Fulfil your potential in hospitals that make history:
Charing Cross, Hammersmith, St Mary's, Queen Charlotte's & Chelsea and Western Eye.
With five world-renowned hospitals, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust is full of opportunity if you are looking to develop your healthcare career.
We are an NHS Trust of approximately 14,000 people, providing care for over a million and a half patients from north west London and beyond every year.
We have a rich heritage and an ambitious vision for the future of our patients and local communities.
With our partners, Imperial College London, and The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, we form Imperial College Academic Health Science Centre, one of 6 academic health science centres in the UK, working to ensure the rapid translation of research for better patient care and excellence in education.
We are proud of our heritage in innovation and we are early adopters of new insights in technologies, techniques and treatments for improving health.
Job overview
This is an exciting opportunity to join the Ophthalmology Research Team at the Western Eye Hospital, part of Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, and play a pivotal role in helping to deliver new, potentially life changing, treatments to our patients. This post will provide essential support to our growing Ophthalmology Research Team, co-ordinating data processes for clinical research projects.
This is a varied, challenging and exciting role and will suit someone that has ambitions to develop their skills. You must be highly motivated, organised and have experience of working without close supervision and be able to multi-task within close deadlines.
The post holder will be based at Western Eye Hospital's Clinical Trials Unit.
Main duties of the job
1. The post holder will support the aims of the Trust and the NIHR Research Delivery Network to improve the speed, quality, and integration of clinical research, through the successful delivery of clinical research in the NHS.
2. The post holder will support the administration of the day to day activity of the clinical delivery team co-ordination of the studies with other clinical trial centres.
3. The main focus of the role will be in supporting the delivery teams in the administrative tasks relating to clinical research, for example site files maintenance, data compliance.
4. The post holder will ensure that any research undertaken safeguards the well-being of research participants and is conducted to ICH Good Clinical Practice.
Working for our organisation
At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care.
Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You'll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career.
Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to Work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.
We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly, part time or job share. Please talk to us at interview.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required.
For both overviews please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert.
Person specification
Education/ qualifications
Essential criteria
* Diploma level qualification or equivalent training and/or experience
Desirable criteria
* Degree
Experience
Essential criteria
* Ability to prioritise work to meet tight deadlines
* Previous clerical/administrative experience
* Knowledge of medical terminology
Desirable criteria
* Previous experience of working in a hospital or NHS setting
* Experience dealing with people in a healthcare or other stressful environments.
Skills/knowledge/ abilities
Essential criteria
* Good interpersonal skills including professional telephone etiquette
* Ability to use initiative
* Organisational skills/ability to learn
* IT skills
Desirable criteria
* Service sector work (preferably hospital).
Please ensure you check your emails regularly as this is how we will communicate with you throughout the recruitment process. If you are shortlisted you will be contacted by email and text message (if you provide a mobile contact number).
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Documents to download
* Job description (PDF, 956.8KB)
* Functional Requirement Form (PDF, 240.6KB)
* Our Strategy 2023-25 (PDF, 230.4KB)
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