Job Description
There is an exciting opportunity for a Clerical / Research Assistant to work within the surgical research team at the Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
This will include all LUHFT sites Aintree, the Royal, and Broadgreen.
The purpose of this post is to provide comprehensive support to the Researchers and the research teams.
The Clerical / Research Assistant will be expected to perform a variety of clinical and clerical research duties within a research environment. They will assist with patient’s study visits and clinical trial procedures. This will include clinical tasks such as venepuncture, vital signs, collection, processing (including centrifugation, freezing, handling of dry ice) and shipping of biological specimens according to protocol requirements.
The clerical duties will involve collection of patient data from medical notes, completion of case report forms (CRF’s), data inputting and providing general admin support.
Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust was created on 1 October 2019 following the merger of two adult acute Trusts, Aintree University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and the Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust.
The merger provides an opportunity to reconfigure services in a way that provides the best healthcare services to the city and improves the quality of care and health outcomes that patients experience.
The Trust runs Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital, Liverpool University Dental Hospital and the Royal Liverpool University Hospital.
It serves a core population of around 630,000 people across Merseyside as well as providing a range of highly specialist services to a catchment area of more than two million people in the North West region and beyond.
To hear more about our achievements click here https://www.liverpoolft.nhs.uk/media/13089/1606-annual-report-booklet_final.pdf
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The role will include (though not limited to)
- Venepuncture
- Blood processing
- ECG’s
- Contacting patients/arranging taxis
- Working alongside Research Nurses and Practitioners during study activities.
- Operate computer systems to retrieve and enter data
All Training will be provided.
For further enquires please contact Shirley Pringle, Research Matron. Telephone number: 0151 529 5873