Research Assistant
| Posting date: | 02 December 2025 |
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| Salary: | £38,682.00 to £46,580.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £38682.00 - £46580.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 23 December 2025 |
| Location: | Oxford, OX3 7JX |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | C9267-25-1436 |
Summary
Work closely with investigators, NHS/local authority, mental health services, patients with psychosis and their families to support the successful delivery of research studies, particularly SINAPPS2 trial Work and liaise with large numbers of study teams and clinicians in busy NHS mental health organisations Identifying, recruiting and assessing research study participants including follow-up assessments Support high levels of retention of participants and clinical staff through regular communication including telephone, mail, social media, bulletins/ newsletters. Contribute to the design of research materials and drafting applications for regulatory approvals Management of online study databases, complex and large databases, adhering to strict data security guidelines. Collect, analyse, summarise and present quantitative data from a variety of sources and over multiple time-points. There are weekly recruitment and database updates and monthly targets. Management of the project specimen storage, maintaining specimen records and supporting the study laboratory team Day-to-day research administration related to projects such as updating and the filing of research documentation in line with good clinical practice and research governance, distributing study kits to research groups, updating study records and entering and checking research and recruitment data Support the successful running of online data collection, including responding to requests for support from study sites. Manage own research and administrative activities, within guidelines provided by senior colleagues and follow standard operational procedures Contribute to wider project planning, including ideas for new research projects Contribute to publications, present data at conferences, and represent the research group at meetings Contribute to discussions and share research findings with colleagues in partner organisations, and research groups Quickly learn the technical skills required to support research studies and online data records e.g. quickly gain good understanding of functionality, quickly able to test functionality as required Assist Trial Manager and Principal Investigator with other activities as they arise to facilitate successful delivery of research projects We hope that the advert has given you a clear understanding of the skills we are seeking and the opportunity at hand. You will need to use the supporting statement element of your application form to demonstrate your suitability for this role and you should refer to the job description, person specification and the guidance notes attached to this role to help you tailor your application. The essential and desirable criteria will be used to shortlist for interview and you should ensure that you refer to these within your application to increase your chances of being selected for interview. We are aware that some candidates may choose to use AI tools to support their application. We kindly remind applicants that submissions should remain an honest and accurate representation of their experience and must take care to ensure the use of AI tools does not generate an application that does not accurately reflect their knowledge, skills and values.