Research Support Officer

2 months ago

Nottingham, United Kingdom Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust Full time

Applications are invited for a Research Support Officer post to join the SATURN (Stimulant medication for ADHD and Tics - Understanding Response versus Non-stimulants) trial, which is hosted by Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust - and led by Professor Chris Hollis at the University of Nottingham.

This project is a randomised trial that aims to understand whether stimulant or nonstimulant medication is most effective for treating children and young people who are experiencing both ADHD and tics.

SATURN will be set within child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS) and paediatric settings. Participants will be children/young people who have both ADHD and tics, and their parents/carers.

The post-holder will be based in Nottingham and will work alongside local clinical teams and members of the University of Nottingham including the Nottingham Clinical Trials Unit (NCTU) and Institute of Mental Health (IMH) to recruit participants and assess outcomes for the SATURN trial.

The post-holder will split their time between the IMH and the NCTU (with some flexibility around working from home) but final arrangements will be confirmed closer to the time once in post.

This is a fixed-term contract until 31 December 2024.

The post is 0.6 WTE / 22.5 hours per week.

The post may require flexible working hours (specifically, some availability in the evenings or weekends will be needed to cover participant phone calls).

**The successful applicant will be responsible for**:

- Identify, recruit and consent participant
- Conduct clinical assessments and outcome measures (including an interview measure of tics the Yale Global Tic Severity Scale (YGTSS), in which specific training will be given
- Follow up participant
- Carry out data collection and data entr
- Ensure the site meets its recruitment and follow-up targets and report any issues to the NCTU Trial Manage
- Coordinate local site activities and report site performance back to the NCTU as neede
- Assist with other research tasks as agreed with their line manager and NCTU Trial Management team

We have a huge variety of opportunities in our expansive Trust covering geographically from South Yorkshire, Nottinghamshire to Leicester, providing mental health inpatient and community services, community health services, forensic mental health services and secure prison healthcare across the East Midlands.

We have more than 100 sites and a huge scope of unique opportunities to develop your career and gain some amazing experiences. We strive to be a great place to work and offer many staff benefits and tailored staff support and wellbeing programmes.

Do you want to make a difference?

Do you believe in Trust, Honesty, Respect, Compassion and Teamwork?

Then Nottinghamshire Healthcare is the perfect place for you to start, maintain or further your career.

The post-holder will join the SATURN trial team, which comprises over ten people across multiple organisations. They will receive supervision from the Head of Research and Operations, IMH (Sarah Jones) at Institute of Mental Health. They will work together as a team with the SATURN Senior Trial Manager, (Dr Clare Upton, Nottingham Clinical Trials Unit), Trial Manager (Dr Libby Laing, Nottingham Clinical Trials Unit) and be accountable to the Chief Investigator (Chris Hollis, Professor of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, University of Nottingham).

The Institute of Mental Health is an innovative partnership between Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust and the University of Nottingham. Bridging the gap between campus and clinic, we seek to transform the understanding and treatment of mental health. We have created a hub of innovative mental health research exploring new areas and ideas from active research grants of over £46 million. Delivering our research studies, we have over 30 professors and associate professors, working alongside patient and public research volunteers, PhD students, and external members.

One of the core responsibilities of the role is to identify and recruit participants to the SATURN trial, under the direction of their line manager and the SATURN trial team. This will involve meeting with clinicians, community mental health teams, primary care staff and service users to promote recruitment to the project.

Other key accountabilities of the role

Carrying out trial assessments of participants face-to-face or by telephone/video conference under the direction of the Chief Investigator and trial manager. Including ensuring treatments, assessment, follow-ups and data collection is coordinated and processed according to protocol-defined timelines.

Taking responsibility for local site coordination including maintenance of the site file and reporting site performance back to the clinical trials unit.

Supporting site study set-up including assisting with preparation of local documentation and approvals, attending training and cascading of training.

Providing on-going inf

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