Public Health Research Assistant

Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

The closing date is 13 February 2025

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Job summary

We have an exciting Public Health Research Assistant opportunity available.

Do you have an interest in Health promotion?

Do you have a caring and positive attitude and strive to make patients feel valued?

Do you communicate well?

Do you want to make a difference in people's lives?

Would you like to work at one of the best NHS trusts in the country that has been rated outstanding in all areas by CQC?

If the answer is yes, then we want to hear from you.

The Public Health Research Assistant is a new role within Royal Papworth Hospital that will support the Health Inequalities Team conduct research. It is expected that the exact requirements may develop and so flexibility and adaptability is required.

Main duties of the job

As a Public Health Research Assistant you will plan and organise your own workload and activities

You will listen to and talk with patients, and let the health inequalities specialist know about any concerns

You will have computer experience and record data in a timely and accurate manner

You will offer support and encourage patients during their research participation. This will involve one to one visits on the ward and telephone follow-ups at regular intervals.

You will assist the Health Inequalities Specialist in setting up for staff training and handing out resources.

You will uphold the Trust Values: Compassion, Excellence Collaboration, and associated behaviour standards always.

We are part of a larger multi-disciplinary department, and this is a great opportunity for you to join a supportive and innovative team of allied health professionals and nurses. You will develop transferable skills and further specialist knowledge.

About us

Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is the UK's leading heart and lung hospital, delivering care to more than 50,000 patients a year in its new state-of-the-art hospital in Cambridge. We perform the most heart and/or lung transplants in the UK and carried out the UK's first successful heart transplant in 1979. It also offers emergency heart attack treatment, sleep centre care and is one of just five centres nationally for those in severe respiratory failure.

Based on the Cambridge Biomedical Campus the largest centre of medical research and health science in Europe the Trust is at the heart of treatments of the future. Royal Papworth became the first hospital trust in the country to be rated outstanding in all five areas assessed by the Care Quality Commission - a rating it still holds today. The Trust holds its values of compassion, excellence & collaboration at its core, and all colleagues joining the team are expected to uphold these in their day-to-day roles & interactions. Royal Papworth is proud of its diverse workforce and encourages people to embrace their individuality.

The Trust values difference and welcomes all applications irrespective of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy & maternity, race, religion & belief, sex and sexual orientation. Providing they meet the minimum post criteria, applicants with disabilities will be offered an interview.

For a street view tour: https://royalpapworth.nhs.uk/virtual-tour

Date posted

04 February 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 3

Salary

£24,071 to £25,674 a year

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

1 years

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

175-2425-2-NS1122

Job locations

Royal Papworth Hospital

Papworth Road

Cambridge Bio Medical Campus

Cambridge

CB2 0AY

Job description

Job responsibilities

On this page you will find a Role Profile which provides information about the hospital and full details about the role. We recommend that you review this and refer to it as you complete your application. Please ensure you evidence in the Essential Criteria how you uphold the Trust Values Compassion Excellence Collaboration. If you would like more information about the role or working at Royal Papworth Hospital, please get in touch with the contact for this role.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Good general standard of education to vocational level 3 or equivalent
Good Clinical Practice (GCP)

Desirable

Certificate/Professional qualification in a related area e.g. NVQ 3 or equivalent

Experience

Essential

Experience of working within a hospital environment
Experience of working with direct patient care
Ability to work independently and as part of a team
Effective communication skills, including being able to talk to people individually or in a group
Ability to manage own time effectively.
Information technology use

Desirable

Experience working with people in a behaviour change context e.g. smoking service or equivalent

Additional Criteria

Essential

Please provide evidence of your commitment to uphold the Trust's values: Compassion, Excellence, Collaboration

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Good general standard of education to vocational level 3 or equivalent
Good Clinical Practice (GCP)

Desirable

Certificate/Professional qualification in a related area e.g. NVQ 3 or equivalent

Experience

Essential

Experience of working within a hospital environment
Experience of working with direct patient care
Ability to work independently and as part of a team
Effective communication skills, including being able to talk to people individually or in a group
Ability to manage own time effectively.
Information technology use

Desirable

Experience working with people in a behaviour change context e.g. smoking service or equivalent

Additional Criteria

Essential

Please provide evidence of your commitment to uphold the Trust's values: Compassion, Excellence, Collaboration

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.