Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Research Administrative Assistant
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Are you organised, detail-oriented, and passionate about supporting research in healthcare?
Join our Research & Innovation Department and play a key role in advancing evidence-based care and service improvement.
About the Department
The Research & Innovation Department is part of the Clinical Governance Directorate within the Trust. Our mission is to develop and support healthcare that is effective, efficient, and research-based. We contribute to:
- Clinical governance initiatives including risk management, guideline development, audits, and patient satisfaction surveys.
- Implementation of the research governance framework.
- Supporting divisions in undertaking research and innovation projects.
The Role
As an Administrative Assistant, you will:
- Provide administrative and clerical support within the Research function in line with agreed priorities.
- Assist with research and monitoring activities across the department.
- Help maintain accurate records and documentation to support compliance and governance.
- Contribute to the delivery of high-quality patient care through your personal actions and commitment to continuous improvement.
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About Us
Ready to make a difference? Apply today and help us shape the future of healthcare research at Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.
We are an award-winning NHS Foundation Trust working alongside health and social care colleagues across the county to provide acute and community healthcare services to more than 420,000 people across Mansfield, Ashfield, Newark and Sherwood, and parts of Derbyshire and Lincolnshire.
We put the patient at the heart of everything that we do and it is our aim to make sure that every patient is treated as we would want a member of our own family to be treated. At the same time, we expect our staff to be caring, kind and courteous to each other and to look out for each other. We believe that we are truly a clinically-led organisation.
We are proud that our Trust colleagues have voted us the best acute Trust to work for in the East Midlands for seven years running in the National NHS Staff Survey, while the Care Quality Commission has rated our Trust as ‘outstanding’ for care and our King’s Mill Hospital as the only ‘outstanding’ NHS-run hospital in the East Midlands.
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Home Office guidance has changed as of 9th April. Anyone that requires switching visa type may not be eligible for sponsorship even if the role is on the shortage occupation list.
Contact Information
For further details / informal visits contact:
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Name: Terri-Ann Sewell
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Job title: Research Operations Manager
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Email address: terri.sewell@nhs.net
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Telephone number: 01623 622515
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Name: Vicky Whitworth
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Telephone number: x 3313
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Email address: vicky.whitworth@nhs.net
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