# Senior Researcher

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

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
- **Location:** CIDER Office, Health and Wellbeing Innovation Centre,
- **Workplace type:** onsite
- **Grade:** Band 6
- **Salary:** £39,959 - £48,117 Pro Rata
- **Contract type:** 1 year (Secondment or FTC - finishes 31 October 2027)
- **Employment type:** Part time, Flexible working, 22.5 hours per week
- **Closing date:** 2026-08-24T22:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-08-13T10:30:34.281Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Cornwall/Truro/Cornwall_Partnership_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Administration/Administration-v8200290
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8200290?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.cornwallft.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

Work as part of the Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (CPFT) Research Team and the Cornwall Intellectual Disability Equitable Research Centre (CIDER). Develop and coordinate literature searches, grant bids and patient and public involvement and engagement processes.

Please note: If you are an internal candidate and wanting to apply for this position as a secondment opportunity. Before applying, please ensure you have discussed the post with your current line manager and obtained their agreement to support your release for the duration of the secondment.

### Main duties of the job

Work with academic teams, research fellows and clinicians to complete literature reviews and grant applications.

As part of the wider CIDER team coordinate coproduction and PPIE events.

Assist other team members with research delivery inline with Good Clinical Practice and protocol requirements.

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To view a detailed job description and person specification including the main responsibilities of this role please see ‘supporting documents’.

## Person Specification

### Skills and Aptitude

**Essential**

- Ability to organise and manage own time, workload and set and achieve own targets
- Evidence of independent working
- Working with multi-professional groups

### Education / Qualifications and Relevant Experience

**Essential**

- Previous research or project management experience
- Working expertise of requirements of local, national, and international research regulations
- Degree level qualification in relevant subject
- Audit experience / Research methodology

**Desirable**

- Current ICH-GCP Certificate

## Documents

- [autism support (pdf, 38.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=977)
- [dyslexia support (pdf, 76.8kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1833)
- [job description (pdf, 800.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10506077)
- [parental entitlement (pdf, 300.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1834)
- [functional requirements (pdf, 205.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10506078)
- [recruitment complaints policy (pdf, 113.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=976)

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