Band 5 Research and Development Assistant - The Barberry

Are you wanting to gain research experience in a thriving, supportive and exciting research department? If so this could be the perfect opportunity for you. As a department we are committed to ensuring our Service Users, Carers and Staff have access to high quality relevant research; and we are looking for an enthusiastic, motivated, passionate engaging Research and Development Assistant to represent the department across all our clinical and non clinical sites in the Trust to promote and highlight the research agenda and make it everyone's business.
The post holder will work within a diverse and experienced team and support a wide range of clinical studies from projects on Schizophrenia, Mood Disorders, Huntington’s disease, Dementia, and Epilepsy to name a few. You will be involved in study set up, consent and recruitment, follow up data collection and dissemination. You will need to be organised, and thorough with the ability to meet deadlines.
To help identify potential participants who are eligible to take part in research projects and to provide information and support for those involved in Research and service evaluation projects (staff, service users and carers).

• To provide research teams with assistance in obtaining Trust R&D approval and Research Passports/Letters of Access.
• To maintain close links with clinical services and departments, as well as with other Research & development Departments and research teams.
• To actively promote research amongst clinicians, service users and the wider NHS and the public, including the development of training resources

Please see the attached Job description and Person Specification for more detail
Welcome to Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust. Our 4000 clinical and support staff help us to improve mental health wellbeing and meet the needs of the 70,000 people we serve each year. We provide a range of mental healthcare services across Birmingham and Solihull, as well as specialised services nationally. We also offer medical, nursing and psychology training and are proud of our international reputation for both Research and innovation.
Our population is culturally diverse, characterised in places by high levels of deprivation which create an increasing demand for our services and a necessity for us to make sure everyone can access the help they need. We are a team of compassionate, inclusive and committed people working together to provide excellent care to support our community. If you are looking for a place to belong, where you can make a real difference to people’s lives, join our team where our warm welcome is waiting for you.
For further information about the main responsibilities please view the attached job description and person specification.