Recruitment & Engagement Officer | Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Posting date:	14 April 2025
Salary:	Not specified
Additional salary information:	£26,530 - £29,114 per annum
Hours:	Full time
Closing date:	14 May 2025
Location:	Liverpool, L7 8XP
Company:	Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Job type:	Contract
Job reference:	7044590/287-CEF-65-25

Summary

The post holder will be responsible for the identification and recruitment of participants into clinical trials on the Clinical Research Facility (CRF). They will lead on a portfolio of clinical trials from a recruitment perspective ensuring that all documentation is set up prior to the study opening and maintaining communication with the study team and sponsor. They will deal directly with patients, public, researchers and study teams, handle public enquiries and schedule screening visits. They will also be responsible for the day-to-day management of the Trust’s Consent 4 Consent database. This will include in-putting data, managing the husbandry of the database, dealing with metrics queries from researchers and releasing secure data following authorisation from the Operational Group and robust clinical governance processes.
• Taking forward a portfolio of clinical trials from a recruitment perspective which will include the set up of recruitment documentation, providing updates to the Recruitment Manager, Study team and Sponsor, and completing close down / recruitment update reports.
• Develop and build on the Consent 4 Consent (C4C) initiative.
• Inputting data into the C4C database.
• Compiling reports for Research Governance purposes.
• Receiving and placing calls from and to potential study participants.
• Enter medical history and demographic information from potential study participants into computerised systems.
• Communicate study information to potential participants, as required.
• Telephone screen participants according to the scripts provided for each study.
• Make recommendations for process improvement.
• Assist in training new employees and new researchers with the C4C
process.
• Assist and develop recruitment information on the CRF website and social media accounts.
• Assist with obtaining medical reports from General Practitioners.
• Support other departments, as required.
• Assist in development and maintenance of recruitment strategies and trackers as required.
• Attend internal and external events to recruit participants / raise awareness of research as required.
• Participate and assist in developing continuing education plan directed at improving skills and facilitating personal and unit growth.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust comprises Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital & Royal Liverpool University Hospital.

We are part of NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group, formed on 1 Nov 2024 from the coming together of LUHFT and Liverpool Women’s NHS Foundation Trust. The Group was born from a shared aim to improve the care we provide our patients.

UHLG is one of the largest employers in the region, with over 16,800 colleagues dedicated to caring for our communities - from birth and beyond.

For the 630,000 people across Merseyside, we are their local NHS. We provide general and emergency hospital care, alongside highly specialised regional services for more than two million people in the North West.

Aintree University Hospitalis the single receiving site for adult major trauma patients in Cheshire and Merseyside and hosts a number of regional services including an award-winning stroke facility.Broadgreen Hospitalis home to elective surgical, diagnostic and treatment services, together with specialist patient rehabilitation.Liverpool Women’s Hospitalspecialises in the health of women and babies, delivering over 7,200 babies in the UK’s largest single site maternity hospital each year. TheRoyal Liverpool University Hospitalis the largest hospital in the country to provide inpatients with 100% single bedrooms and focuses on complex planned care and specialist services.

For roles at Liverpool Women’s, visit theircareers page.
• Taking forward a portfolio of clinical trials from a recruitment perspective which will include the set up of recruitment documentation, providing updates to the Recruitment Manager, Study team and Sponsor, and completing close down / recruitment update reports.
• Develop and build on the Consent 4 Consent (C4C) initiative.
• Inputting data into the C4C database.
• Compiling reports for Research Governance purposes.
• Receiving and placing calls from and to potential study participants.
• Enter medical history and demographic information from potential study participants into computerised systems.
• Communicate study information to potential participants, as required.
• Telephone screen participants according to the scripts provided for each study.
• Make recommendations for process improvement.
• Assist in training new employees and new researchers with the C4C
process.
• Assist and develop recruitment information on the CRF website and social media accounts.
• Assist with obtaining medical reports from General Practitioners.
• Support other departments, as required.
• Assist in development and maintenance of recruitment strategies and trackers as required.
• Attend internal and external events to recruit participants / raise awareness of research as required.
• Participate and assist in developing continuing education plan directed at improving skills and facilitating personal and unit growth.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.


This advert closes on Monday 28 Apr 2025