Research Assistant, Neuroscience | Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 28 April 2025 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £29,970 - £36,483 Per annum |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 08 June 2025 |
| Location: | Winwick, Warrington, WA2 8WA |
| Company: | Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | 7168705/350-TWS7168705 |
Summary
The post holder will have a vital role in the delivery Mental Health Research for Innovation Centre M-RIC as part of research team, the post-holder will join a newly formed multi-disciplinary team of healthcare professionals and researchers committed to launching and developing the neuromodulation research for mood disorders as part of M-RIC research programme.
The post holder be responsible for delivering TMS, EEG research protocols, evidence-based standardised outcome measures. Maintaining good working relationships with service users, carers, clinic staff and other stakeholders will be key to the success of the role.
The successful candidate should have neuroscience background, well organised, capable of independent work, with strong interpersonal skills and a good awareness of the spectrum of mental illness.
Key responsibilities will include:
· The post-holder will join a newly formed multi-disciplinary team of healthcare professionals and researchers committed to launching and developing the neuromodulation research for mood disorders as part of M-RIC research programme.
· The post holder will recruit research participants and collect data for research studies and trials in the clinic, including TMS and EEG, evidence-based standardised outcome measures e.g., PHQ-9, GAD-7 and a range of other measures.
The post holder will deliver TMS and EEG research protocols and perform analysis of EEG data.
Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West, serving more than 1.4 million people across our region and are also commissioned for services that cover the North West, North Wales and the Midlands.
We offer specialist inpatient and community services that support physical and mental health and specialist inpatient mental health, learning disability, addiction and brain injury services. Mersey Care is one of only three trusts in the UK that offer high secure mental health facilities.
At the heart of all we do is our commitment to ‘perfect care’ – care that is safe, effective, positively experienced, timely, equitable and efficient. We support our staff to do the best job they can and work alongside service users, their families, and carers to design and develop future services together. We’re currently delivering a programme of organisational and service transformation to significantly improve the quality of the services we provide and safely reduce cost as we do so.
Flexible working requests will be considered for all roles.
Please see attached job description and person specification for further details of this role or contact the recruiting manager for more information.
This advert closes on Monday 26 May 2025