Total 9 Junior Executive level Science / R&D / Research job vacancies in Birmingham, WMD, B33

Hays is partnering with a local council to recruit a Devolved Retrofit Pilot Research Assistant. This role is crucial in supporting and advancing the council's Devolved Retrofit Pilot programme, ensuring its successful delivery starting April 2025.

Key Responsibilities:

• Assist in assembling and reporting on learning from retrofit delivery.
• Engage proactively with stakeholders to foster collaboration.
• Capture feedback and manage content creation and dissemination.
• Facilitate meetings and work with groups from local authorities and supply chain partners.
• Support procurement, onboarding, and scoping of research initiatives.

Ideal Candidate: The successful candidate will have experience in devolved retrofit projects and a strong ability to work collaboratively across various teams.

If you have relevant experience and are excited about contributing to this important initiative, please submit your updated CV!

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Please refer to the attached job description and person specification to view the full details for this opportunity at Birmingham Womens and Childrens NHS Foundation Trust. When completing your application, please ensure you have evidenced how you meet the job description and person specification to include transferable experience, qualifications, skills along with professional registration details (if applicable). Occasionally we receive a large number of applications for our roles and when that happens we sometimes bring the closing date forward, so please apply promptly to avoid disappointment.

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification to view the full details for this opportunity at Birmingham Womens and Childrens NHS Foundation Trust. When completing your application, please ensure you have evidenced how you meet the job description and person specification to include transferable experience, qualifications, skills along with professional registration details (if applicable). Occasionally we receive a large number of applications for our roles and when that happens we sometimes bring the closing date forward, so please apply promptly to avoid disappointment.

Develop knowledge of a range of research experiments acquired through initial training and exhaustive practice in the laboratory. In addition, the postholder will have the opportunity to meet with an specialist consultant from the ROH to discuss the state-of-the-art in the management of specific types of bone cancer and how his/her independent research project fits in the scopus of current scientific endeavour.

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification to view the full details for this opportunity at Birmingham Womens and Childrens NHS Foundation Trust. When completing your application, please ensure you have evidenced how you meet the job description and person specification to include transferable experience, qualifications, skills along with professional registration details (if applicable). Occasionally we receive a large number of applications for our roles and when that happens we sometimes bring the closing date forward, so please apply promptly to avoid disappointment.

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification to view the full details for this opportunity at Birmingham Womens and Childrens NHS Foundation Trust. When completing your application, please ensure you have evidenced how you meet the job description and person specification to include transferable experience, qualifications, skills along with professional registration details (if applicable). Occasionally we receive a large number of applications for our roles and when that happens we sometimes bring the closing date forward, so please apply promptly to avoid disappointment.

The NIHR TM-MIC is funded to build expertise and capacity in the NHS to support the development of new medical technologies to enable improved management of the trauma care pathway from the point of injury through to stabilisation and recovery. MD-TEC is a unique, state of the art usability facility undertaking ergonomic and user-based testing on pre regulatory medical technologies The Clinical Director Professor Tom Clutton-Brock is a senior clinical academic in anaesthesia and intensive care with a career long success in bringing new medical devices to market. We are seeking to recruit a Clinical Research Fellow in anaesthesia who will be supervised by Professor Clutton-Brock and Simon Smart to provide the clinical lead on all innovation studies. The majority of studies will be around usability; however it is anticipated that there will be some requirement around clinical investigation development and delivery, along with adoption evaluations.

Two exciting opportunities have arisen within the Clinical Research Network West Midlands (CRN WM) as follows:

Clinical Research Project Assistant 1 x WTE - Central/South Region includingBirmingham, Dudley, Solihull, Walsall, Worcestershire, Herefordshire, Warwickshire.

Clinical Research Project Assistant 1 x WTE - North Region including Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, Shropshire

The Clinical Research Project Assistant would be working closely with the clinical research teams in our Partner Organisations and with the staff at the CRN WM. The post holder will be responsible for the data management of clinical trial patients and will be required to review patient records for information. This will include the accurate and timely entry of clinical data into various data capture systems and supporting query resolution, along with administrative support for research delivery.

Valid driving licence and use of car for work purposes are essential.

The post holder will need to be flexible in their work as the role requires travelling around the region. We’re looking for applicants who can integrate into different teams, be familiar with working with a variety of systems both paper and databases and has ideally worked previously in a research or data management role within a healthcare setting. Excellent communication and IT skills are essential, as is meticulous attention to detail.

CRN West Midlands is hosted by The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust.

The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust is one of the largest NHS trusts in the West Midlands providing primary, acute and community services and we are incredibly proud of the diversity of both our staff and the communities we serve. We are building a workforce that can help us to fulfil our values, improve quality of care for patients, and solve the health care problems of tomorrow. We’re passionate about the value that diversity of thinking and lived experience brings in enabling us to become a learning organisation and leader in delivering compassionate care for our patients.

We are delighted that we have been rated as“Good”by CQC. We have achieved numerous awards; The Nursing Times Best Diversity and Inclusion Practice and Best UK Employer of the Year for Nursing Staff in 2020.

The Trust is a supportive working environment committed to creating flexible working arrangements that suit your needs and as such will consider all requests from applicants who wish to work flexibly.

To work according to Good Clinical Practice (GCP) and research governance standards for clinical research studies

To provide an effective quality data management service to any Partner Organisation within the Clinical Research Network West Midlands (CRN WM). To act as a resource and role model for junior staff and the wider multidisciplinary team.

To identify and work within Standard Operating procedures (SOPs) in accordance with individual study site requirements.

To support the set up and conduct of randomised controlled trials and other NIHR Portfolio studies

To create databases for identification, tracking, recording and reporting of the patient pathway, relevant to achieving on time and to target objectives for patient recruitment

To ensure that the clinical study protocols you are working on are adhered to. Assist research staff and clinicians to ensure protocols are accurately followed.

In collaboration with Study Managers ensure that every study which involves patients transferring between Organisations has a defined pathway. This will require liaison with staff in multiple organisations.

To transcribe/export data from medical records (paper or electronic) to case report forms (CRFs) (paper or electronic) as required by the protocol and return these to the study coordinating centre in a timely manner, liaising with Research Nurses, Clinicians and other research staff as necessary to ensure accuracy of completion


To act appropriately to report and record serious adverse events, this includes communication with the Principal Investigator and site team, Sponsor teams, relevant regulatory bodies and local personnel.

To take responsibility for liaising with multiple organisations (e.g. Clinical Trials Units) regarding data queries and for checking and resolving data queries, establishing and maintaining a robust system of documenting these queries

Use the Local Portfolio Management System and other trial specific tools to identify when new data is required; take responsibility for quality control, checking validity and completeness of all recorded data and reports presented to the required timetable and to track patient activities across multiple Partner Organisations

Work with other members of the study team in the provision of a comprehensive study service

To complete eligibility forms for study patients and to ensure that all relevant data has been recorded

To randomise /register patients to studies according to protocol requirements, as required

To assist in ensuring that protocol required tests/procedures are done according to the schedule in the specific study protocol

Liaise with Study Coordinators for specific study protocols and procedures

To ensure that clinical study recruitment records are accurately maintained.

To ensure safe filing and storage of study documentation and samples in accordance with Good Clinical Practice and Research Governance

Maintain sufficient stocks of documentation and equipment required for studies (e.g. CRFs, Questionnaires, Blood Sample Kits)

To arrange couriering of samples and ensure the contained samples are delivered safely and securely to the necessary destination.

To organise and prepare for visits by trial monitors, inspectors and internal auditors

To attend meetings relevant to the nature of the job

For full Duties and Responsibilities please see attached Job Description on the Trust website


This advert closes on Sunday 10 Dec 2023

To work according to Good Clinical Practice (GCP) and research governance standards for clinical research studies To provide an effective quality data management service to any Partner Organisation within the Clinical Research Network West Midlands (CRN WM). To act as a resource and role model for junior staff and the wider multidisciplinary team. To identify and work within Standard Operating procedures (SOPs) in accordance with individual study site requirements. To support the set up and conduct of randomised controlled trials and other NIHR Portfolio studies To create databases for identification, tracking, recording and reporting of the patient pathway, relevant to achieving on time and to target objectives for patient recruitment To ensure that the clinical study protocols you are working on are adhered to. Assist research staff and clinicians to ensure protocols are accurately followed. In collaboration with Study Managers ensure that every study which involves patients transferring between Organisations has a defined pathway. This will require liaison with staff in multiple organisations. To transcribe/export data from medical records (paper or electronic) to case report forms (CRFs) (paper or electronic) as required by the protocol and return these to the study coordinating centre in a timely manner, liaising with Research Nurses, Clinicians and other research staff as necessary to ensure accuracy of completion To act appropriately to report and record serious adverse events, this includes communication with the Principal Investigator and site team, Sponsor teams, relevant regulatory bodies and local personnel. To take responsibility for liaising with multiple organisations (e.g. Clinical Trials Units) regarding data queries and for checking and resolving data queries, establishing and maintaining a robust system of documenting these queries Use the Local Portfolio Management System and other trial specific tools to identify when new data is required; take responsibility for quality control, checking validity and completeness of all recorded data and reports presented to the required timetable and to track patient activities across multiple Partner Organisations Work with other members of the study team in the provision of a comprehensive study service To complete eligibility forms for study patients and to ensure that all relevant data has been recorded To randomise /register patients to studies according to protocol requirements, as required To assist in ensuring that protocol required tests/procedures are done according to the schedule in the specific study protocol Liaise with Study Coordinators for specific study protocols and procedures To ensure that clinical study recruitment records are accurately maintained. To ensure safe filing and storage of study documentation and samples in accordance with Good Clinical Practice and Research Governance Maintain sufficient stocks of documentation and equipment required for studies (e.g. CRFs, Questionnaires, Blood Sample Kits) To arrange couriering of samples and ensure the contained samples are delivered safely and securely to the necessary destination. To organise and prepare for visits by trial monitors, inspectors and internal auditors To attend meetings relevant to the nature of the job For full Duties and Responsibilities please see attached Job Description on the Trust website