Research Administrator

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.
We are looking to recruit a good team player with excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
You will have good IT knowledge of online meeting software, Word and Excel and at least 2 years administrative experience, preferably in a
healthcare, research or event management.
You need to be able to use your own initiative, have good attention to detail and work well within a team.
The role holder will be responsible for liaising with research patients, ensuring research protocols are followed, recording patient data and working alongside trial monitors.
In addition, the department runs national courses for health professionals and this role will be responsible for the organisation of these courses.
This includes venue and hospitality bookings, speaker and delegate liaison, production of course material and arranging the financial aspects
associated with course delivery.
Some of our courses are now virtual so the role holder must be confident in managing online meetings and webinars. This role will also be
responsible for maintaining the department website.

Develop and implement new systems of working inline with the department projects including record management, ensuring that systems exist for 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, ensuring research and course milestones are met.

Ensuring secretarial cover is adequate to continue delivering the service and maintain an 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.

To provide advice to the team re information governance issues, data protection and Caldicott issues

To carry out surveys and audits as necessary to own work.

Application closing date: 17th September 2026

Interview date: 1st October 2026

As a trusted organisation at the heart of our communities, we recognise 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 behaviours are becoming embedded in all aspects of how we work.

In return we will offer:
Development opportunities, both professional and leadership development
On-going support from recruitment to when you join our team and beyond.
Staff benefits including employee assistance programme, discounted gym membership, onsite fitness classes, car schemes

Key Facts:
We see on average 4810 OP appointments a day.
We are the 4 th 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.

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