Job Summary
University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust is delighted to offer a fantastic opportunity to work with us.
Main duties of the job
We are seeking a motivated and experienced Senior Clinical Trials Assistant to join the Cystic Fibrosis (CF) and Bronchiectasis Research Team within our Clinical Research Facility. This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in the delivery of high-quality clinical research studies, supporting both participants and the wider multidisciplinary research team.
The post holder will assist in the delivery of clinical research studies, providing direct patient care alongside essential administrative and organisational support. You will be responsible for organising and managing your own workload, including the day-to-day coordination and implementation of delegated clinical trials, ensuring studies are conducted in line with protocols, Good Clinical Practice (GCP), and regulatory requirements.
You will be expected to develop and maintain clinical knowledge and practical skills relevant to the role, enabling you to provide a consistently high standard of care to participants and volunteers taking part in research studies. Working within your scope of competence, you will deliver direct clinical care and undertake a range of clinical tasks and observations. These will include, but are not limited to, venepuncture, manual and electronic blood pressure measurement, recording ECGs, and performing anthropometric measurements such as height and weight.
Person Specification
Trust Values
Essential
- Patient First
- Always Improving
- Working Together
Qualifications / training required
Essential
- Educated to ‘A’ level or equivalent
- Complete Care Certificate or NVQ3/ foundation degree in Healthcare-related subject
- Evidence of continuing professional development
Desirable
- Degree/ higher education or equivalent
- IT related qualifications
- ICH-GCP trained
Previous or relevant experience necessary
Essential
- Significant relevant experience in a patient-facing healthcare clinical role
- Administrative experience
- IT literate in Microsoft Office software (including Word and Excel)
- Experience of data management
- Advanced keyboard skills
Desirable
- Clinical research experience
- Knowledge of case note tracking, computerised patient administrative systems
- Awareness of current legislation regarding research governance issues
- Phlebotomy experience
- Acute hospital experience
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: 13 January 2026
