Research Assistant in Women and Children’s Health

About Us

The  School of Life Course & Population Health Sciences is one of five Schools that make up the Faculty of Life Sciences & Medicine at King’s College London. The School unites over 400 experts in women and children’s health, nutritional sciences, population health and the molecular genetics of human disease. Our research links the causes of common health problems to life’s landmark stages, treating life, disease and healthcare as a continuum. We are interdisciplinary by nature and this innovative approach works: 91 per cent of our research submitted to the Subjects Allied to Medicine (Pharmacy, Nutritional Sciences and Women's Health cluster) for REF was rated as world-leading or internationally excellent. We use this expertise to teach the next generation of health professionals and research scientists. Based across King’s Denmark Hill, Guy’s, St Thomas’ and Waterloo campuses, our academic programme of teaching, research and clinical practice is embedded across five Departments.

About the role

The successful candidate will be an individual with experience in women’s health care research, who will support the ABOVE trial and the Preterm Clinical Network Database ( www.medscinet.net/ukpcn).  ABOVE is a randomised controlled trial comparing transvaginal and transabdominal cerclage in women with a history of mid-trimester loss or preterm birth after an in-labour caesarean section (ISRCTN10977996). 

Duties will include supporting sites with set up and ongoing enquiries, hosting drop-in sessions where sites share issues and resolutions, preparing and distributing regular newsletters, study promotion activities, managing site and user database access, remote data monitoring and confirming site activity on the NIHR’s Central Portfolio Management System (CPMS).  They will also be expected to prepare reports, as well as data for analysis and contribute to the writing of abstracts and manuscripts for publications. 

Whilst working within the framework agreed with the post holder’s line manager/s, the post holder is expected to manage their own workload and is expected to be flexible in anticipating and responding to shifting and competing demands.

This is a part-time post (14 hours per week), and you will be offered a fixed term contract until 30/04/2027.

Research staff at King’s are entitled to at least 10 days per year (pro-rata) for professional development. This entitlement, from the  Concordat to Support the Career Development of Researchers, applies to Postdocs, Research Assistants, Research and Teaching Technicians, Teaching Fellows and AEP equivalent up to and including grade 7. Visit the  Centre for Research Staff Development for more information.

About You

To be successful in this role, we are looking for candidates to have the following skills and experience:

Essential criteria

• First degree in women’s health or related subject
• Commitment to improving pregnancy care and outcomes
• Experience of working with research databases
• Excellent organisational and administration skills
• An understanding of UK research governance procedures

Desirable criteria

• Master’s degree in women’s health or related subject
• Experience in the administration and management of health care research
• Experience of working with Medscinet/Omda databases
• Clinical experience in a UK maternity care setting
• Possess a particular interest in preterm birth care and research

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