Clinical Research Assistant Band 4

The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) brings together staff and services from the former Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust and The Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust. The sheer size, scale and potential of our combined service is huge. Together, we’ve a wealth of skills and resources to share and tap into and, a wide range of career paths for you to develop and explore. If you want to join a team of around 20,000 NHS experts in delivering high-quality, local care across Salford, Oldham, Bury and Rochdale and beyond
- **come and take your place with us.**

**Job overview**:
Band 4 research assistant supporting the Stroke research delivery team at Fairfield General Hospital.

With the support of the research team, you will assist in delivering new and existing studies, recruiting and supporting patients and their families whilst collecting and documenting data according to research governance standards and regulations.

You will be a key member of a service that provides specialist research and clinical care to all participants in clinical trials. You will be expected to liaise with study companies and provide them with data of the highest standard; you must also demonstrate a commitment to participant safety and welfare.

You will be qualified to NVQ level 4 or have relevant general clinical or research experience, although further training will be provided to enable you to support the many studies that are conducted in the Clinical Research Facility.

If you are an effective communicator who can work well both independently and within a multidisciplinary team, and can demonstrate excellent attention to detail, we would love to hear from you.

**Main duties of the job**:
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a highly motivated individual to join the Research & Innovation Team at The Northern Care Alliance and be part of the Neurology Research team based at the Clinical Research Facility ward 19 Fairfield General Hospital.

You will play a pivotal role in the delivery of new, potentially life changing, treatments for patients. Our research activity has expanded considerably over recent years we facilitate both commercial and non-commercial research studies over a wide range of specialties, including Cancer, Diabetes, Cardiology, Rheumatology and Gastroenterology.

With the support of the research team, you will assist in delivering new and existing studies, recruiting and supporting patients and their families whilst collecting and documenting data according to research governance standards and regulations.

You will be a key member of a service that provides specialist research and clinical care to all participants in clinical trials. You will be expected to liaise with study companies and provide them with data of the highest standard; you must also demonstrate a commitment to participant safety and welfare.

If you are an effective communicator who can work well both independently and within a multidisciplinary team, and can demonstrate excellent attention to detail, we would love to hear from you.

**Working for our organisation**:
The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) brings together staff and services from Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust (SRFT) and The Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust (PAT). Our dedicated team of around 20,000 staff - our NCA Family - provide a range of community and hospital services to over one million people across Bury, Oldham, Rochdale and Salford, as well as providing more specialist care services to patients across Greater Manchester and beyond.
Our Care Organisations are designed to operate within a group arrangement of hospitals, community, and healthcare services. Together they manage and are responsible for the day-to-day running of their hospital and community services, ensuring the safe delivery of high-quality care at scale. Due to our size and status, we can offer group-wide, flexible multi-site opportunities, as part of our connected, integrated and forward-thinking team. We care passionately about the experience our staff, patients, service users and their families receive day in, day out. We continue to find ways to drive forward improvements in the provision of safe, high-quality

**Detailed job description and main responsibilities**:
**Person specification**:
**Experience**:
**Essential criteria**:

- Research or relevant clinical / work experience
- Work autonomously and as part of team
- Ability to work under pressure
- Ability to prioritise own workload with mínimal supervision

**Desirable criteria**:

- Project Management experience
- Has or working towards GCP certification
- Knowledge of research governance
- Experience of working in the NHS

**Skills**:
**Essential criteria**:

- Evidence of computer literacy
- Good written and verbal communication skills
- Attention to detail
- Enthusiastic and Commited

**Desirable criteria**:

- Comptetency in clinical skills including venepuncture, ECG's

**Knowledge**:
**Essential