Job summary
- Main area
- Corporate Services
- Grade
- Band 5
- Contract
- Fixed term: 4 months (Until end of March 2026)
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 380-SS0697
- Employer
- Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Beech House, Maidstone
- Town
- Maidstone
- Salary
- £31,049 - £37,796 per annum pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 30/10/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Clinical Research Practitioner/Research Nurse
Band 5
We are the Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust. We offer a range of ongoing benefits to our valued workforce. From an active health and wellbeing programme to regular recognition events, we work hard to provide varied benefits that make a difference to your work-life balance.
Would you like to work flexibly? In the NHS, we are reminded every day of how important life is. As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us, for our patients and for you.
Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement.
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Job overview
Please note, at this stage, the role is open only to internal staff (including NHSP and Agency staff currently on placement within our organisation) and staff substantively employed within Kent and Medway NHS Trusts and the Kent and Medway Integrated Care Board (ICB). Any individual who is at risk of redundancy will be given priority, provided they meet the essential criteria.
This secondment opportunity may be fulfilled through part-time or full-time arrangements to meet the 1.6 WTE hours available.
The post-holder will support the work of Kent & Medway Mental Health NHS Trust's Research & Innovation Department's, Clinical Research Delivery Team and gain clinical and administrative experience of research, to include the clinical and administrative duties on a variety of National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Portfolio research studies, which run at a variety of sites across the trust.
We are seeking a highly motivated and driven individual to join our Clinical Research Delivery Team to assist with the work of the Mental Health & Dementia and Neurodegenerative Disorders clinical research portfolio; recruiting to clinical research studies running within the trust and actively promoting research amongst clinicians, service users and the wider NHS.
The post holder must hold a full, valid, UK driving licence and have access to a car/vehicle to use for business purposes (unless you have a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2010).
Main duties of the job
The key purpose of this post is to aid and the project management of research within KMMH and the studies to which the post holder is assigned.
The main duties of the post-holder will be those concerned with managing the running of National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Portfolio studies, specifically the ADAPT (Alzheimer’s Disease Diagnosis and Plasma p-Tau217) study, alongside identifying, recruiting and providing help as necessary to the study team and clinicians.
The post-holder will assist with the management, coordination and facilitation of research studies in both Mental Health and Dementia.
In addition to clinic/patient-based tasks, this role includes, phlebotomy, centrifuging blood samples, document generation and control, project tracking and logistics, data collection and reporting, adherence to Good Clinical Practice (GCP) and Research Governance and assisting in the continued improvement in the care of research participants and quality of research data.
Working for our organisation
We are the Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust. We care for the mental health and wellbeing of people across Kent and Medway. Our teams support adults with a wide range of mental health needs. Because we cover the whole county and both hospital and community settings, we can make care more joined up and easier to access for the 1.8 million people of Kent and Medway. Rated ‘Good’ by the CQC, we care for over 2,000 people in our hospitals and 54,000 in the community each year.
Our vision is simple: We are here to help communities not just live with mental illness, but live well. It’s why we’re passionate about working with communities to make mental health care better for everyone. And everything we do is guided by our values caring, inclusive, curious and confident.
Join us - if you share our passion for better mental health care and want to be part of a team that's doing well together.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The post-holder will assist in the management, co-ordination and facilitation of research studies in both Mental Health and Dementia, specifically the ADAPT (Alzheimer’s Disease Diagnosis and Plasma p-Tau217) study.
In addition to any clinic/patient-based tasks assigned, this role includes Phlebotomy, Centrifuging samples, document generation and control, project tracking and logistics, data collection and reporting, adherence to Good Clinical Practice (GCP) and Research Governance and assisting in the continued improvement in the care of research participants, quality of research data and using both national and trust databases.
Please see the attached job description for full details of the main duties and responsibilities of the role.
Person specification
Training, Qualifications and Registration
Essential criteria
- Degree / Diploma in Psychology, Health Science, Occupational Therapy or other relevant subject
- Evidence of continuing Professional development
- GCP Training & Knowledge of
Desirable criteria
- Higher degree/formal study of research design/methodology in clinical or social care setting.
- Clinical Research Practitioner registration via ACH
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of working in a healthcare environment.
- Previous Research or clinical experience in mental health or dementia settings.
Desirable criteria
- experience of working with mental health/ dementia /social care practice and terminology and a minimum of 2 years Clinical Research experience.
Knowledge and Skills
Essential criteria
- Excellent communication skills and ability to deal with complex and sensitive situations
- Understanding of clinical research methodology
- Computer skills / Ability to interpret patient records and extract data accurately
- driving licence and willingness to travel
- Willingness to be trained in phlebotomy and centrifuging samples
Desirable criteria
- Clinically trained and experienced in Phlebotomy
- Clinical training in centrifuge
- Knowledge of mental health/ dementia services.
- Knowledge of research governance.
- Clinical skills relevant to the role, e.g. ECG recording, cannulation
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Hannah Wise
- Job title
- Research Delivery Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07707138693
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