Job summary
- Main area
- Mental Health Researcher(Administration)
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 4
- Contract
- 12 months (12 months fixed term)
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (37.5 hours per week)
- Job ref
- 363-CP7018431-A
- Employer
- East London NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Luton and Bedford
- Town
- Alma Street, Luton
- Salary
- £26,530 - £29,114 Pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 18/06/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Research Data Coordinator
NHS AfC: Band 4
ELFT has long been recognised as a centre of excellence for mental and health care, innovation and improvement. So it is a very exciting time for you to come and work for us. Our mission is to make a positive difference to people's lives by improving quality of life for all we serve. Our values are: We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive – so we are looking for people who live and breathe these qualities when supporting service users and carers, and in their relationships with colleagues in the Trust and our partner organisations.
Job overview
The research delivery team are involved in a range of activities, including:
• Identification, screening, and randomisation of research study participants
• Seeking ongoing informed consent as a voluntary agreement with research study participants, ensuring their understanding of the research and its risks
• Ensuring high-quality data input at source and its management through a research workflow
The post-holder will provide administrative and data management support to a team of Clinical Studies Assistants, Clinical Studies Officers, and the Research Delivery Manager. Key responsibilities include screening medical records to identify potential participants, liaising with clinicians to confirm eligibility, engaging with service users to invite them to participate in research, booking appointments, and addressing research-related queries from clinicians. Additional duties include conducting surveys with participants, collecting data, and entering data into research studies, all while adhering to ICH Good Clinical Practice (GCP) guidelines and local regulations.
This role requires a minimum of 40% working on site, either across service locations or at the designated base. The successful candidate must be willing and able to travel to support research activities across the Trust’s whole geography.
Main duties of the job
1) Identify, and screen for eligibility, potential participants for NIHR Portfolio Adopted studies across the Trust.
2) Schedule appointments, respond to queries from service users and clinicians, and conduct surveys as part of research activities.
3) Assist the Research Delivery Manager in monitoring patient recruitment and study progress by facilitating accurate and timely recording of patient recruitment data using the EDGE Data Entry System.
4) Perform administrative tasks, including filing, scanning, and taking minutes during meetings.
Contribute to the development of a culture within the Trust where research is actively promoted at all levels.
Working for our organisation
Our mission is to make a positive difference to people's lives by improving the quality of life for all we serve. Our values are: We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive – so we are looking for people who live and breathe these qualities when supporting service users and carers, and in their relationships with colleagues in the Trust and our partner organisations.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
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Key Responsibilities |
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1) Identify, and screen for eligibility, potential participants for NIHR Portfolio Adopted studies across the Trust. 2) Schedule appointments, respond to queries from service users and clinicians, and conduct surveys as part of research activities. 3) Assist the Research Delivery Manager in monitoring patient recruitment and study progress by facilitating accurate and timely recording of patient recruitment data using the EDGE Data Entry System. 4) Perform administrative tasks, including filing, scanning, and taking minutes during meetings. 5) Contribute to the development of a culture within the Trust where research is actively promoted at all levels. |
Person specification
Education/ Qualification/ Training
Essential criteria
- • Undergraduate degree in psychology, healthcare, nursing, social sciences, or a related discipline.
Desirable criteria
- • ICH-GCP Training (Good Clinical Practice).
Experience
Essential criteria
- • Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary team
- • Experience of using a wide range of IT and information systems including Microsoft office.
- • Experience working with data (qualitative and quantitative)
- • Familiarity with healthcare services
- • Experience working to or applying quality standards (SOPs)
Desirable criteria
- Experience working in a research environment, including participant recruitment.
- Experience working with individuals with mental health difficulties.
- Engaging diverse demographic groups
Knowledge and Skills
Essential criteria
- • Familiarity with a range of mental illnesses.
- • Basic understanding of research methodology
- • Excellent interpersonal skills, demonstrating listening with empathy, compassion, and patience.
- • Ability to engage with busy clinicians and service users.
- • Trained in or willingness to be trained in phlebotomy.
- • Ability to use initiative to implement improvements to working practices
- • Capable of maintaining accurate study files and service user Case Report Forms.
Desirable criteria
- • Understanding of research governance and ethics.
- • Understanding of informed consent processes.
Other
Essential criteria
- • Solution-focused approach to challenges.
- • Ability to work under pressure and independently while being an effective team member.
- • Strong time management skills, including workload prioritization.
- • Willingness to undergo necessary training to support the study portfolio.
- • Committed to work on site a minimum of 40% of the time and to travel to various sites/ locations across the ELFT region.
- • Ability to travel independently for research visits, including to patients’ homes or off site locations.
Desirable criteria
- • Commitment to personal and professional development.
- • Prepared to undertake new challenges
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Merve Dilgul
- Job title
- Research Delivery Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07833481971
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