Clinical Research Administrative Assistant - 12 months

Job description

Job responsibilities

Provide efficient administrative support to the Clinical Research Team, including taking minutes, typing correspondence, post, filing, photocopying, laminating, arranging meetings, etc.

Assist with the development of filing systems and archiving procedures.

Be responsible for inputting data onto departmental database systems.

Be expected to arrange and plan their own work on a day-to-day basis within the overall demands and priorities of the department.

Routine admin duties e.g. photocopying, laminating, filing, receiving visitors, dealing with telephone calls, messages, making diary appointments, as required.

Generate letters emails and send questionnaires, reminders etc.

Maintain records and logs such as training records, meeting attendance etc.

Attend training sessions as required.

Liaise with all relevant research staff.

Coordination of the PRES (Patient Research Experience Survey)

Undertake any other duties that are commensurate with the banding of this post.

This is a description of the duties of the post as it is envisaged at present. This is not intended to be exhaustive and does not therefore form part of your contract of employment.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

• General office experience working on data entry, administration duties, filing, photocopying, answering telephone
• Experience of working in a team, responding to competing demands
• Experience of working to tight deadlines

Desirable

• Experience of working in an NHS environment or within a research environment

Skills

Essential

• Good oral and written communication skills
• Excellent administrative skills, including familiarity with email, word-processing and databases
• Able to work without daily supervision
• Excellent organisational skills
• Ability to interpret written procedures and record/enter information accurately
• Ability to summarise complex information onto spreadsheet
• Ability to work to frequent deadlines
• Attention to detail - checking documents, analysing stats

Knowledge

Essential

• Understanding of Information Governance and Confidentiality
• Knowledge/experience of admin procedures, IT systems to diploma level equivalent

Desirable

• Basic knowledge of research in the NHS

Qualifications

Essential

• GCSE level or equivalent including English at grade C or above
• Knowledge of a range of software programmes, admin procedures acquired through formal training i.e.RSA level 3 or NVQ3 or equivalent experience

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.

Employer details

Employer name

Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Bradford Institute for Health Research

Bradford Teaching Hospitals

Bradford

BD8 6RJ

Employer's website

https://www.bradfordhospitals.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)