Research Assistant inLondon inLondon PUBLISHED 19 NOV 2024

Band 6: £44,806 to £53,134 a year per annum inclusive of HCAS  FIXED TERM  GOOD SALARY 

UCLH top trust to work at in England for the second year running! : University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

We are seeking to recruit a Band 6 Research Assistant in Inclusion and Migrant Health to work on the Advancing Equity for children and young people seeking asylum and refugees: a blueprint for Generalisable Interventions (AEGIS) project. This is an NIHR-funded project hosted by UCLH, in collaboration with the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Institute of Child Health-Great Ormond Street UCL, Barts NHS Foundation Trust, University of Salford and the Royal College of Paediatric and Child Health.

The post-holder will be based in the Children and Young People's Division at UCLH and will work within the Paediatric Infection and Migrant health team. The postholder will work with our transdisciplinary team, comprising clinical, academic, policy, migration, law, and social science expertise, to develop an evidence and policy-informed programme of work to reduce inequity for unaccompanied children and young people seeking asylum and refugees (CYPSAR-U) and other marginalised children and young people (CYP). An honorary contract will be provided at UCL.The role is expected to include contribution to both quantitative and qualitative aspects of the work, and the main output will be delivery of a scoping review of existing relevant literature and interventions. There is scope to extend the role subject to funding.

About us


For the full Person Specification and more information regarding the main responsibilities of this role, please refer to the attached Job Description.

Come and be a part of the best NHS trust in England to work for, according to our staff*

UCLH top trust to work at in England for the second year running! : University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

*In the most recent NHS staff survey UCLH had the highest percentage of staff who said they would recommend us as a place to work, out of all general acute or acute/community NHS trusts in England for the second year in a row.

UCLH top trust to work at in England for the second year running! University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

Once again, UCLH has received the highest score of all general acute and acute/community NHS trusts in England for staff that would recommend us as a place to work.

We are seeking to recruit a Band 6 Research Assistant in Inclusion and Migrant Health to work on the Advancing Equity for children and young people seeking asylum and refugees: a blueprint for Generalisable Interventions (AEGIS) project. This is an NIHR-funded project hosted by UCLH, in collaboration with the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Institute of Child Health-Great Ormond Street UCL, Barts NHS Foundation Trust, University of Salford and the Royal College of Paediatric and Child Health.

The post-holder will be based in the Children and Young People's Division at UCLH and will work within the Paediatric Infection and Migrant health team. The postholder will work with our transdisciplinary team, comprising clinical, academic, policy, migration, law, and social science expertise, to develop an evidence and policy-informed programme of work to reduce inequity for unaccompanied children and young people seeking asylum and refugees (CYPSAR-U) and other marginalised children and young people (CYP). An honorary contract will be provided at UCL.The role is expected to include contribution to both quantitative and qualitative aspects of the work, and the main output will be delivery of a scoping review of existing relevant literature and interventions. There is scope to extend the role subject to funding.

About us


For the full Person Specification and more information regarding the main responsibilities of this role, please refer to the attached Job Description.

Come and be a part of the best NHS trust in England to work for, according to our staff*

UCLH top trust to work at in England for the second year running! : University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

*In the most recent NHS staff survey UCLH had the highest percentage of staff who said they would recommend us as a place to work, out of all general acute or acute/community NHS trusts in England for the second year in a row.

UCLH top trust to work at in England for the second year running! University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

Once again, UCLH has received the highest score of all general acute and acute/community NHS trusts in England for staff that would recommend us as a place to work.



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