"Research Assistant"

Job reference: BMH-026310

Salary: Grade 5 £30,487 to £34,980 per annum, depending on relevant experience

Faculty/Organisational Unit: Biology, Medicine Health

Location: Manchester

Employment type: Fixed Term

Division/Team: Division of Cell Matrix Biology and Regenerative Medicine

Hours Per Week: Full Time (1 FTE)

Closing date (DD/MM/YYYY): 02/09/2024

Contract Duration: 12 months 

School/Directorate: School of Biological Sciences

This is an exciting opportunity to join the Manchester Orthopaedic Research and Education (MORE) Group, within the Division of Cell Matrix Biology and Regenerative Medicine to facilitate patient-facing research in Orthopaedics.

You will primarily work at Trafford General Hospital, one of 114 specialist NHS services in England that perform cartilage repair and joint preservation surgeries.

The MORE group specialise in researching the biomechanical outcomes of orthopaedic procedures and understanding how the biological milieu of the joint is affected when diseased or injured. This position will support the MORE group’s ongoing research in these areas.

As a Research Assistant with a background in orthopaedics you will collaborate closely with MORE’s Chief Investigator, Professor Leela Biant, Research Fellow, Dr Gwenllian Tawy and our wider team. Your responsibilities will include:

• Liaising with patents enrolled/interested in ongoing research studies
• Conducting gait analyses with patients in the human movement laboratory
• Collecting and transporting human tissue samples to the University of Manchester
• Supporting staff with histological analyses of human tissue
• Supporting staff with the day-to-day activities within the research group

We are seeking candidates from a relevant medical science background (tissue engineering, regenerative medicine, biomedical or biomedical engineering) who will demonstrate strong communication skills, teamwork ethos and clinical professionalism. Expérience of 3D motion-capture gait analyses and analyses of human tissue is essential. Expérience of patient-facing research in a clinical environment is desired. Your expertise will be invaluable in shaping MORE’s ongoing and future research.

Start Date : as soon as possible 

Contract Length : 12 months full time (part time applications will be considered)

What can you expect in return

The University will actively foster a culture of inclusion and diversity and will seek to achieve true equality of opportunity for all members of its community.

What you will get in return:

• Fantastic market leading Pension scheme
• Excellent employee health and wellbeing services including an Employee Assistance Programme
• Exceptional starting annual leave entitlement, plus bank holidays
• Additional paid closure over the Christmas period
• Local and national discounts at a range of major retailers

As an equal opportunities employer we welcome applicants from all sections of the community regardless of age, sex, gender (or gender identity), ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation and transgender status. All appointments are made on merit.

Our University is positive about flexible working – you can find out more here

Hybrid working arrangements may be considered.

Please note that we are unable to respond to enquiries, accept CVs or applications from Recruitment Agencies.

Any recruitment enquiries from recruitment agencies should be directed to People.Recruitment@manchester.ac.uk.

Any CV’s submitted by a recruitment agency will be considered a gift.

Enquiries about the vacancy, shortlisting and interviews:

Professor Leela Biant

Email: leela.biant@manchester.ac.uk

Tel: 0161 746 2371 (Trafford General Hospital)

General enquiries:

Email: People.recruitment@manchester.ac.uk

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This vacancy will close for applications at midnight on the closing date.

Please see the link below for the Further Particulars document which contains the person specification criteria.