Job summary
The post holder will be responsible for promoting research governance, which will ensure that well managed, high quality research is carried out in the Trust. A flexible, enthusiastic and proactive approach is essential. The post holder should be an excellent motivator, who will be able to communicate effectively with a wide range of staff and have the ability to work to strict deadlines. The post holder should be committed to teamwork and able to interpret guidance and have excellent organisation skills.
A high level of initiative and strong decision-making skills are essential. This is a complex and multi-faceted post that requires substantial knowledge and experience both of health related research and of NHS research management, together with a high level of awareness and effectiveness with regard to user, carer and public involvement in research. R&D Management is an evolving field and therefore this is a challenging and dynamic environment to work in. The post holder should demonstrate that they welcome the opportunity to develop new services and initiatives.
Main duties of the job
Exercise day to day management of the Research & Innovation department and staff including recruitment, staff appraisal and development, discipline, grievance and absence management.Offer support and advice with regard to training and development for Trust research nurses and Allied Health Professionals.Develop further the Trust's current good record in supporting user and carer involvement in research and innovation at all levels, with the aim of continuing and expanding the Trust's role in this field. Collaboration with other public and voluntary agencies is essential.
About us
The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust (PAHT) provides a full range of general acute, outpatient and diagnostic services at The Princess Alexandra Hospital in Harlow, the Herts and Essex Hospital in Bishop's Stortford, and St Margaret's Hospital in Epping.We employ 3,500 staff and serve a local population of around 350,000 people living in west Essex and east Hertfordshire, centred on the M11 corridor and the towns of Harlow, Bishop's Stortford and Epping. Our extended catchment area incorporates a population of up to 500,000 and includes the areas of Hoddesdon, Cheshunt and Broxbourne in Hertfordshire.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Exercise day to day management of the Research & Innovation department and staff including recruitment, staff appraisal and development, discipline, grievance and absence management.Offer support and advice with regard to training and development for Trust research nurses and Allied Health Professionals.Develop further the Trusts current good record in supporting user and carer involvement in research and innovation at all levels, with the aim of continuing and expanding the Trusts role in this field. Collaboration with other public and voluntary agencies is essential.Manage the budgets for the R&D department and liaise with the Trusts Finance Department to ensure the full costing of research projects and to maximise recovery of costs from external funders, most notably industrial sponsors.Manage the R&D approval process for studies and ensure the development and monitoring of appropriate formal research agreements with other organisations which collaborate with the Trust.Develop, disseminate and ensure compliance with key policies to support Research & Innovation arrangements in the Trust, in collaboration with the Clinical Research Network where appropriate. This involves working with senior staff and researchers across the Trust and local universities to ensure the policies are implemented in full.Oversee the monitoring and audit of research and innovation activity, discussing and reporting outcomes with lead investigators, Director of Research, Development & Innovation, Research Ethics Committee Chairs, the Health Research Authority (HRA) and appropriate groups within the Trust. This requires the ongoing review and development to ensure national research governance requirements and high level objectives are met. The postholder will undertake this review, develop any required revised policy and strategy, consult and communicate with researchers across the Trust and ensure the policys successful and ongoing operation.Continually develop, implement and monitor processes to ensure that the clinical trials being conducted within the Trust comply with the Medicines for Human Use (Clinical Trials) Regulations 2004.Compile high level reports to meet internal and external reporting requirement, ensuring the Trust meets National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) requirements and high level objectives.Co-ordinate the agenda and business for the Trusts Research, Development & Innovation Group.Manage the communication and raise the profile of Research & Innovation issues across the Trust via the R&D website, intranet page, newsletter and various forums.Work pro-actively with the Trust Divisions to promote the importance of Research & Innovation as a central part of the Trusts mission. In particular, to ensure that researchers, Trust Managers and Clinicians are aware of and complying with their roles under the UK Policy Framework for Health and Social Care and other regulatory and statutory obligations.Work with researchers within the Trust and local universities to promote effective working of Trust and university management processes and policies.Develop an appropriate programme of workshops and training for Trust staff aimed at raising their awareness of research and innovation opportunities and increasing their ability to undertake all related activities.Provide highly specialist advice on all aspects of the research process, in particular interpreting legislative and regulatory requirements and providing guidance to researchers on fulfilling their obligations.Represent the R&D office and Trust at internal and external eventsMaintain a thorough and up to date knowledge of DoH, NHS R&D and Innovations policy through attendance at workshops and meetings and assimilation of information from a range of courses and ensure dissemination of key developments across the Trust; playing an active role in responding to the challenges posed to the Trust of changes in national policy.Establish appropriate procedures for the collection and holding of research data, in close partnership with information technology colleagues, ensuring compliance with data protection legislation.Lead on the generation of new income for Trust R&D, recognising that expansion of capacity depends on this. High quality co-ordination of bids will be expected, looking to a range of courses including external public research funding, NHS R&D (research bids and service support costs) and the commercial sector.Promote the involvement of users and clinicians under the National Institute for Health Research, working with regional leads (North Thames Clinical Research Network divisions) to substantially increase the Trusts contribution to large scale research studies in Acute Services.Responsible for working with all staff and all levels across the trust to ensure that the necessary infrastructure and trained personnel to lead on, or contribute to, NIHR portfolio studies. This will involve liaison with Support Services such as Pharmacy Pathology, Radiology and Information Services to ensure that the capacity and expertise exists to recruit successfully to a given study.Responsible for ensuring that the approval of new studies and protocol amendments is rapidly achieved.Provide ongoing support to clinicians recruiting to portfolio studies within the Trust. This will include ensuring the studies continue to be properly resourced e.g. ongoing provision of research nurse and other appropriate support) and are conducted according to applicable regulations i.e., GCP training, Research Passport etc.Provide regulatory and governance advice to clinical research staff, as well as providing the Trust with advice about preparing for, change and responding to inspections by regulatory bodies.Ensure the Trust delivers value for money to the Clinical Research Network, by adopting a case mix programme of high recruiting observational/genetic studies and a series of clinical interventional studies benefiting the local population and giving opportunities for all trust patients to participate in new innovative treatments.Ensure the Trust delivers the NIHR high level objectives in recruitment time to target every time.The post holder plays a key role in ensuring effective communications within the Trust, but also acts as Trust representative with, but not exhaustive of North Thames Clinical Research Network, Quintiles and other Clinical Research Organisations (CRO), various industry and pharmaceutical companies, Universities Anglia Ruskin Health Partnership, etc.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Exercise day to day management of the Research & Innovation department and staff including recruitment, staff appraisal and development, discipline, grievance and absence management.Offer support and advice with regard to training and development for Trust research nurses and Allied Health Professionals.Develop further the Trusts current good record in supporting user and carer involvement in research and innovation at all levels, with the aim of continuing and expanding the Trusts role in this field. Collaboration with other public and voluntary agencies is essential.Manage the budgets for the R&D department and liaise with the Trusts Finance Department to ensure the full costing of research projects and to maximise recovery of costs from external funders, most notably industrial sponsors.Manage the R&D approval process for studies and ensure the development and monitoring of appropriate formal research agreements with other organisations which collaborate with the Trust.Develop, disseminate and ensure compliance with key policies to support Research & Innovation arrangements in the Trust, in collaboration with the Clinical Research Network where appropriate. This involves working with senior staff and researchers across the Trust and local universities to ensure the policies are implemented in full.Oversee the monitoring and audit of research and innovation activity, discussing and reporting outcomes with lead investigators, Director of Research, Development & Innovation, Research Ethics Committee Chairs, the Health Research Authority (HRA) and appropriate groups within the Trust. This requires the ongoing review and development to ensure national research governance requirements and high level objectives are met. The postholder will undertake this review, develop any required revised policy and strategy, consult and communicate with researchers across the Trust and ensure the policys successful and ongoing operation.Continually develop, implement and monitor processes to ensure that the clinical trials being conducted within the Trust comply with the Medicines for Human Use (Clinical Trials) Regulations 2004.Compile high level reports to meet internal and external reporting requirement, ensuring the Trust meets National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) requirements and high level objectives.Co-ordinate the agenda and business for the Trusts Research, Development & Innovation Group.Manage the communication and raise the profile of Research & Innovation issues across the Trust via the R&D website, intranet page, newsletter and various forums.Work pro-actively with the Trust Divisions to promote the importance of Research & Innovation as a central part of the Trusts mission. In particular, to ensure that researchers, Trust Managers and Clinicians are aware of and complying with their roles under the UK Policy Framework for Health and Social Care and other regulatory and statutory obligations.Work with researchers within the Trust and local universities to promote effective working of Trust and university management processes and policies.Develop an appropriate programme of workshops and training for Trust staff aimed at raising their awareness of research and innovation opportunities and increasing their ability to undertake all related activities.Provide highly specialist advice on all aspects of the research process, in particular interpreting legislative and regulatory requirements and providing guidance to researchers on fulfilling their obligations.Represent the R&D office and Trust at internal and external eventsMaintain a thorough and up to date knowledge of DoH, NHS R&D and Innovations policy through attendance at workshops and meetings and assimilation of information from a range of courses and ensure dissemination of key developments across the Trust; playing an active role in responding to the challenges posed to the Trust of changes in national policy.Establish appropriate procedures for the collection and holding of research data, in close partnership with information technology colleagues, ensuring compliance with data protection legislation.Lead on the generation of new income for Trust R&D, recognising that expansion of capacity depends on this. High quality co-ordination of bids will be expected, looking to a range of courses including external public research funding, NHS R&D (research bids and service support costs) and the commercial sector.Promote the involvement of users and clinicians under the National Institute for Health Research, working with regional leads (North Thames Clinical Research Network divisions) to substantially increase the Trusts contribution to large scale research studies in Acute Services.Responsible for working with all staff and all levels across the trust to ensure that the necessary infrastructure and trained personnel to lead on, or contribute to, NIHR portfolio studies. This will involve liaison with Support Services such as Pharmacy Pathology, Radiology and Information Services to ensure that the capacity and expertise exists to recruit successfully to a given study.Responsible for ensuring that the approval of new studies and protocol amendments is rapidly achieved.Provide ongoing support to clinicians recruiting to portfolio studies within the Trust. This will include ensuring the studies continue to be properly resourced e.g. ongoing provision of research nurse and other appropriate support) and are conducted according to applicable regulations i.e., GCP training, Research Passport etc.Provide regulatory and governance advice to clinical research staff, as well as providing the Trust with advice about preparing for, change and responding to inspections by regulatory bodies.Ensure the Trust delivers value for money to the Clinical Research Network, by adopting a case mix programme of high recruiting observational/genetic studies and a series of clinical interventional studies benefiting the local population and giving opportunities for all trust patients to participate in new innovative treatments.Ensure the Trust delivers the NIHR high level objectives in recruitment time to target every time.The post holder plays a key role in ensuring effective communications within the Trust, but also acts as Trust representative with, but not exhaustive of North Thames Clinical Research Network, Quintiles and other Clinical Research Organisations (CRO), various industry and pharmaceutical companies, Universities Anglia Ruskin Health Partnership, etc.
Person Specification
Education & Qualifications
Essential
- Extensive knowledge of specialist areas acquired masters degree level qualification or equivalent experience
- Evidence of continued professional development
- Proven and significant leadership Experience
Experience
Essential
- Demonstrable experience of working within the Governance field and implementing processes to monitor compliance
- Experience of delivering quality improvement programmes and meeting targets
- Experience of developing and implementing Trust wide policies and processes
- Computer literate and proficient with the use of Microsoft packages
Desirable
- Proven track record of applying for and winning funds and bids for the Trust
Skills & Knowledge
Essential
- Significant knowledge of NHS regulatory and other reporting requirements
- Extensive knowledge of UK Policy Framework for Health and Social Care, Medicines for Human Use Clinical Trials Directive, Health Research Authority, E 6 National Research Ethics, National Institute for Health Research, and commercial contracting and funding.
- Excellent report writing skills
Desirable
- Proven knowledge of Innovations and Intellectual Property related issues
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Excellent attention to detail and analytical skills
- Excellent communication skills, both written and face to face
- Highly motivated with ability to influence and inspire others
Person Specification
Education & Qualifications
Essential
- Extensive knowledge of specialist areas acquired masters degree level qualification or equivalent experience
- Evidence of continued professional development
- Proven and significant leadership Experience
Experience
Essential
- Demonstrable experience of working within the Governance field and implementing processes to monitor compliance
- Experience of delivering quality improvement programmes and meeting targets
- Experience of developing and implementing Trust wide policies and processes
- Computer literate and proficient with the use of Microsoft packages
Desirable
- Proven track record of applying for and winning funds and bids for the Trust
Skills & Knowledge
Essential
- Significant knowledge of NHS regulatory and other reporting requirements
- Extensive knowledge of UK Policy Framework for Health and Social Care, Medicines for Human Use Clinical Trials Directive, Health Research Authority, E 6 National Research Ethics, National Institute for Health Research, and commercial contracting and funding.
- Excellent report writing skills
Desirable
- Proven knowledge of Innovations and Intellectual Property related issues
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Excellent attention to detail and analytical skills
- Excellent communication skills, both written and face to face
- Highly motivated with ability to influence and inspire others
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Additional information
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
