# Clinical Research Assistant

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust
- **Location:** Redwoods Centre
- **Workplace type:** onsite
- **Salary:** £28392.00 to £31157.00
- **Contract type:** 12 months (Fixed term)
- **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Monday - Friday)
- **Closing date:** 2026-09-06T22:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-08-21T15:09:34.347Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/-v8168269
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8168269?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.mpft.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

This role is not eligible for visa sponsorship. If it is identified that you require sponsorship to undertake this role your application may be withdrawn

We are seeking an enthusiastic and organised individual, with experience of working with mental health or dementia service users, to provide clinical trial support to the Research and Innovation team based at the Trust’s research site at the Redwoods Centre, Shrewsbury, with regular travel to our research site at St George's Hospital, Stafford

### Main duties of the job

The role supports mental health and dementia research, as well as research in other physical health specialty areas including vaccines and long-term conditions.

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The role involves working alongside Research Nurses and Clinical Research Practitioners to support the recruitment of participants on to research studies from mental health inpatient wards and other clinical settings. The role also involves working on our mobile research unit. The successful candidate must have excellent communication and IT skills, be able to travel across the Trust geography, and be willing to drive our mobile research unit which requires a standard manual driving licence.

This is an excellent opportunity for candidates wishing to gain research experience, by working on a variety of interesting projects within a friendly and supportive team.

### Applicant requirements

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

## Person Specification

### Experience

**Essential**

- Research, audit or service evaluation experience
- Experience of information management, e.g. data inputting

**Desirable**

- Experience of working with mental health or dementia service users
- Degree in health related discipline

## Documents

- [benefits booklet (pdf, 1.1mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2957)
- [b4 clinical research assistant jd & person spec (pdf, 768.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10541094)

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