Research Assistant

Location: Leeds – St James University Hospital
School/Institute: Leeds Institute of Cancer & Pathology (LICAP)
Section: Oncology & Clinical Research (clinical)
Grade: Grade 6
Contract Type: Fixed Term (3 years)

Part-time (17.5 hours – 50%)

An excellent opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic and motivated individual to join an active team involved in cancer patient care research. The post is funded by a Yorkshire Cancer Research project grant.

The aim of the project is to use an innovative approach to remotely monitor and support patients using electronic patient reported outcome measures and re-designed care pathways. The overall project will adapt a system for use in routine practice, early phase trials and extend the system to other hospital locations. 

The research assistant appointed to this post will be required to actively participate in the planning, organisation and day to day running of the implementation projects, including patient recruitment, monitoring and entering trial data. Under the guidance of senior researchers they will support the development of clinical trial protocols and procedure. The post holder will liaise with oncologists, clinic and research nurses, and clinical trial staff.

With a first degree in a relevant subject e.g. psychology, social work or health care studies you will have excellent interpersonal and communication skills and be able to work well individually and within a multidisciplinary team, which includes research fellows, research assistants, health professionals and programmers. Previous experience conducting both qualitative and quantitative research with cancer patients or in an NHS health setting is desirable. Whilst the research assistant will be based at St James’ Hospital, Leeds, some travel between this site and collaborative partners in Yorkshire (Bradford, Huddersfield, Halifax) will be required throughout the project.

This fixed term post is available immediately on a part-time basis (17.5 hours – 50%) for a period of 3 years and will be based at St James’s University Hospital

The University of Leeds is committed to providing equal opportunities for all and offers a range of family friendly policies (http://hr.leeds.ac.uk/homepage/4/policies). The University is a charter member of Athena SWAN and holds the Bronze award. The School of Medicine gained the Bronze award in 2013. We are committed to being an inclusive medical school that values all staff, and we are happy to consider job share applications and requests for flexible working arrangements from our employees.

Informal enquiries regarding the post should be directed to Professor Galina Velikova or Dr Fiona Kennedy (g.velikova@leeds.ac.uk or f.r.kennedy@leeds.ac.uk)

If you have any specific enquiries about your online application please contact Rosemary Sannaee, email: r.sannaee@leeds.ac.uk or Sharon Collins, email: s.collins@leeds.ac.uk