Project Support Officer

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Band 3, Project Support Officer to join the research team at Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust supporting NIHR portfolio studies. This is a permanent opportunity. The successful candidate will work with a team including a research nurses, clinicians, and academic staff at Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust The purpose of this post is to provide comprehensive support for research studies. The assistant will be expected to perform a variety of clerical/research duties within a research environment and in such a way as to make a direct and positive contribution to the organisation of the work within the RDI Department. The successful candidate will work with a team including a research nurses, clinicians, and academic staff at Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust. At the moment there are a number of research studies being conducted at Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust. Cross site working, between Whiston, St Helens Hospital is essential and Southport and Ormskirk Hospitals when required.,

• Provide administrative and study support for research studies
• Work closely with Research Nurses, PIs and research teams throughout the duration of a study to facilitate study progress, identifying barriers to successful recruitment and reporting these to RDI Data Manager.
• Be point of contact for internal personnel and external organisations, resolving most queries independently or referring on to the most appropriate member of staff as appropriate.
• Collect patient data from medical notes and complete both electronic and paper case report forms (CRF's), liaising with Research Nurse and clinicians to ensure correct data collection. Take responsibility for quality control, checking validity and completeness of the data.
• Submit requested data to the Trial Centres, ensuring that all data is validated by the Research Nurse (when required) and that all data is processed, accurate and delivered within their target dates.
• Liaise with all other departments within the hospital, i.e. wards, medical outpatient departments, medical records etc. with regard to all aspects of patient care, e.g. Appointments, investigations etc.
  
  Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust serves a population of over 600,000 with a workforce of over 9000 dedicated and skilled staff across 21 sites.
We strongly believe that the communities we serve should all have access to Five Star Patient Care. Our Services: Acute Care Providing emergency and maternity services at Whiston, Southport and Ormskirk hospitals, and medical and surgical specialties across all our sites. Primary Care Providing primary care services at Marshalls Cross Medical Centre situated in St Helens Hospital. Community Services Providing adult community services for St Helens and a wheelchair service in Chorley, South Ribble, and West Lancashire. Our inpatient unit at Newton Community Hospital is where patients needing acute hospital beds can continue rehabilitation, freeing up space for more unwell patients. We also provide urgent care at our Urgent Treatment Centrelocatedin St Helens town centre. Specialist Regional Services We provide the Mersey Regional Burns & Plastic Surgery Unit at Whiston Hospital and the Spinal Injuries Unit at Southport Hospital to more than 4 million people across the whole of Merseyside, West Lancashire, Cheshire, Isle of Man and North Wales. Achievements:
• Rated Outstanding by CQC Inspection August 2018
• Top 100 places to work in the NHS (NHS Employers & Health Service Journal)
• National Preceptorship Accreditation (2023) for Nursing & AHP Preceptorship Programme