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Passionate about research and making a positive impact on patients? Looking to support a varied Research Portfolio as part of a large research programme and dedicated team? This role is for you!
The National Institute for Health Research Birmingham Biomedical Research Centre is a five-year programme that began in December 2022 with a vision to connect patients, communities, clinicians, nurses, scientists and clinical trials specialists in order to translate the latest scientific discoveries into new and improved personalised treatments that will benefit our patients and invigorate our local economy through partnerships with industry.
The programme supports experimental research across a number of areas; Inflammatory Arthritis, Infection & Acute Care, Inflammatory Liver disease, Women's Metabolic Health, Cancer Inflammation, Oral, Intestinal & Systemic Health, Thrombo-inflammation, Sarcopenia & Multimorbidity, Data, Diagnostics & Decision tools, Patient-Reported Outcomes and Next Generation technologies.
The post holder will work across all of the UHB research delivery teams to support, accurately record and monitor all clinical research studies and the research study pipeline. The post holder will work across all hospital sites at UHB and with other trust partners linked to the BRC, to ensure the smooth delivery of clinical studies within the programme. The post holder will also support other ongoing work streams within the Research and Development unit as required.
Main duties, tasks & skills required
- Provide day-to-day operational support to the Leads of the Research Team, and the research team, and to ensure the delivery of effective clerical and administrative support.
- Develop and maintain an activity database of ongoing research studies and patient activity. Analyse the data collected.
- Monitor progress of all commercial and in-house trials/research projects to ensure good recruitment, compliance with the protocol and the quality and timeliness of data collection.
- Develop the design, conduct, publication and presentation of research findings/research updates through oral, poster and written formats as well as lecture on relevant courses.
- Work with the clinical delivery teams across the BRC partnership and specialities linked to the BRC research themes to manage resource requirement in order to effectively deliver the BRC portfolio. Support the management of the delegated delivery team budget across the programme
- Lead on specific issues and prepare / deliver presentations as required.
- Obtain appropriate regulatory and approval for individual studies including preparation of standard operating procedures (SOPs) for the running of clinical trials.
- Responsible for developing trial protocols, identify and apply for bids/funding/grants, set up and monitor research budgets.
- Ensure compliance with Trust and national Clinical Governance and Research Governance requirements
About us
We are recognised as one of the leading NHS Foundation Trusts in the UK. Our vision is to Build Healthier Lives, and we recognise that we need incredible staff to do this.
Our commitment to our staff is to create the best place for them to work, and we are dedicated to:
Investing in the health and wellbeing of our staff, including a commitment of offering flexible working where we can;
Offer our staff a wide variety of training and development opportunities, to support their personal and career development objectives.
UHB is committed to ensuring that our staff are treated fairly and feel that they belong, by creating a kind and inclusive environment. This is about equity of opportunity; removing all barriers, including discrimination and ensuring each individual member of staff reach their true potential, achieve their ambitions and thrive in their work. This is more than words. We are taking action. Our commitment to an inclusive culture is embedded at all levels of the organisation where every voice is heard, driven by our diverse and active staff networks, and at Board level by the Fairness Taskforce led by our CEO. We nurture a culture which empowers staff to challenge discriminatory behaviours and to enable people to bring their 'whole self' to a kinder, more connected and bold place to work.
University Hospitals Birmingham is a Smoke-Free premises hospital.
Job description
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Person specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Degree or equivalent professional qualification, management qualification (e.g. DMS, DipHSM, etc.) plus acquired training to masters level or equivalent experience
- Knowledge of own area of expertise acquired through degree or equivalent experience and training plus further management knowledge to post-graduate diploma level
- Experience of further academic/personal development
- Understanding of range of work practices, majority non-routine with intermediate level of theoretical knowledge i.e. good understanding of the R&D processes
- In-depth understanding of clinical research and trial management methodology, including applicable regulatory requirements
- Sound understanding of Good Clinical Practice (GCP) and the EU clinical trials directive
Desirable
- Clinical/research experience
Experience
Essential
- Evidence of developing team / others
- Evidence of managing staff groups
- Evidence of project work, working with the NHS
- Evidence of good written and oral presentation skills
- Understanding of clinical trial methodologies & logistics
Desirable
- Significant Operational management experience working within a NHS environment working with clinicians and other health care professionals at all levels of the organisation
- HR - day to day supervision/management of staff and delivers training on a range of subjects
- Evidence of managing service/organisational change
- Evidence of experience in risk management and service improvement
- Evidence of innovation in managerial and service terms
Additional Criteria
Essential
- Analytical Ability - proven analysis of business performance information, ability to make decision on meeting trial targets, highlighting performance information including complex facts and/or situations which requires analysis and interpretation, ability to investigate and resolve issues (e.g. disciplinary issues)
- Negotiation, coaching, facilitation and leadership skills
- Communication with ability to receive sensitive and provide complex information with ability to persuade, motivate and negotiate. Material may sometimes be contentious. Ability to undertake presentations to large groups of staff or members of the public
- Ability to propose changes to practice and lead on service development for specialist area, developing and implementing policy for that area. Propose changes in conjunction with service groups which have wider implications/development of service wide performance policies
- Planning and organising complex activities which require formulation, adjustment and co-ordination with other professionals within the organisation. Capacity planning, facilitate collaborative working
- To work on your own initiative within broad occupational policies
- Ability to work on multiple projects simultaneously
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Flexible approach to work with a strong motivation to work within the field of research
- Leadership ability
- Composed and resilient
- Ability to delegate and work through others
- Ability to influence and negotiate with all grades of staff both internally and externally
- Good communication and presentational ability
- Ability to manage conflict in a constructive manner
- Able to deal with stressful situations
- Able to organise, prioritise and meet deadlines
- The post holder sometimes may be required to meet with staff out of normal office hours
Desirable
- Excellent IT skills in Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, e-mail systems, patient Administration Systems/electronic patient records
- Understanding of clinical management. Experience of being a budget holder or/responsible for budget setting for a department/service
- Experience of successful research grants submissions
- Use of statistical packages e.g. SPSS
Certificate of Sponsorship
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.
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.
