Sally is a Research Administrator in the Women & Children’s team.
She explains how she found joining research after 10 years on the wards, and how she wishes she had joined research earlier.
My role day-to-day is varied. I don't have a day that's the same.
We call it every day’s a school day. It's a learning day but I really enjoy that. I do anything from spreadsheets, invoicing, governance, site files. It's so varied, but it's just so interesting. Currently I do all the admin for 14 studies across gynaecology, maternity, fertility and NICU.
The thing I enjoy most about my role is…
Knowing that I'm assisting my colleagues to deliver research by ensuring the efficiency and integrity of the studies. When the research is successful, meaning we get the recruits, consents and data we set out to achieve, and we complete the study, I find it all very rewarding. You don’t need to be an academic to do research.
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Sally's Story - Video Transcript
My name is Sally, I'm a Research Administrator and I work within Women and Children's Research.
My role day-to-day is varied. I don't have a day that's the same. We call it every day is a school day. It's a learning day but I really enjoy that. I do anything from spreadsheets, invoicing, governance site files. It's so varied, but again it's just so interesting.
Knowing that I'm assisting my colleagues to deliver this research, and when the research is successful, when we get the data, and when my colleagues get consents and recruits and we complete the study, I just find it all rewarding.
When I moved into research, I had been on the wards for 10 years so I was rather nervous about coming into research, but I did find that I got a lot of help and support. I had a lot of training. I was put on a lot of courses, Excel courses, and understanding research informed consent courses.
I had support from the R&I Department, and everybody was really well welcoming, and you know it was just quite refreshing really.
The Assist II study. It was a multidisciplinary study the whole team worked on it.
It was new and innovative. It was about a device for delivering babies.
I feel like I make a difference every day
Knowing that research in our department has changed national and international clinical practice by making childbirth and pregnancy safer is wonderful.
When I moved into research, I had been on the wards for 10 years, so I was rather nervous
But I did find that I got a lot of help and support. I had a lot of training. I was put on a lot of courses, such as Excel courses and understanding research informed consent courses. I had support from the R&D Department, and everybody was really welcoming. The change was quite refreshing.
The most interesting research study I’ve been involved in was…
The Assist II study to evaluate a device for delivering babies. It was a multidisciplinary study the whole team worked on. It was new and innovative and really interesting.