Assistant Research Practitioner - Band 4

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an Assistant Research Practitioner to work within the Research Team. We are seeking a highly motivated person to join our friendly and dynamic team.

The United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust works in partnership with regional NHS Trusts and Universities and has been successful in establishing and hosting East Midlands Clinical Research Network (CRNEM) staff to support clinical research.

This is an excellent opportunity to work with patients and clinicians enabling the people in Lincolnshire to participate in research and to improve and develop evidence based healthcare.

The Research and Innovation team at ULHT covers 4 sites at Lincoln, Boston, Grantham and Louth.

This position is based at Lincoln County Hospital, but travel to other hospital sites may on occasion be necessary.

The post holder is expected to treat patients, service users and carers with courtesy, care and compassion at all times, treating each person as an individual by offering a personalised service. United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust staff will adopt behaviours and attitudes, which promote, supports and respects privacy and dignity in accordance with the Trust Dignity policies and dignity in care pledges.

We are a friendly research team and are keen to support and nurture our staff enabling each individual to develop and reach their full potential whilst also being involved in the provision of the best evidence based care

This is an exciting opportunity to join our research team in a role that has a mix of both administration and clinical contact with patients.

We are looking for an enthusiastic and motivated individual with excellent organisational and time management skills, plus meticulous attention to detail. The ability to work on their own initiative and also as part of a team is essential.

You will communicate and liaise regularly with a variety of healthcare professionals and teams, so excellent communication skills are essential.

The successful candidate will be expected to coordinate a portfolio of non-interventional studies alongside supporting the research team with a variety of more complex clinical trials, in accordance with Good Clinical Practice (GCP) guidelines and relevant legislative/EU Clinical Trials guidance and departmental Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs).

You should ideally have experience of delivering clinical research or be able to transfer your previously gained relevant skills and knowledge to the role of assistant research practitioner.

Our Trust is situated in the beautiful county of Lincolnshire and is one of the biggest acute hospital trusts in England, serving a population of more than 700,000 people. We provide acute and specialist services to people in Lincolnshire and neighbouring counties. We have an annual income of £643 million (20/21) and we employ nearly 8,500 people.

Our Board have recently agreed a new vision statement – “Outstanding Care Personally Delivered” – stating their ambition for our Trust to be among the best.

We also have a five year Integrated Improvement Plan setting out how we will achieve our strategic objectives, for patients, services, people and partners, the last recognising that our future success depends on our ability to ensure the Lincolnshire healthcare system is successful in achieving its ambition to help people live healthier lives and provide care closer to where people live.

Our latest CQC report increased our ratings for being effective and well-led from ‘Requires Improvement’ to ‘Good’. Our rating for caring remained as ‘Good’.

This is in recognition of the huge amount of work that our amazing staff have done to improve the quality of care for our patients in recent years.

We are committed to helping our staff balance their work and home lives and ensure they feel supported, valued and appreciated

What should you do next?

Have a look at the job description and if you like what you see then apply today. Don’t miss this fantastic opportunity to work with a great team in a supportive environment within a great institution. Your NHS needs you!!!