Research Assistant

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

The closing date is 01 March 2026

PROSPER (PeRinatal emoti

Onal skill

S Personality disord

ER), is a NIHR-EME randomised controlled trial (RCT) investigating the efficacy of online perinatal Emotional Skills Groups (ESGs) (in addition to usual care (UC) for women and birthing parents with Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD).

The post holder will be expected to carry out clinical and non-clinical study activities related to the project that they are working on. They will liaise with the central study team at the University of Bristol. They will be based Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust Academy of Research and Improvement and the Perinatal Mental Health Team and be fully integrated into both teams.

They will be managed by Dr Hannah Wilson, the Local Principal Investigator for PROSPER and will have regular contact with the study team. The post holder will be expected to liaise with clinicians within the Trust to support the recruitment of participants.

• To support the set-up and delivery of the study within the Trust.
• To develop effective contacts with relevant stakeholders.
• To ensure service users are provided with written information relevant to the study and are given the opportunity to discuss the research or clinical trial adequately at the outset and during the course of the research or clinical trial in which they are being asked to participate.
• To recruit and consent service users into the trial.
• To administer standardised outcome measures and extract data from patient notes for quantitative analysis.
• To coordinate all study activities in accordance with the research protocol.
• To attend and support service users in the clinical environment for monitoring, assessment and follow up as part of the research project. This includes carrying out screening, recruitment, and assessment of patients for the purposes of research.
• To provide information/reports on recruitment as requested by the Principal Investigator and the central study management team.
• To make regular contact with clinicians supporting the trial to increase recruitment.
• To prepare test materials and visual aids as required.
• To liaise with service users and clinical staff in order to provide them with an understanding of clinical research ethics in practice.

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust provides joined-up mental and physical healthcare for around two million people across our communities. With over 13,000 staff working in the community and local hospitals, we deliver care at every stage of life, helping people live their best and healthiest lives.

Our mental health services include community-based support and early intervention in psychosis (EIP) for both adults and young people, alongside a network of specialist inpatient wards covering forensic, learning disability, eating disorder and older person's care.

We deliver extensive physical health services too, from urgent community response teams helping frail and older patients remain safely at home, to hospitals at home teams providing acute-level care in familiar surroundings. Our neurological services offer rehabilitation and treatment for conditions including Multiple Sclerosis, Parkinson's Disease, Motor Neurone Disease, Head Injury, Cerebral Palsy and Stroke. Across Hampshire, our community hospitals provide inpatient rehabilitation as a step down from acute care, and our dedicated teams also staff Treetops Sexual Assault Referral Centre in Portsmouth, offering expert, compassionate support.

Everything we do is underpinned by our CARE values of compassion, accountability, respect and excellence

Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached. It is important to us that we ensure our recruitment processes are accessible and inclusive to everyone - if as a potential candidate you are concerned a person specification may prevent or restrict your application for employment as a result of unintentional barriers on the grounds of your…