Research Support Assistant

This is an exciting new role within the research team to assist in the rapid set up of new research studies. The primary focus of the role is to support the Research Facilitator in ensuring the department delivers on its tasks to implement research quickly and safely and deliver a high-quality research service and provide support in the set-up process of research projects.

They will act as a point of coordination and liaise with the research delivery team, medical and surgical teams, governance team, relevant support departments and external sponsors to expedite rapid reviews for potential new study opportunities. As such, the post holder will need to be able to manage a dynamic workload and be able to constantly prioritise and respond to changes.

The post holder will be a key member of the research team, with excellent interpersonal skills including a high level of written and verbal communication skills and good networking skills. Whilst on-the-job training is provided, the post holder is expected to have the ability to grasp information quickly.

We employ more than 6,500 staffwho deliver compassionate care from our two main hospitals,Calderdale Royal Hospital and Huddersfield Royal Infirmary as well as in community sites, healthcentres and in patients' homes. We also are incredibly proud to have almost 150 volunteers here at CHFT.

We provide a range of services including urgent and emergency care; medical; surgical; maternity; gynaecology; critical care; children's and young people's services; end of life care and outpatient and diagnostic imaging services.

We provide community health services, including sexual health services in Calderdale from Calderdale Royal and local health centres. These include Todmorden Health Centre and Broad Street Plaza.

We continue to modernise and invest in our health services to build on our strong reputation.Foundation trusts are public leaders in improving quality in health services. They are part of the NHS- yet decisions about what they do and how they do it are driven by independent boards. Boardslisten to their Council of Governors and respond to the needs of their members - patients, staff andthe local community.

Foundation trusts provide what the health service wants, yet are also free to invest quickly in thechanges to the local community needs, in striving to be the best, and in putting their patients first.