investigator
• Co-ordinate and manage a portfolio of non-interventional research studies in line with protocol ethics approvals
• Coordinate the follow up of an identified caseload of trial patients with minimal supervision
• Day to day maintenance of patient records whilst the trial is in progress, data entry onto electronic or paper based case records forms
• Assist in the preparation of and participate in monitoring visits, and respond to data queries
• Ensure serious adverse events are reported and acted upon as required by the protocol in liaison with a research nurse and or Principal Investigator

Person Specification

Qualifications

• See supporting documents

Experience

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Knowledge

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Skills

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Commitment to Trust Values and Behaviours

• See supporting documents

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.

Salary: £27,485 to £30,162 a year pro rata per annum

Contract: Permanent

Working pattern: Part-time, Flexible working, Compressed hours

Reference number: 218-AHP-B4-7524913

Job locations: University Hospital Coventry and Warwickshire