[ref. m81063724] Research Support Officer - Cancer | East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust

We are looking for an enthusiastic and meticulous individual, preferably with experience working in a healthcare admin setting, to join our cancer research team as a Research Support Officer (RSO).

The Research Support Officer role is unlike any other NHS admin role. It incorporates general administrative office duties with laboratory and in-person clinic support. Moreover, it involves extensive liaison with external stakeholders, ELHT colleagues and departments.

• Providing accurate and timely admin support to the rest of the team
• Assisting the nurses with patient visits in clinic where necessary
• Organising and prioritising your own time effectively
• Taking responsibility for coordination of the processing and shipment of laboratory samples
• Collecting and entering clinical research data into electronic or paper case report forms from clinic visits and health records, following trial specific instructions for data entry
• Ensuring all data entry complies with legislation, local Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and Good Clinical Practice (GCP) requirements
• Working with the wider clinical research team to prepare and review study documentation in preparation for audit and regulatory inspection
• Communicating in a friendly and professional way with all internal and external personnel involved with running clinical research studies
• Ensuring good working relationships with the research teams based across the Trust

The Cancer Research team consists of five nurses, three RSOs and one data manager/study coordinator. We work closely together to deliver high quality research studies to East Lancashire's patient population.

We also collaborate extensively with our colleagues in the R&D Support Office, Acute Conditions, Chronic Conditions, and Reproductive and Children's Health research teams.

Our patients are seen at two main sites - Royal Blackburn and Burnley General Teaching Hospitals. There is an expectation to work at both sites to support cancer research activities, although the main focus is at Blackburn.

Flexibility and ability to take the initiative are a must in order to support our patients.

• · ongoing study admin support, including new study set-up and archiving of completed studies
• · maintenance of site files and research databases
• · data entry
• · promotion of cancer research online and at events
• · contact with patients in clinics and over the phone
• · processing and shipping of research samples

If you feel that your experience and skills fit those described, we encourage you to apply to join our team. Please do ensure that you demonstrate within your application how you meet each of the criteria described within the Person Specification.

We look forward to hearing from you!

This advert closes on Thursday 3 Oct 2024