# Senior Research Assistant Practitioner > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/senior-research-assistant-practitioner/0c73de49-9fa1-4548-a4e2-341e1f92a689 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/senior-research-assistant-practitioner/0c73de49-9fa1-4548-a4e2-341e1f92a689.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust - **Town:** London - **Region:** London - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Healthcare support worker - **Salary:** £38,488 - £46,852 Per Annum - **Contract type:** 12 months (Fixed Term) - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-07-28T09:00:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-07-27T08:50:47.427Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/London/Chelsea/The_Royal_Marsden_NHS_Foundation_Trust/GI_Lymphoma_Research/GI_Lymphoma_Research-v8183449 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8183449?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.royalmarsden.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview This role is ideal for an experienced Assistant Practitioner looking to take on greater responsibility within a fast-paced research environment. The successful candidate will play a key role in supporting the coordination and delivery of research activities, ensuring high standards of quality, organisation, and compliance are consistently maintained. You will be expected to work with a high degree of autonomy, contributing to the day-to-day operational management of the service while supporting and guiding junior team members. Key responsibilities will include overseeing workflows, ensuring accurate documentation and data management, maintaining regulatory and governance standards, and acting as a point of escalation for operational queries. You will also contribute to process improvement initiatives and support the implementation of new studies and protocols. Strong organisational skills, attention to detail, and the ability to prioritise competing demands are essential. Excellent communication skills are required, as you will liaise with multidisciplinary teams across the organisation. Clinical tasks undertaken by the Senior AP will be ratified by the Nursing Radiography and Rehabilitation Advisory Committee (NRRAC). The Research Nurse Team Leader will be responsible for ensuring post holder competency is achieved and maintained for the clinical tasks to be undertaken, specific to each clinical area of concern. ### Main duties of the job The Senior Assistant Practitioner (SAP) is an essential valued member of the team appointed to support Registered  Nurses (RN) in the delivery of patient care. The post holder will be autonomous in their workload and responsible for recruiting to and coordinating an agreed portfolio of research projects. Responsibilities will include day to day management of assistant practitioners under direct and indirect supervision of experienced research nursing staff and assisting in the completion of forms for the  trust/ethics approval; identifying patients through MDTs (multi disciplinary teams)/screening notes; explaining studies to patients prior to informed consent; collecting ‘on treatment’ and ‘follow-up’ data; designing databases for local studies; data entry for local studies and liaising with external trial centres for multi-centre studies. For some studies the post holder will be required to interview patients with newly diagnosed, recurrent or advanced cancer in some depth about sensitive personal psychosocial issues. The post holder will work closely with MDT team including medical staff, research nurses and coordinators, site-specific teams and oncology groups, clinical nurse specialists, clinic staff and radiographers for the clinical research studies. This is an excellent opportunity for an individual looking to further develop their leadership skills and make a meaningful contribution to translational research within a supportive and dynamic team. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities For further information on this role, please see the attached detailed Job Description and Person Specification. - Work autonomously screening patients’ suitability for entry into research studies, by attending MDTs and clinics or searching patient case notes exercising judgment and knowledge of trial eligibility criteria. - Be familiar with the application processes involved in the submission to the appropriate Ethics and R&D Committees by the Clinical Trial Coordinators/ Senior Trial Coordinators. - Identify patients that may be suitable for research projects and initiate discussion with patients and carers about defined research protocols. - Ensure patients are fully informed prior to entry into a research study and that all information is understood. - Develop tumour site-specific knowledge in order to enhance practice. - Provide support and reassurance to patients, referring them to the appropriate units or team members as necessary. - To complete Good Clinical Practice (GCP) and HTA training and adhere at all times to regulations as described in Good Clinical Practice, and to the most current guidance relating to Research Governance and Research Ethics in each Trust. - To recognise own limitations and undertake both mandatory and specialist training to ensure compliance with all clinical research regulatory frameworks. - To act as an advocate for staff, patients and relatives at all times. - To ensure the benefits to patients are maximised through careful, economical and appropriate use of NHS resources including equipment, property, money, time etc. - To promote a safe clinical environment for all patients, visitors and staff. - To assist with any local or trust initiatives to ensure the continuous improvement of the quality of services and safeguarding of high standards of care. ## Person Specification ### Other **Essential** - Excellent interpersonal skills - Empathy and sensitivity with patients - Ability to remain calm and demonstrate tact/diplomacy whilst under pressure - Ability to take direction from others - Initiative to identify own learning needs ### Experience **Essential** - Proven healthcare or patient facing experience working in the NHS - Experience of research and development, science or health and social care - Experience in data management, data collection and data entry in clinical trials or health research - Intermediate IT skills (Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint) - Working within a team - Ability to manage/prioritise workload autonomously - Evidence of completing specific competencies for the role (ECG, height and weight, observations, blood, and tissue handling) - Experience and involvement in the informed consent process - Experience of supervising and training new staff **Desirable** - Dealing with oncology patients - Use of Microsoft Access - Managing large databases - Taking informed consent - Managing staff within a team ### Education / Qualifications **Essential** - A Levels/ BTEC in relevant subjects - Degree (or) in Science or Health & Social Care (A) or Foundation Degree in Science or Health & Social Care - National Care Certificate ### Skills, Abilities & Knowledge **Essential** - Knowledge of common medical terms and conditions - Knowledge of hospital departments and research staff roles - Knowledge and understanding of research methods - Understanding of both clinical and research governance - Demonstrate importance of health and safety at work - Accuracy and meticulous attention to detail - Flexible and adaptable approach to meet needs of the service - Excellent written and verbal communication skills - Self-motivated to work under minimal supervision - Good organisation skills - Ability to summarise documents and prepare written reports - Ability to work autonomously and within multi-disciplinary team - Ability to cope with emotional demands of working in oncology setting **Desirable** - Knowledge of cancer terminology (A/I) - Understanding of psychosocial needs of oncology patients (A/I) - Patient assessment skills - Experience interviewing patients or assisting with focus groups ## Documents - [282-cr1722jobdescription (pdf, 718.9kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10487083) - [282-cr1722jobfeatureform (pdf, 136.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10487084) - [royal marsden trust values (pdf, 715.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2360) - [workplace wellbeing and rewards guide (pdf, 1.2mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2580) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.