Research Assistant (Workplace Trauma Support)

Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust; Manchester; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

The Research Assistant role at Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust supports the Workplace Trauma project on inpatient wards, recruiting staff and patients and conducting assessments.

The post links with the University of Manchester, with line management from the project manager, and involves governance, data handling, report writing and IT tasks.

We value collaborative working with diverse communities and aim to recruit from minority groups.

Qualifications

• Synthesise previous and current research evidence.
• Governance: attend and contribute to multi‑disciplinary meetings.
• Management: set up systems to manage own workload.
• IT: use IT for report writing, data input and analysis.
• General: undertake administrative duties as required.
• Working environment: Research and Innovation Department at the GMMH.

Responsibilities

• Recruit and complete assessments with staff and patients on inpatient wards.
• Collaborate with Trust and University teams.
• Contribute to governance and reporting.
• Support line management processes.

Job description

Research Assistant (Workplace Trauma Support)

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A Vacancy at Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust.

The Workplace Trauma project is an NIHR grant exploring the effect of a workplace trauma support intervention on staff working on acute mental health wards.The post holder will be based within the Research and Innovation Department at Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust, which hosts a number of large mental health trials and other research studies. The post holder will also have close links with the University of Manchester, School of Health Sciences where the Lead Investigator is based. Both the Trust and the University place a very high value on collaborative working with service users and collaborate with service user groups locally and nationally to support a range of clinical and research initiatives.

We strive to be an inclusive research unit, and we welcome applicants from a diverse range of communities to apply for the post, including people from diverse ethnic communities, people who identify as LGBTQIA+, and/or who identify as having a disability or as being neurodivergent. We know that experiences of workplace trauma are more common for staff from Black, Asian, and other diverse ethnic communities, and we will be purposively sampling 50% of our participants from a range of minority groups. Experience of recruiting research participants from diverse communities that are often under-represented in research would therefore be beneficial for the role, as would experience of working on acute mental health inpatient wards.

The post holder will work as part of a team to recruit and complete assessments with staff and patients on mental health inpatient wards. The project is a collaboration betweenGreater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trustand the University of Manchester. The project’s Lead Investigator is Professor Katherine Berry.

The post-holder will receive line management support from the project manager. This includes regular line management supervision, clear objective setting for 3, 6 and 12 months and annual appraisals thereafter (depending on continued funding for the post).

Greater Manchester Mental Health (GMMH) Foundation Trust employs over 7000 members of staff, who deliver services from more than 122 locations.

We provide inpatient and community-based mental health care for people living in Bolton, the city of Manchester, Salford,Trafford and the borough of Wigan, and a wide range of specialist mental health and substance misuse services across Greater Manchester, the north west of England and beyond.

Greater Manchester is one of the world's most innovative, original and exciting places to live and work. From the beauty of the surrounding countryside to the heart of the vibrant inner city with great shopping, entertainment and dining options.

Wherever you go you will experience a great northern welcome with people famed for their warmth, humour and generosity.

Our people enjoy their work, have opportunities to learn and develop their skills and are encouraged to generate new ideas that improve care for our service users.

• Synthesise previous/current research evidence.
• Governance To attend and contribute to appropriate multi-disciplinary
• meetings, steering groups and other forums as appropriate.
• Management Set up systems to ensure efficient management of own workload, under the guidance of the Project Manager / CI .
• IT responsibilities Utilise IT to support report writing, data input and analysis .
• General To undertake specific administrative duties as required .
• Working environment The Research and Innovation (R&I) Department at the GMMH .
• Trust (Central Park) and inpatient mental health wards at hospital
• sites across the Trust.

This advert closes on Friday 30 Oct 2026