R&D Facilitator - Huntingdon

Job description

Job summary

This advert is for a band 4 maternity cover within the Research and Development Governance Team.

The post holder will play a key role in support of the co-ordination for the delivery of the Clinical Research within all Clinical Directorates. Provide support for Chief and Principal Investigators and their research teams within the clinical directorates to enable the efficient and high quality set up and running of Clinical trials within the Trust in compliance with National Regulators and Guidelines.

The role encompasses working proactively to manage your own workload effectively and efficiently as part of a team, autonomously and with colleagues to carry out a wide range of duties to support the Research and Development Team. There will also be various responsibilities and deadlines; therefore, given the nature of this post, the post holder may be required to work in a flexible way to respond to work patterns and internal and external deadlines and requests.

*Please Note the advert may close sooner than the date advertised due to levels of interest, closing of the advert will happen with no notice*

*If you are applying for a secondment into this role, please ensure you have the support of your department before applying*

Main duties of the job

Please see JD for main duties and responsibilities, key points are listed below:

With support from the R&D Support Office, Research Governance Manager and R&D Manager, provide support to research teams with analysing study protocols for the Trusts capacity and capability of running clinical research trials at both a financial, resource and practical level. Where required liaising with clinical and non-clinical staff to support directorates to ensure all requirements for each study have been negotiated and are in place.

Where barriers exist for the delivery of Clinical Trials within directorates, work on mapping exercises with the research teams to overcome these hurdles with assistance from the R&D Support Officer, Research Governance Manager and R&D Manager.

Ensure that finance tracking tools are available to clinical teams and researchers to ensure invoices can be accurately raised where appropriate

With the support of the R&D Support Officer, Research Governance Manager and R&D Manager, analyse, investigate and report on national research benchmarks to the clinical directorates. Identify barriers to patient recruitment to time and target and implement solutions and action plans with senior team members to overcome these barriers. Where necessary, to be responsible for forwarding or uploading trial data/accrual in a timely manner to the UK CRN coordinating centre and information Manager.

About us

Priority will be given to colleagues identified as at risk through the Trust's redeployment process.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please refer to the attached job description for a full list of duties and responsibilities of the role

Job description
Job responsibilities

Please refer to the attached job description for a full list of duties and responsibilities of the role

Person Specification

Education and Qualifications

Essential

• NVQ Level 4/Higher education certificate/BTEC or equivalent
• GCP Training

Desirable

• Substantial experience in supporting clinical research

Knowledge & Experience

Essential

• Awareness of the Research environment within the NHS
• Experience of working with Microsoft Office Programmes
• Knowledge/ understanding of Data Protection
• Ability to accurately interpret, analyse and present data
• Knowledge of Clinical Research
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Ability to work independently and prioritise workload

Desirable

• Knowledge/ understanding of ICH GCP
• Knowledge of Local Portfolio Management Systems and their use in research management
• Experience of using NHS systems
• Knowledge of medical terminology
• Knowledge of supporting with research Capacity and Capability
• Knowledge of regulatory metrics applicable to the set up and delivery of research studies within the NHS
• Knowledge of tools supporting commercial and non-commercial clinical research in the NHS
• Research management experience

Person Specification
Education and Qualifications

Essential

• NVQ Level 4/Higher education certificate/BTEC or equivalent
• GCP Training

Desirable

• Substantial experience in supporting clinical research

Knowledge & Experience

Essential

• Awareness of the Research environment within the NHS
• Experience of working with Microsoft Office Programmes
• Knowledge/ understanding of Data Protection
• Ability to accurately interpret, analyse and present data
• Knowledge of Clinical Research
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Ability to work independently and prioritise workload

Desirable

• Knowledge/ understanding of ICH GCP
• Knowledge of Local Portfolio Management Systems and their use in research management
• Experience of using NHS systems
• Knowledge of medical terminology
• Knowledge of supporting with research Capacity and Capability
• Knowledge of regulatory metrics applicable to the set up and delivery of research studies within the NHS
• Knowledge of tools supporting commercial and non-commercial clinical research in the NHS
• Research management experience

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer details

Employer name

North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust
Address

Hinchingbrooke Hospital,

Hinchingbrooke Park,

Huntingdon,

PE29 6NT

United Kingdom

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