The Peart Rose Research Team manages the delivery of a wide variety of studies within the Cardiovascular Directorate, coordinating cardiology, cardiothoracic, and vascular research across three acute hospital sites (Hammersmith Hospital, St. Mary’s Hospital, and Charing Cross Hospital). This role will support the vascular research portfolio in the first instance, which is mainly based across Charing Cross and St. Mary’s.

We are looking for an organised and confident Assistant Research Practitioner with strong motivation to work within the field of research. Ideally, you will have some experience working in the NHS or in a clinical research environment, including face-to-face interactions with patients, handling clinical records, and performing data entry using electronic data capture systems.

You will support the coordination and administration of the day-to-day activities of the research delivery team. The main focus of the role will be supporting the delivery team in the administrative tasks relating to clinical research, for example, site file maintenance, data management, invoicing, organising regular meetings, monthly newsletter distribution, expressions of interest, maintenance of spread sheets, and study trackers.

You will be required to interact and engage with participants both via phone and face-to-face throughout the study period, answer any questions, and liaise with multidisciplinary teams and various stakeholders.

You should be excellent at interpersonal and communication skills, have an aptitude for administrative tasks, pay high attention to detail, and thrive in a team environment. A good working knowledge of Microsoft Office is ideal for this role.

This role offers the opportunity to further develop excellent interpersonal communication, organisation, time management, and documentation skills and work with more experienced researchers. This is an exciting opportunity to develop and expand your skills and knowledge in a clinical research and administrative setting.

The role will be offered for one year in the first instance, with the possibility of becoming permanent. It is ideal for candidates wishing to be exposed to clinical research delivery who are aiming to progess to become a Clinical Research Practitioner.

All applicants are encouraged to contact Caitlin Carr, Senior Research Nurse /Team Leader for further details / informal visits.

The role of the Assistant Research Practitioner is to assist and support the Clinical Research Nurses / Clinical Research Practitioners in ensuring effective research delivery of cardiovascular research studies across the Trust. The post holder will support the coordination and administration of the day-to-day activities of the research delivery team. The post holder is expected to perform administrative tasks relating to clinical research, for example, site file maintenance, data management, maintenance of spreadsheets, and study financial trackers. You will be required to interact and engage with participants by phone and face-to-face throughout the study period, answer any questions, and liaise with multidisciplinary teams and various stakeholders to facilitate pre-screening and follow-up of participants for our study portfolio.

At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care. Become part of a vibrant team living our values – expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You’ll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career.

Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. For both overviews please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert