Job summary
- Main area
- Pathology
- Grade
- AfC Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 384-AR-EMF19117
- Employer
- Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust
- Town
- Guildford
- Salary
- £32,602 - £39,686 per annum pro rata includes high cost area supplements (HCAS)
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 05/10/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Research & Development Assistant
AfC Band 5
Job overview
We are seeking an enthusiastic scientist to join the research team in the NHS Bowel Cancer Screening Programme (BCSP) Southern Hub as a Research Assistant.
The Southern Hub research team work alongside the Bowel Cancer Screening Programme and are based on the Surrey Research Park. The research team are involved in a variety of projects currently focused on the analytical factors and clinical utility of the faecal immunochemical test, both in screening and symptomatic populations. You will be a dynamic, enthusiastic team member with a science degree and experience of the bowel cancer screening programme who is looking for a new challenge.
This post is varied and duties will include laboratory tasks, administration and data recording and analysis. You will use databases and Microsoft Office® applications (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint) and will have the motivation to work to a high degree of accuracy and detail.
Training will be provided in any project-specific aspects of the role.
Main duties of the job
Assist with research and development projects and associated administrative and laboratory procedures at BCSP Southern Hub
The Research Assistant will support the BCSP Southern Hub Research team in research and development activities. They will assist with the development of project protocols and undertake research project tasks in accordance with agreed protocols under supervision of other members of the research team. Relevant training will be provided for specialist skills associated with the post.
Working for our organisation
Royal Surrey is a compassionate and collaborative acute and community Trust. Recognising that our 5000 colleagues are our greatest strength, we offer a comprehensive health and wellbeing program along with a commitment to developing and advancing your career. Our diverse and welcoming Royal Surrey family will ensure you that you feel valued from your initial interview through your entire tenure.
We are clinically led and provide joined up care by bridging the gap between hospital and community services alongside regional specialist cancer care. Our main acute hospital site is in Guildford with community hospital sites at Milford, Haslemere and Cranleigh. We provide adult community health services in homes across Guildford and Waverley.
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) have given us an overall rating of Outstanding.
Royal Surrey has a strong reputation and history to build on. We are proud of our achievements and we are investing in our colleagues through our commitment to supporting professional development as well as investing more than £45 million in our physical environment and new equipment in the next few years. There has never been a better time to join us.
Although it isn't the Trusts normal practice, adverts may close early, so you are encouraged to submit an application as soon as possible.
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Detailed job description and main responsibilities
• Receive training to perform relevant research activities: good clinical practice (GCP), good laboratory practice (GLP), research project databases, advanced Microsoft office software and other relevant software, laboratory equipment use and maintenance, quality management practices and software.
• Communicate with research project participants by answering helpline calls and progressing queries; producing letters, both bespoke and automated, to recruit participants, inform them of results and other project related communications.
• Produce a detailed audit trail of research project activities.
• Perform and keep records of maintenance to laboratory equipment, liaise with service engineers and record service information.
• Monitor and maintain general supplies for the research laboratory.
• Monitor and maintain supplies of research office stationery and project stationery.
• Contribute to production of SOPs in accordance with Berkshire and Surrey Pathology Service quality management methods.
• Communicate with members of research project teams at other sites as directed by the research project lead.
• Attend BCSP Southern Hub Research Committee meetings, take and write up minutes where required.
• Follow established procedures for the receipt and storage of research project biological samples.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- BSc with laboratory skills experience and/or relevant experience of working in a laboratory
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Good working knowledge of the Bowel Cancer Screening Programme pathway and database
- Experience of working in a laboratory
Desirable criteria
- Good laboratory practice (GLP) knowledge
- Knowledge of current BCSP Southern Hub Research & Development projects
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Sally Benton
- Job title
- Hub Director
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01483 409853
- Additional information
For more information and an informal discussion please contact Sally Benton, Hub Director on 01483 409853 or by email [email protected] or Carolyn Piggott, Clinical Research Scientist on 01483 409860 or by email [email protected].
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