Research Assistant

**Band 4**:
**Main area**
- Research and Development
- **Grade**
- Band 4
- **Contract**
- 12 months (1 Year fixed term contract)
- **Hours**
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm)
- **Job ref**
- 343-NN-6411687-ACS-HM**Site**
- St Helier Hospital
- **Town**
- Carshalton
- **Salary**
- £31,081 - £33,665 (Pro-rata) per annum inc HCAs (Outer)
- **Salary period**
- Yearly
- **Closing**
- 11/09/2024 23:59- _The pay scales advertised have been confirmed by NHS England, we are awaiting confirmation of when these will be reflected. The new scales can be found here: _Pay scales for 2024/25 | NHS Employers_

At Epsom and St Helier Hospitals, above all we value respect. We put respect at the heart of all we do, by living up to our shared behaviours of kindness, professionalism, positivity and teamwork. This enables us to provide great patient care and make ESTH a great place to work. When you sign up to work with us, you sign up to this and we welcome applicants who share our values.

**Job overview**:
We are looking to appoint a dynamic and motivated Research Assistant to join our team to deliver renal research within Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals. The Renal research portfolio comprises observational and interventional clinical trials.

The post holder will actively support screening and recruitment processes, ensuring adherence to study protocol(s), visit schedules and appropriate data capture as well as continued maintenance of accurate and comprehensive research records. You will also support the team administratively.

This is a great opportunity for the successful applicant to gain research experience in one of the recognised and respected hospitals in South London. This post offers an ideal opportunity for a motivated and enthusiastic individual with experience in clinical research, who has a wish to further develop their professional career within the dynamic area of clinical research.

The post holder will need to develop specialist working knowledge of research processes, regulation and governance to inform and guide their own work as well as others in the research teams

There will be much scope to develop clinical and research specific experience. However, excellent interpersonal and communication skills are essential. Good time management in delivering research appointments, ability to operate quickly and flexibly, self-motivation and organisational skills to meet competing demands and tight deadlines are vital for this role.

**Main duties of the job**:
**Research Data Management and Quality**
- Collecting patient data from patient notes and the Trust’s electronic systems in order to record clinical trial data onto electronic or paper Case Report Forms (CRF).
- To ensure that collected data from all trials meets the protocol requirement and is complete and accurate.
- To check the validity and completeness of research data collected and take action to obtain or correct missing or contradictory data, to ensure that clean data sets are provided for analysis.
- To resolve queries by initiating correspondence or direct telephone contact with research nurses/clinicians and other relevant healthcare professionals and ensure that reporting timeframes are met

**Patient Recruitment/Retention**
- Conduct telephone calls to patients to capture data required for clinical trials and to document appropriately and accurately
- To deal sensitively and in a professional manner with patients in person and on the telephone
- To process potentially distressing and highly sensitive information appropriately and confidentially
- To exercise appropriate analysis and judgement when dealing with complex situations and to know when to ask for assistance from senior colleagues
- To attend study set up meetings and provide timely set up of administration systems for new studies.

**Working for our organisation**:
At Epsom & St. Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust, you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people. You’ll be working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care.

Become part of a vibrant team living our values - putting patients first, working as one team, respecting each other, protecting the environment and striving for continuous improvement.

Benefits include opportunities for career development, flexible working and wellbeing, plus a staff recognition scheme.

Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust provides a range of medical services to approximately 490,000 people living across southwest London and northeast Surrey. In addition, we provide more specialist services, in particular renal and neonatal intensive care, to a wider area, covering parts of Sussex and Hampshire.

We serve an area that is rich in diversity, with a mix of urban and rural areas, and differing levels of quality of life. We cover some of the most prosperous postcodes in the country, as well as some poorer areas. Together with our colleagues at NHS Surrey and