Trainee Clinical Trials Research Assistant

South West London and St Georges Mental Health Trust; Tooting; Hybrid; GBP 20,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading mental health trust in England is seeking a Trainee Clinical Research Trials Assistant. This role is focused on supporting clinical research delivery, recruiting participants, and assisting in data collection. Candidates will benefit from flexible working and career development opportunities. Apply by 6 Aug 2025.

Benefits

Flexible working

Career development support

Training and educational meetings

Qualifications

• N/A relevant knowledge of clinical and psychometric assessments.
• Experience or understanding of Good Clinical Practice (GCP).

Responsibilities

• Support recruitment of participants for clinical research studies.
• Assist in data collection and management of trial-related paperwork.
• Work within the R&D team adhering to research protocols.

Skills

Clinical research delivery

Data collection

Patient recruitment

Education

Relevant educational background

Job description

A Vacancy at South West London and St George's Mental Health NHS Trust.


South West London & St George’s Mental Health NHS Trust is committed to hosting high-quality research. The Clinical Research Unit based at Barnes Hospital (temporarily based in Teddington) serves a Trust-wide research portfolio in observational and interventional Phase II-IV trials. We are looking to appoint an enthusiastic Trainee Clinical Research Trials Assistant to join the Team and support our work on National Institute of Health Research (NIHR) Portfolio studies. This post provides a great opportunity for the successful candidate to gain experience in clinical research delivery, work together with other researchers in the Team, recruit participants and carry out clinical and psychometric assessments. Personal professional development through training, educational meetings and career guidance will also be available. Applicants are welcome to contact the Clinical Research Unit for further information by e-mailing Tania West, Head of Research:[e-mail]

We are committed to get the very best out of our staff and support staff in their career aspirations. We have career pathways available, where you will be able to develop your skills and build on your experience to progress into other roles across different specialties. For this role, we offer career pathways in R&D Governance and Clinical Research Delivery.

In addition, we offer ongoing training and development in R&D Governance, setting up and delivering clinical research.

As part of this role, the candidate would be expected to support our clinical research delivery team with the screening, identification, and recruitment participants into NIHR clinical research studies, and support the research delivery team across all areas of the Trust NIHR research portfolio. This may involve cross-site working. The post will be for 6 months fixed term in the first instance.

Agile and flexible working:

As one of the few Trusts in London we are proud to offer flexible and agile working as part of our new ways of working, and we are happy to talk flexible working at the interview stage. In this role you will be able to work Monday to Friday in the time frames from 08:00 to 18:00, giving you the very best of good work life balance.

We are Proud to Belong at South West London and St George’s Mental Health NHS Trust.

We have expert services, a rich history and a clear commitment to providing the best quality care for those with mental ill-health. The Care Quality Commission already rates our services as ‘good’ - we aspire to be ‘outstanding’.

This is a great time to join us. We are transforming the way we care for our communities to support our mission of Making Life Better Together. We have built two brand new mental health facilities at Springfield University Hospital, which are amongst the best in the world. More developments are planned across our sites and services.

We are inclusive and diverse and strive to be actively anti racist. We want to attract people from all backgrounds and experiences to enrich the work we do together. We are proud to co-produce and involve our local communities in all that we do.

We offer flexible working, career development and a variety of benefits to enable a positive, welcoming environment in which our people and their careers can thrive.

About our locations:

The post will be based in the R&D Office located at Springfield University Hospital, with cross-site working across the Clinical Research Unit (CRU) located at Barnes Hospital (temporarily in Teddington) and Tolworth Hospital.

Core Responsibilities
1. Develop knowledge of the ethical principles for clinical research and its implications for
current practice.
2. As a member of the R&D team, s/he will be responsible for the provision of robust
operational support in all aspects of clinical trials administration according to Good
Clinical Practice (GCP) guidelines, local standard operating procedures (SOPs) and
other relevant SWLStG policies.
3. Be responsible for his/her own personal and professional development, ensuring that
all relevant skills and training (e.g. GCP) remaining up-to-date to carry out all jobrelated responsibilities.
4. Help to identify mental health service users and carers who are eligible to take part in
a range of research projects and to provide information and support for users involved
in research projects.
5. Help to collect data, which will involve reviewing electronic medical records and data
entry.
6. Help to recruit patients into observational research studies, through screening records,
assisting to recruit participants, and participate in the follow-up and completion of
relevant trial-specific paperwork.
7. Post holder will ensure that patients’ care and treatment, assessments, follow-up and
data collection are conducted according to the appropriate research protocols.




This advert closes on Wednesday 6 Aug 2025