University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust
Research Administrator
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About the Opportunity
An exciting opportunity has arisen within the Pulvertaft Hand Centre at the Royal Derby Hospital. We are looking to recruit an administrator to support research projects and postgraduate education in the department.
Key Requirements
- Good team player with excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
- Good IT knowledge of online meeting software, Word, and Excel.
- At least 2 years of administrative experience, preferably in healthcare, research, or event management.
- Ability to use own initiative, attention to detail, and work well within a team.
Responsibilities
- Liaise with research patients, ensuring research protocols are followed, recording patient data, and working alongside trial monitors.
- Organize national courses for health professionals, including venue and hospitality bookings, speaker and delegate liaison, production of course material, and arranging the financial aspects associated with course delivery.
- Manage online meetings and webinars, and maintain the department website.
- Develop and implement new systems of working inline with the department projects, including record management, ensuring effective management of information.
- Day-to-day management: dealing with queries from patients and health professionals, managing research participant appointments, liaising with postgraduate course faculty, and ensuring research and course milestones are met.
- Ensure secretarial cover is adequate to continue delivering the service and maintain awareness of whole department activities.
- Contribute to the safety and security of the department, ensuring compliance with Health and Safety regulations and Trust policy.
- Prepare research information highlighting agreed targets to assist the smooth running of the research projects.
- Provide advice to the team regarding information governance issues, data protection, and Caldicott issues.
- Carry out surveys and audits as necessary to own work.
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Application Details
- Application closing date: 17th September 2026
- Interview date: 1st October 2026
About Us
As a trusted organization at the heart of our communities, we recognize the important role we can play in supporting the public, patients, our own people, and local partners in achieving the best of health for the local population and the communities in which they live by providing Exceptional Care Together.
Our fundamental Values of Compassion, Openness, and Excellence underpin how we intend to work as a Trust and the associated behaviors are becoming embedded in all aspects of how we work.
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What We Offer
- Development opportunities, both professional and leadership development
- Ongoing support from recruitment to when you join our team and beyond
- Staff benefits including employee assistance program, discounted gym membership, onsite fitness classes, car schemes
Key Facts
- We see on average 4810 OP appointments a day.
- We are the 4th busiest Trauma & Orthopaedic outpatients department in England – an average of 2077 per week.
- An average of 1115 patients are seen in A&Es across our network every day – 3rd largest in the country.
- Our hospitals admit an average of 195 emergency patients daily.
- Last year we undertook almost 33,700 planned surgical operations in our 57 operating theatres.
- We are one of only 7 Trusts nationally with more than 50 operating theatres.
- We carry out more than 140 elective procedures each working day.
- UHDB is a research active University Hospital with a large and varied portfolio of clinical trials and research opportunities for all staff.
Contact Information
For further details or informal visits, contact:
- Name: Anna Selby
- Job title: Research and Postgraduate Manager
- Email address: anna.selby@nhs.net
- Telephone number: 01332 787491
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