Research Support Assistant

3 months ago


Oxford, United Kingdom Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Full time

To aid the timely management of individuals and families referred for ophthalmic research participation assisting with the coordination and delivery of planned health care as part of observational / data collection and interventional clinical trials.
- Supporting ERGO in contributing to the effective quality of care for patients, taking part in observational and interventional clinical research.
- Coordinate assigned research studies alongside the Investigators and Research Nurses
- Active involvement with recruitment of clinical trial participants and to assist in the provision of information and support to patients and families embarking upon study participation.
- Assist with weekly excel overview of potential AMD study participants and screening procedures in AMD/ macular and diabetic eye clinics.
- According to GCP guidelines - training is given to allow the Research Assistant to undertake the informed consent procedure for observational /data collection studies
- Maintain confidentiality of information about patients, staff and other health service business in accordance with the Data Protection Act of 1998. To respect and maintain confidentiality of all data relating to the unit and patients, in line with GDPR May 2018

Working to Good Clinical Practice Guidelines for research at all times

Following the protocol of the "OKKO" study in terms of following up participants using the interactive vision assessment app and maintaining the data of 197 participants

Coordinating additional visits for these participants

Supporting additional observational and interventional studies with delivery and data collection

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research.

The Trust comprises four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury.

Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community. We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence. These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family. Watch how we set out to deliver compassionate excellence via the OUH YouTube channel.

To assist with patient questionnaires and recording of trial data and audit feed
- back forms
- Keeping existing databases updated carefully and accurately.
- Assist with maintenance of the relevant trial master files and documentation
- The Research Assistant will be involved with the preparation of materials for studies as a crucial part of running a project, training session or presentation



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