Bank Research Finance Assistant

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our friendly, passionate and enthusiastic research team as a Research Finance Assistant!

The R&D Department is involved in the set up, design, conduct and analysis of clinical trials and other clinical research studies, working in collaboration with patients, research teams,hospital departments, other NHS Trusts, commercial and academic partners.

The Research Finance Assistant is responsible for supporting the Research Management Quality Facilitator with efficient income recovery processes, reviewing data for accuracy prior to raising invoices and creating income distribution templates for commercial trials.

They are required to be organised and respond well to working as a member of a team. They will ensure that the processes for income recovery enable a high quality service to ensure the effective delivery of critical research support operations.This is a busy role, and the post holder is expected to have excellent communication skills, have a hands on approach, the ability to work under pressure and to tight deadlines whilst maintaining attention to detail.

This is an excellent opportunity to work within a friendly, dynamic, multi-disciplinary team supporting high quality research. For full details please read the job description.

Main duties of the job

Please note

As a part of our hiring process, we will carry out a short assessment/test related to the position to test your skills. All the instructions related to the assessment will be given to you on the interview day.

We always receive a high number of applications for this role so we advise you to use the supporting evidence section of the application to demonstrate you have the required transferable skills and attributes stated in the person specifications and job description.

To understand the role in more detail please read the full job description and person specification documents which are attached to this advert

Interviews to be confirmed

About us

This is a really exciting time to join UHD! We are a three site acute trust with 'university hospital' status, due to our partnership with Bournemouth University, delivering highly regarded health services to the county of Dorset, and beyond. We employ some 10,000 staff, with an ambitious £250m estates programme on the way to delivering state-of-the-art facilities to meet the current and future healthcare needs of the populations we serve.

In an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) with over seven miles of sandy beaches, you'll find inspirational opportunities to achieve your perfect work/life balance. With the New Forest and the Purbecks on our doorstep, we're also less than three hours from London by road or train. The thriving towns of Poole, Bournemouth and Christchurch give way to idyllic villages and unspoilt landscapes just minutes from our hospitals.

This advert may be closed early if sufficient applications are received.

COVID-19 vaccination remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and our patients from the virus when working in our healthcare settings. Whilst COVID-19 vaccination is not a condition of employment we do encourage our staff to get vaccinated.

Internal Candidates: staff employed prior to merger who voluntarily change jobs will be appointed to UHD terms and conditions.