Clinical Research Facilitator

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School of Public HealthFaculty of Medicine

Salary: £30,770 - £34,960 per annum (pro rata if part time)

Charing Cross Hospital and Stadium House (White City) campuses.

Applications are invited to join the Neuroepidemiology and Ageing (NEA) Research Unit in the School of Public Health at Imperial College London’s White City campus and Charing Cross campus, Hammersmith.

With a rapidly ageing population, age-related neurodegenerative diseases, such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s Disease, are fast becoming a major focus of public health studies and interventions worldwide. This is an exciting opportunity for an individual with excellent communication and customer service skills, and an understanding of the challenges of clinical research recruitment, who would like to develop their career in a dynamic clinical research environment.

You will be responsible for recruiting participants into large-scale, high quality clinical research studies looking at the prediction and prevention of dementia. You will be a primary point of contact for volunteers from our register, representing the research unit, and require the ability to communicate confidently and sensitively about study requirements and personal and medical queries and issues, working closely with the full clinical team. You will need to be organised and efficient, experienced in working to targets and deadlines, and able to provide administrative support to improve team work and shared processes. You will also be expected to think creatively and consider new methods to reach out to new volunteers.

This is a full time post for a fixed-term until 31st March 2018 in the first instance with part time hours considered of a minimum of 21 hours per week. The post holder will hold a degree or equivalent experience in a relevant science or health-related field such as psychology or biomedical science.

Please not that as this post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974, a satisfactory enhanced level Disclosure and Barring Service check will be required for the successful candidate. Further information about the DBS disclosure process can be found at www.homeoffice.gov.uk/agencies-public-bodies/dbs or by telephoning 0870 90 90 811. You may also wish to view the College’s policy statements on the Recruitment and Employment of Ex-Offenders and the Secure Storage, Use, Retention & Disposal of Disclosures and Disclosure Information.

The College cannot normally apply for a Certificate of Sponsorship for this post under Tier 2 of the UKVI’s Points Based System. Any candidate, who is considering applying for this position and requires sponsorship, must ensure that they are able to obtain permission to work in the UK through an appropriate immigration route.

Our preferred method of application is online via our website at www3.imperial.ac.uk/employment (please select “Job Search” then enter the job title or vacancy reference number into “Keywords”). Please complete and upload an application form as directed quoting reference number SM110-17AL.

Alternatively, if you are unable to apply online, please email [email protected] to request an application form.

Closing date: 10 September 2017 (midnight BST)

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Should you have any queries please contact:

Ms Lisa Curry at [email protected].

Committed to equality and valuing diversity, we are also an Athena SWAN Silver Award winner, a Stonewall Diversity Champion, a Disability Confident Employer and are working in partnership with GIRES to promote respect for trans people.