An exciting opportunity has arisen within the Research and Development (R&D) team for a Clinical Studies Assistant (CSA) post to support, deliver, and drive forward research in the Trust.
Band 4 - £26,530-£29,114 per annum - full time, 37.5 hours per week. Offered on a fixed-term / secondment basis until 31 March 2026.
You will be based with the R&D team on a home and remote working basis, and will work closely with various clinical teams across the Trust, providing dedicated research support.
As part of the role, you will support mental health research across many specialities; Adult/Older People's Mental Health, Learning Disability, Children and Young People, Dementia and Neuropsychiatry.
Good Clinical Practice and study-specific training will be offered as part of the role.
This post is crucial to ensuring the efficient delivery of research activities involving Trust staff, service users, and carers. The post will include research recruitment, coordination, and delivery of National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) portfolio studies and clinical trials (local, national, and international), as required.
The role will enable you to become involved in different types of studies, including genetic studies, questionnaires, and interventional and randomised controlled trials.
As a Trust, we remain bold and ambitious with plans for both service and system collaborative transformation over the coming years to improve the health and wellbeing of our local people through high quality care.
We pride ourselves on ensuring our team has their wellbeing put first and as such provide a range of wellness opportunities including flexible working.
We are committed to the Greener NHS national ambition to becoming the world’s first ‘carbon net zero’ national health system by 2045. As part of this, sustainability is embedded in our strategy as one of our four key enablers. In order to deliver on this commitment, we recognise that we need a workforce that is as passionate as we are about achieving these goals, for the benefit of our service users, workforce, local communities and the planet alike.
The Trust is committed to ensuring that a diverse workforce is representative and inclusive at all levels. We would very much welcome applications from all under-represented groups including women, people with disabilities, people from global majority backgrounds, and those from the lesbian, gay, bi and trans communities.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Corrina Bentley Job title: Acting R&D Lead Email address: corrina.bentley@combined.nhs.uk
Louise Alston, Research Governance Facilitator
louise.alston@combined.nhs.uk
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