Research Trial Co Ordinator

Oxford, ENG, GB, United Kingdom

Job Description

The University of Oxford is a stimulating work environment, which enjoys an international reputation as a world-class centre of excellence. Our research plays a key role in tackling many global challenges, from reducing our carbon emissions to developing vaccines during a pandemic.

The Department of Psychiatry is based on the Warneford Hospital site in Oxford - a friendly, welcoming place of work with an international reputation for excellence. The Department has a substantial research programme, with major funding from Medical Research Council (MRC), Wellcome Trust and National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) and provides highly rated medical training in psychiatry. The Head of Department is Professor Belinda Lennox.

The focus of this role is the day-to-day undertaking research and research administrative support of the Early Psychosis Research Group multi-centre research projects. The post holder will work closely with the busy and dynamic research team assisting the project manager and Principal Investigator (PI) at the University Department of Psychiatry, Warneford Hospital in Oxford and will be required to travel nationally with possible overnight stay. A requirement of this post is the ability to travel independently, therefore access to a car and full driving license or an alternative means of travel is desirable.

What We Offer



As an employer, we genuinely care about our employees' wellbeing and this is reflected in the range of benefits that we offer including:

An excellent contributory pension scheme

38 days annual leave

A comprehensive range of childcare services

Family leave schemes

Cycle loan scheme

Discounted bus travel and Season Ticket travel loans

Membership to a variety of social and sports clubs


This role also offers the opportunity for hybrid working.

About the Role



Do you want to develop your research skills further and have patient-facing experience /experience in healthcare research? Are you committed to working in line with good clinical practice to promote and deliver ground-breaking research and novel interventions? This role could be for you!

In this varied role, the post-holder will manage research administration systems including obtaining the requisite permissions and maintaining research documents files. The role will include supporting NHS research and clinical teams and sites nationally, recruiting and assessing of trial participants, assisting in research data collection and management, reporting, and disseminating findings. This will require liaising with research teams in NHS organisations, Clinical Research Facilities, and NHS and University based clinicians and researchers and study participants in psychiatric hospitals and community. There are connected studies to SINAPPS2, which are studying the possible immunological basis of mental illness using a range of methods, such as lumbar punctures. This role will also support these related studies and researcher teams in Oxford and NHS trusts across the UK. For this, the post holder will need a working knowledge of trial protocols and their application in practice, alongside a working knowledge of and compliance with the local, national and international research regulations.

The post is funded until 31 March 2027 and is based in the Department of Psychiatry at the Warneford Hospital.





About You



You will have the ability to work independently, , have excellent organisational skills and experience engaging patients with psychosis and their families. The post holder will be confident managing their own research and administrative activities and have advanced IT and excellent writing skills to write text that can be published.

Diversity


Committed to equality and valuing diversity
Our active Psychiatry People and Culture teams and initiatives including our values and behaviours framework, work to make the Department of Psychiatry as supportive, welcoming and inclusive as possible.



Application Process



You will be required to upload a covering letter/supporting statement, CV and the details of two referees as part of your online application. Please see the University pages on the application process at https://www.jobs.ox.ac.uk/application-process

The closing date for applications is

15 July 2025.



Interviews will take place on

23 & 24 July

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The interview will be followed by a task using computer

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Job Detail

  • Job Id
    JD3257295
  • Industry
    Not mentioned
  • Total Positions
    1
  • Job Type:
    Full Time
  • Salary:
    Not mentioned
  • Employment Status
    Permanent
  • Job Location
    Oxford, ENG, GB, United Kingdom
  • Education
    Not mentioned