Community Research Assistant
Job overview
Closing Date: 01/05/2025 (this may change dependent on response)Shortlisting to take place in the week following closing date: commencing 02/05/2025
Interview expected to take place in the week following shortlisting: commencing 05/05/2025
Post is fixed term until: 31.03.2027
We are looking for organised, motivated and enthusiastic Community Research Assistants to join our community team
The post holder will be working as part of a team and be involved in the day to day running of studies hosted by Born in Bradford, in particular our new Healthy Homes study. This includes promoting Born in Bradford studies, informing and recruiting individuals and families and collecting data and samples within their own home.
The post holder will need to have experience of working in a community or healthcare setting, be organised and able to work under their own initiative to meet tight deadlines, as well as being approachable and friendly mannered..
These posts will require some weekend work and may require working evenings up to 7pm
We welcome applications for part and full-time applicants with hours available from a minimum of 22.5 up to 37.5 hours per week (full time)
Main duties of the job
The post holder will be involved in all aspects of the day to day running of the Born in Bradford studies they are working on. The daily duties include approaching, recruiting and consenting participants in the hospital, and in a variety of community settings including in participants own home, arranging and undertaking home visits; collecting data by conducting semi structured interviews and obtaining health related measurements from participants .
The community research assistant may also be responsible for taking biological samples, such as blood, urine or hair samples from adults and children as part of the data collection process. Where this is required for a study, full training will be provided.
Working for our organisation
Our People Charter outlines the behaviours we can expect from one another and what you can expect from Bradford Teaching Hospitals Foundation Trust:
- We value people
- We are one team
- We care
We’re keen to meet people who share these values and are passionate about delivering the highest quality of care to our patients.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
See Job Description and Person Specification for more details.
The post holder will play a key role in the recruitment and data collection of on-going and new maternity and community based studies within the Born in Bradford Programme.
Person specification
Experience
Essential criteria- Experience of relevant working in a community or health setting
- Experience of working under pressure or to tight deadlines
- Experience of working in research
- Experience of working with people in their home
Qualifications
Essential criteria- NNEB/HND/BTEC,GNVQ level 3 or equivalent level of education* Or other highly relevant experience
Skills
Essential criteria- Excellent administrative and IT skills
- Excellent oral and written communication skills
- Interpersonal skills to include: diplomacy and sensitivity, negotiating and influencing
- Excellent organisational skills
- Ability to interpret written procedures and record information accurately
- Ability to summarise complex information
- Excellent attention to detail
- Demonstrates the ability to work well with others in a team
- Mature approach to work with a friendly manner
- Flexible approach to work and working practices to meet the requirements of the project
- Phlebotomy skills, or willingness to undertake training in this.
- Able to speak a South Asian, Central/Eastern European, or other relevant language spoken in the Bradford community
- Knowledge of safeguarding