Clinical Research Assistant

The role supports mental health and dementia research, as well as research in other physical health specialty areas including vaccines and long-term conditions.

The role involves working alongside Research Nurses and Clinical Research Practitioners to support the recruitment of participants on to research studies from mental health inpatient wards and other clinical settings. The role also involves working on our mobile research unit. The successful candidate must have excellent communication and IT skills, be able to travel across the Trust geography, and be willing to drive our mobile research unit which requires a standard manual driving licence.

This is an excellent opportunity for candidates wishing to gain research experience, by working on a variety of interesting projects within a friendly and supportive team.

Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is an award winning organisation with over 9000 employees. We are one of the largest integrated Health and Social Care providers, covering services across North & South Staffordshire, Shropshire, Hampshire, Buckinghamshire, Isle of Wight and Essex.

We pride ourselves on the services provided to support with the well-being of all of our employees both physically and mentally and offer counselling support and lifestyle information. Opportunities for flexible working are also available depending on the role.

We encourage career development provided by in house training programs and coaching support.

Demonstrating our strong commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion, and in context of our objective aligned to the growth of diversity across the workforce; we are particularly seeking applications from individuals who may be from under-represented groups, such as black, Asian or other ethnic groups, individuals with a disability, or LGBTQ+ individuals who meet the specific criteria.

We are embedding values based and inclusive recruitment practices to ensure that all applicants, from any backgrounds, have an equal chance of success in achieving a role with us.

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