Job summary
- Main area
- Research
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 4
- Contract
- Fixed term: 12 months (To be extended pending further funding)
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 333-C-HQ-2005
- Employer
- Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Noclor, JML House,
- Town
- London
- Salary
- £33,094 - £36,195 pa inc HCAS (pro rata if P/T)
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 08/09/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Research Data Manager
NHS AfC: Band 4
CNWL (Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust) has almost 8,000 staff providing integrated healthcare to a third of London's population, Milton Keynes and areas beyond. We involve service users, carers, the public, staff and partner organisations in the way that we are run.
Our catchment area spans diverse communities, with over 100 first languages spoken. It contains areas of great affluence as well as areas of much deprivation. We are committed to providing services that meet the needs of the people who use them, and we actively encourage involvement from local people who can help make a difference. We’re proud of our diversity and we continue to undertake new initiatives to advance equality for LGBT+, BME and people with disabilities to promote good relations and understanding between our staff.
We are recognised locally, nationally and internationally for providing high quality, innovative healthcare. We aim to employ only the best people, and our experts are frequently called upon to contribute to national health strategy and policy, and many models of our care have been adapted for use in other countries.
We offer a generous relocation package (subject to eligibility assessment) and flexible working options, including bank assignments for most roles. For more information on these and other benefits of working for us, see our Benefits, Reward and Wellbeing page
Become part of our team. We care for you as much as you care for others.
CNWL NHS Foundation Trust are committed to safeguarding all children and vulnerable adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We follow safe recruitment practices to protect children and vulnerable adults.
Job overview
Are you someone with experience in mental health care or research who would like to make a difference in patient care through research?
Are you looking to develop your knowledge & skills in research delivery in a mental health setting?
Then we would like to invite you to join our dynamic team because an exciting opportunity has arisen for a Research Data Manager to join the Research Delivery Service at Noclor Joint Research Office, hosted by Central and North West London NHS Trust.
This is an exciting opportunity for an assistant psychologist, HCA, or graduate with experience working in a mental health setting to join our team working on a diverse portfolio of research studies across North West London. Our team works across London and the South East, and the successful candidates will promote community health research across the entire locality.
Main duties of the job
Supported by the North West London Clinical Research Network (CRN): this is a chance to gain experience and knowledge of clinical research in the area of mental health.
Main responsibilities will be supporting with data collection and data entry to research studies in Adult Mood & psychosis, Dementia and Older Adults, and CAMHS; monitoring and maintenance of electronic data capture systems (EDC) and site files; managing participants payments; providing administrative support and updating spreadsheets and local databases of clinical trial activity.
There will also be opportunities to be involved in additional clinical tasks, such as screening medical records to identify potential participants, calling service users to invite them to take part in research, triaging queries relating to research from clinicians, and completing virtual psychometric assessments with participants.
Other responsibilities will include ordering research supplies and managing room bookings. The post holder will be expected to develop skills and knowledge relating to the conduct of clinical trials principally for the Mental Health and Dementia trials. The post holder will work within the guidelines of ICH GCP at all times.
The role would suit somebody who has limited research experience, and is looking to develop their research knowledge. Experience of working in mental health services is desirable, but research experience is not essential as full training and support will be provided.
Working for our organisation
The Research Delivery Service is a diverse, social and outgoing team. As part of your role, you’ll have the opportunity to try out new ideas in response to challenges that arise, with the support of your manager and wider team. We believe in succeeding together, not in spite of one another.
The role will also bring opportunities to develop your clinical and leadership skills. For example, previous research assistants have now gone onto senior roles within the NHS, completing PhDs and DClinPsy training. We also work with other Research Delivery Services in London under Noclor which provides opportunities for shared learning and creative thinking. In addition, we are an outgoing and social team who encourage, motivate and support one another.
The Research Delivery Service works with a diverse population in North West London and is important to us that we reflect this. Our diverse team and leadership team are examples of how we embrace, celebrate and learn from each other’s cultures which helps to shape our clinical practices when interacting with our clients. Furthermore, it is key that team members uphold our values and work together for our clients with respect, dignity and compassion.
Our staff care for people in hospital and in the community, helping them to recover and go on to lead full and productive lives. We aim to be the best organisation of our kind in the country.
We’re rated good overall by the Care Quality Commission (CQC).
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Duties will be allocated to the post-holder according to qualifications and experience. They are likely to involve some or all of the following:
• Identification and approach of potential participants into NIHR Portfolio Adopted studies across the Trust.
• To complete research activities in line with Good Clinical Practice guidelines.
• To attend multidisciplinary team meetings alongside CRAs/CRPs to aid identification of appropriate Trusts/wards etc within the CRN for recruitment of participants to CRN North West London Division 4 studies
• To co-ordinate treatment, assessment and follow-up as necessary in accordance with research protocol
• To assist the Research Delivery Manager to monitor patient recruitment
• To identify areas of low patient recruitment and liaise with the Research Delivery Manager and to identify mechanism for improving
• To work at all times according to Good Clinical Practice, Research Governance and Trust guidelines
• To provide support to research teams to obtain approvals from Trust Research Governance and Local Ethics Committees
• To ensure that any data collection is conducted according to specific research protocols and adheres to the Data Protection Act 1998 and according to ICH Good Clinical Practice guidelines
• To facilitate the recording of patient recruitment on CRN Data Entry System
• To provide information / reports on recruitment when requested by the Division Manager to provide support to research teams for assessments and follow-up of study participants.
Person specification
Qualifications/ Education
Essential criteria
- Educated to degree level or equivalent experience in a healthcare-related field.
Desirable criteria
- ICH Good Clinical Practice
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience working in an NHS based health or social care environment with service user contact.
- Experience with Excel Spreadsheets, and patient database systems
Desirable criteria
- Project management experience
- Experience of working within service users in Secondary Mental Health Care
Knowledge & Skills
Essential criteria
- Understanding of clinical trials in the field of mental health, dementia or neurodegenerative diseases conditions and social care
- High level of interpersonal, written and verbal communication skills to work with clinical and management colleagues at all levels across a range of organisations
- Excellent organisational skills including the ability to establish appropriate documentation and record keeping.
- Proven time management skills including the ability to manage own workload within defined parameters
Desirable criteria
- Experience of public speaking
- Knowledge & understanding of participant recruitment processes in Clinical Research
Abilities
Essential criteria
- Demonstrable ability to communicate complex information to a range of audiences and through a variety of mediums with confidence, empathy and enthusiasm.
- Ability to receive, analyse and handle large volumes of complex, sensitive and highly confidential information.
- Able to work flexibly and creatively – contributing to the formulation and adjustment of plans and organising clinical, academic and service user involvement within those plans
Personal Qualities
Essential criteria
- Ability to cope with change
- Keen to learn new skills and share learning with others
- Ability to manage difficult situations effectively using tact, discretion, persuasion & confident facilitation
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
- Emma Horne
- Job title
- Deputy Research Delivery Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
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