Clinical Research Assistant

Job overview

We are excited to offer an opportunity for an enthusiastic and motivated Research Assistant to join the Women’s Health Research Team at UCLH.

This role supports the delivery of the Placental Monitoring Study, which is is an observational study of a new wearable monitoring device that has been developed by UCL engineers to detect changes in placental function by monitoring the oxygen saturation and metabolism.

Main duties of the job

The role involves screening and approaching potential participants to provide comprehensive information about the study, as well as assisting with data collection and other day to day research activities and taking ownership of data management/databases. You will work closely with the Chief investigator, senior research midwives  research fellows, engineers, trial manager and clinical teams to help achieve the study milestones.

This is a fixed term role, currently until the end of January 2026, but with the potential for an extension subject to further funding.

Candidates who meet the essential criteria of the Person Specification as well as the characteristics of the Trust’s vision and values will be considered for interview.

This vacancy may close before the current listed closing date. You are advised not to delay submitting your completed application.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For the full Person Specification and more information regarding the main responsibilities of this role, please refer to the attached Job Description.

Come and be a part of the best NHS trust in England to work for, according to our staff*

UCLH top trust to work at in England – for the second year running! : University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

*In the most recent NHS staff survey UCLH had the highest percentage of staff who said they would recommend us as a place to work, out of all general acute or acute/community NHS trusts in England – for the second year in a row.

UCLH top trust to work at in England – for the second year running! University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

Once again, UCLH has received the highest score of all general acute and acute/community NHS trusts in England for staff that would recommend us as a place to work.

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