Research Assistant

4 Apr 2024
Job Information

Organisation/Company

KINGS COLLEGE LONDON

Research Field

Medical sciences

Researcher Profile

Recognised Researcher (R2)
First Stage Researcher (R1)

Country

United Kingdom

Application Deadline

17 Apr 2024 - 00:00 (UTC)

Type of Contract

Other

Job Status

Full-time

Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme?

Not funded by an EU programme

Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure?

No

Offer Description

Job description

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Research Assistant to support the Mind & Skin consortium, led by Professor Carsten Flohr, Chair in Dermatology and Population Health Sciences at King’s College London. This project brings together a consortium of senior investigators from King’s College London, Surrey and Oxford Universities.

Mind & Skin is an ambitious collaborative, multidisciplinary programme funded by the Medical Research Foundation that, for the first time, brings together expertise from paediatric dermatology, sleep medicine, imaging science, immunology, machine learning/AI, psychiatry and cognitive neuroscience to examine the links between Atopic Dermatitis (AD), pruritus, sleep disturbance and altered brain function, including cognitive changes, such as inattention and hindered executive function, and psychiatric sequelae. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S6MRTNxDoqo

You will provide high-level, proactive, comprehensive and efficient study management, technical and administrative support for the Mind & Skin project.

The role requires flexible working during patient visits due to device set-ups that occur in the late afternoon, 1-2 times a week.

This role will suit a candidate with excellent IT, administrative and organisational skills who can work accurately, with close attention to detail in a busy environment. The post holder will have very good interpersonal, verbal and written communication skills with patients and colleagues from the wider research team.

You will be able to work both independently and as part of the wider Mind & Skin team, including our Clinical Research Practitioner, Clinical Research Fellow and PhD Fellows and demonstrate a flexible approach to work and meet deadlines using initiative and judgement to prioritise competing demands.

Please contact Professor Carsten Flohr ([email protected] ) for further information on the post.

This post will be offered on a fixed-term basis until 31st January 2026.

This is a full-time post - 100% full time equivalent; 5 days a week.

The requirements of the post would be to be present in the office for 3-4 days a week, depending on study activities, which can be reviewed after 6 months. This will have to be approved by the Line Manager, keeping in line with the King’s hybrid working model.

Key responsibilities

• Assist Mind & Skin clinical study visits, which includes booking appointments, screening and liaising with participants, preparing for and attending the study visits located at St Thomas’ Hospital and Denmark Hill
• Ensure stock used for clinical studies is maintained using relevant software
• Purchase goods and services within the research group where required
• Oversee and be responsible for the maintenance, servicing and repairs of equipment in the research group
• Conduct in-house audits of -80C freezer to ensure tracking of samples collected from clinical studies across the research group
• Prepare and present findings of research activity to colleagues within the Mind & Skin project for review purposes
• Contribute as co-author to publications arising from the Mind & Skin project
• Minute taking of meetings
• Follow and update existing standard operating procedures (SOPs) for the clinical study
• Assist in writing new SOPs for the clinical study
• Comply with the ethical regulations imposed by King’s College London, Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Trust
• Establish and maintain excellent working relationships within the Mind & Skin team but also the wider Paediatric & Population-Based Dermatology team
• Support other Research Assistant activities within the Paediatric & Population-Based Dermatology Research Group
• In all of the above, act proactively and exercise judgement and provide work output to a high standard all while acting with the utmost professionalism, discretion and confidentiality

The above list of responsibilities may not be exhaustive, and the post holder will be required to undertake such tasks and responsibilities as may reasonably be expected within the scope and grading of the post.

Skills, knowledge, and experience

Essential criteria

BSc in relevant subject (2:1 or above)

Experience in a research environment

Excellent organisational skills

Excellent presentation, verbal and written communication skills with experience of building an effective network across a complex organisation

Ability to manage priorities under pressure

Accuracy and attention to detail with ability to maintain confidentiality

Ability to work under pressure in a busy environment, multitask and deal with competing demands

Document and IT control skills, specifically in database management and MS Office

Desirable criteria

MSc in relevant subject or other postgraduate qualification

Experience in screening potential participants on clinical studies

Experience with study visits

Experience or knowledge of extracting interstitial skin fluid

Further information

We ask all candidates to submit a copy of their CV and a supporting statement, detailing how they meet the essential criteria listed in the advert. If we receive a strong field of candidates, we may use the desirable criteria to choose our final shortlist, so please include your evidence against these where possible.

This post is subject to Disclosure and Barring Service and Occupational Health clearance.

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Additional Information
Work Location(s)

Number of offers available

1

Company/Institute

KINGS COLLEGE LONDON

Country

United Kingdom

City

London (Greater)

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Where to apply

Website

https://www.timeshighereducation.com/unijobs/listing/368668/research-assistant/…

Contact

City

London (Greater)

STATUS: EXPIRED