Careers in a range of clinical and technical support services which enable and support research will this week be the focus of a campaign highlighting career opportunities in research.
Online information and blogs on the JRO website will showcase what it is like to work in research in areas including pharmacy, imaging and radiology, and pathology – and how anyone interested may be able to move into a career in these areas.
The resources a part of a campaign throughout November from the Research Directorate at UCLH and UCL to highlight the range of careers available in research.
Research cannot be done without the support of a wide range of clinical and technical support services, which include:
· Clinical trials pharmacists
· General pharmacy
· Imaging and radiology services
· Nuclear medicine
· Pathology
· Clinical informatics
· Information governance
· Medical physics and devices
· Laboratories
These services ensure research can be set up and conducted, is done in a safe way, and is in compliance with all regulations that apply to research. They ensure research can be successfully carried out.
Staff from technical and clinical support also act as investigators on studies.
All information and resources on careers in these areas for research can be found on dedicated web pages on the JRO website.
These pages include blogs from staff working in clinical trials pharmacy, imaging and radiology, clinical and research informatics, and information governance.
Read blogs from:
- Chi Chung, Principal Pharmacist: Research and Development
- Robert Shortman, Research Manager, Nuclear Medicine
- Duncan Cartner, Research Data Concierge
- Yogini Jani, Director, Centre for Medicines Optimisation Research & Education (CMORE) who is also a research pharmacist.
Andrew Barron, Lead Pharmacist – Formulary, Medicines Management & Clinical Trials, UCLH, said: “As research pharmacists we have close oversight of new pharmaceutical treatments being investigated, and it’s incredibly gratifying to see the impact some of these treatments have. I’d encourage any registered pharmacists who may not have worked in research before to find out more about our work, in case it is of interest to them.”
In his blog, Head of Information Governance at UCLH Matthew Hall says: “Information governance is only becoming more important. For this reason, there could be potential career opportunities in IG for anyone interested in getting into the area.
Anyone can get into IG. There is no one pathway into it. At bands 4 and 5, we often look for people with good administrative skills, as these are readily transferable into IG. And at this stage, a genuine interest in IG is important. From around band 7 and up, that’s where some more specialist qualifications would be needed.
