Senior Clinical Research Practitioner / Agile Research Facilitator
Fixed term contract/ secondment opportunity for 12 months
Would you like to take the next step in your career and help drive the delivery of world‑class health research to improve people’s lives? An exciting opportunity has arisen within the NIHR East of England Regional Research Delivery Network. We are searching for a highly motivated and experienced individual for the Senior Agile Research Delivery Team Research Facilitator role to support studies in the Wider Care settings.
The role will involve engaging with stakeholders to promote research activity, site identification, set up and associated governance. The post holder will need interpersonal and leadership skills to facilitate collaborative working relationships across a breadth of stakeholders to maximise engagement opportunities across a variety of specialties and wider care settings.
It will involve working alongside different professions from multiple organisations involved in health and care research and will be an integral part of the Agile Research Delivery Team. The post holder will also work closely with the Study Support Service and the Stakeholder and Engagement team. The successful candidate will be accountable to the Agile Research Delivery Team Manager.
If you are considering applying for this post on a secondment basis, please discuss with your Line Manager prior to applying to ascertain whether this could be supported.
Main duties of the job
- Understand and interpret complex information, data and situations to make decisionsand recommendations on plans. This may include communicating and presenting to avariety of audiences.
- Ensure data integrity within relevant RDN systems.
- Support the oversight of the RDN portfolio to proactively identify potential issues andopportunities, working as an active partner to resolve and action follow-up activity.
- Where requested, track, monitor and assess study progress and provide appropriatesupport/ action plans for key stakeholders so they can effectively deliver their study inline with the Terms and Conditions for NIHR Research Delivery Network Support.
- Assist stakeholders who may need help to undertake feasibility, capability and capacityevaluations so organisations can deliver studies in a timely manner.
- Ensure a customer‑centric approach to service delivery, ensuring that the needs andexpectations of stakeholders are met or exceeded.
- Collaborate with internal teams to address challenges and optimise service delivery,identifying opportunities for process improvement and/or data display innovation withinthe Study Support Service.
- Support problem‑solving, on request, to support RDN customers with identified challenges in study delivery.
- Champion RDN Life Sciences Industry research and the importance and contribution ofindustry to health and care.
- Foster a culture of continuous improvement, seeking out opportunities for innovation.
About us
Join us at the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital and be part of a workforce of over 10,000 staff!
The NNUH is one of the largest NHS trusts in the UK, providing first-class acute care for around one million people, living in Norfolk and surrounding areas. We are a teaching and research hospital, at the forefront of innovation, home to state‑of‑the‑art facilities, such as the Quadram Institute. We are pleased to work closely with the University of East Anglia, providing teaching opportunities for our staff and placement opportunities for their students. We attract some of the best and leading professionals from across the country and are proud that our workforce represents 94 countries from across the world.
We are a friendly, collaborative hospital, working with local services and home to N&N Hospitals Charity
We can offer you the full range of NHS benefits/discounts and in addition:
- Fast Track Staff Physiotherapy Service
- Multi Faith prayer room
- Discounted gym memberships
- Excellent pension scheme and annual leave entitlement
- Wagestream – access up to 40% of your pay as you earn it
- Free Park & Ride service direct to NNUH site
- Free 24‑hours confidential counselling support
- On‑site Nursery
- On‑site cafes offering staff discounts
- Flexible staff bank
- Salary Sacrifice schemes including lease cars, Cycle to Work scheme and home electronics
Job responsibilities
- Accurately perform and record a range of participant assessments and physiological measurements required, according to personal competencies and the study protocol. This may include, but not be limited to; venepuncture, blood pressure, urinalysis, weight and height.
- Appropriately document and report any serious adverse events and incidents according to regulatory requirements.
- Review research study protocols and scientific literature to identify safety aspects of research administration, and associated workload involved in running a clinical trial.
- Ensure that relevant approvals are in place prior to commencing a study.
- Analyse, interpret, compare and present a range of complex data (including research outcomes) to patient support groups and multidisciplinary team meetings.
- Using appropriate manual and computerised systems, ensure accurate collection and maintenance of all research records and results, ensuring that all data can be verified.
- Provide timely information and reports to reflect recruitment of patients including timely entry to Local Project Management Systems (LPMS).
- Work directly with local IT departments and/or software providers to address problems which may occur e.g. resolving problems with on-line data submission forms.
Please refer to the Job Description for the full specification of responsibilities and requirements for this post.
Person Specification
Qualifications
- Educated to degree level in science or health related discipline or in another field with experience of research trials or equivalent relevant experience/training and educated or working towards postgraduate degree level.
- Evidence of ongoing professional development.
Experience
- Knowledge of the clinical trial and health and care research lifecycle including experience of the set up and delivery of clinical research studies in a health and care setting.
- Knowledge of the governance and legislative framework for conducting clinical research studies, including UK Policy Framework for Health and Care Research, UK Clinical Trials Regulations.
- Knowledge and experience of data interpretation, verification and reporting to local and national centres.
Skills
- Good IT skills, particularly in the use of Web applications, MS Office and/or Google Hub applications.
- Excellent planning and organisational skills.
- Excellent interpersonal, communication and leadership skills
- Ability to work calmly, effectively and independently under pressure.
- Effective role model, demonstrating NNUH’s PRIDE values of People focussed, Respect, Integrity, Dedication and Excellence
- Demonstrates understanding and commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
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.
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