Job Summary
Are you looking for a new and exciting opportunity to be at the forefront of changing patient care?
Do you want to be part of finding new treatments to improve patients lives?
Do you want to be part of a friendly and support team?
Do you want to learn and develop your own skills within a supportive environment?
If your answer to these questions is yes an exciting opportunity has arisen for a newly created post to work as a research assistant within the diabetes, metabolic and endocrine research team. We are looking for someone with relevant clinical experience and excellent communication skills with the ability to work independently but also as part of a team.
Main duties of the job
Assist the nursing team in caring for participants taking part in clinical trials
Carry out clinical observations, ECGs, phlebotomy with supervision from registered nurse
Be a first point of contact for participants of trials.
Discuss the study with potential participants and consent to simple trials
Assist with lab sampling and packaging, sending of samples
Entering clinical data to relevant databases
Assisting research team with administrative tasks
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- NVQ level 2 or 5 GCSEs
- Care Certificate
Desirable
- GCP certificate
- A levels or equivalent
Experience
Essential
- Extensive relevant clinical care work experience
- Experience of working in an NHS environment
- Experience of working as part of a multidisciplinary team
Desirable
- Previous research experience
- Understanding of diabetes metabolic and endocrine disorders
- Phlebotomy experience
Personal skills
Essential
- Excellent written and oral communication skills
- Ability to organise, prioritise and co ordinate workload, working to tight deadlines
- Experience and Ability to work as part of a team
- Willingness to learn new skills and techniques
Behavioural skills
Essential
- Aligned to values of the NHS and the Trust
- Conducts themselves in a professional manner at all times
- positive, flexible and enthusiastic approach to work
- self motivated with ability to work on own initiative
technical skills
Essential
- Computer literate with experience of working with microsoft office packages
- ability to manage different databases to enter research data
Desirable
- experience of database entry for clinical trials
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Closing Date: 03 July 2025
