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Communication and working relationships

·         Communicate effectively with all levels of Trust staff and any external persons where the role requires this.

·         Work closely with the lead Research Radiologists to ensure timely review and sign-off of trial protocols and manuals, regularly updating R&D on progress and highlighting any delays or operational issues

·         Collaborative and flexible team working are essential. The post holder may in some circumstances, be required to supervise junior research staff, radiography staff, student radiographers, assistant practitioners and liaise with all appropriate Trust and external staff.

·         Facilitate communication between radiology and research teams to promote sharing of best practices with the objective of improving the general quality of research and compliance level within the Trust.

·         Attend relevant R&D team meetings.

·         Pro-actively support and participate within a multidisciplinary team to ensure an effective, efficient delivery of service in order to maintain departmental quality standards and to participate in and actively represent research in clinical meetings and with those multi-disciplinary teams.

·         Liaise with relevant research department representatives to ensure their support and involvement in any new policies and systems.

·         Ensure that queries from external stakeholders are answered in a timely manner by the appropriate research team member.

·         Work in collaboration with Radiology, R&D and Medical Physics staff to provide a comprehensive, effective and safe service.

·         Support training activities for staff and trainees in the Radiology department.

Analytical and judgement

·         Be familiar with documentation associated to research trials, translating, applying and communicating relevant parts to the teams involved.

·         Monitor research related incidents for trends and identify any changes necessary to working practice. Assist in the development and implementation of working practice as necessary ensuring appropriate communication and training required is performed.

·         Identifying and communicate issues in delivering research imaging within radiology.

Planning and organisation

·         Plan, assess, deliver and evaluate the workload in close liaison with the Research Radiology leads and Research lead.

·         Assist in the setup, implementation and review of governance systems related to clinical practice associated with research trials undertaken within radiology.

·         Ensure that imaging schedules and protocols for all radiology research trials and those trials requiring radiology services are appropriate and communicated as required to clinical teams.

·         Monitor and report on research activity and the potential demand on the services, communicating outcomes to Radiology and research leads.

Physical skills

·         Accurate and efficient IT and keyboard skills

·         Dexterity and concentration skills for long periods of time

·         Highly developed physical skills where accuracy is important

Patient and client care

·         Provides clinical technical services within sphere of own role

Policy and service development

·         Assist researchers in planning new clinical trials involving radiology; to ensure that all aspects of the relevant regulations have been considered and provide advice on development of protocol and associated documents and specific guidance on safety reporting requirements.

·         Assist in the development and implementation of processes and Standard Operating Procedures to ensure that studies are performed in adherence to the relevant regulations and legislation.

·         The postholder should have a good awareness of Radiology related regulations and be able to provide or seek access expert interpretation in order to advise the R&D. They will be expected to develop sufficient understanding of non-radiology specific research regulatory aspects in order to support R&D activity effectively. 

·         Support development, review and update of radiology-specific Standard Operating Procedures and Document Templates for use within R&D and for use by researchers to facilitate compliance with the current regulatory requirements.

·         For the purposes of Radiology focussed inspection, assist in the preparation of relevant documents and files for inspection by the regulatory bodies of the Trust’s services, trials and facilities. This includes support during inspections by regulatory bodies.

Finance, equipment and other resources

·         Provide regular information to Radiology leadership team, relating to research activity and the income generated by research for radiology.

·         This role has no budgetary responsibility.

People management and training

·         Support radiology staff on a daily basis with operational queries related to research trail imaging.

·         Provide clinical knowledge and expertise, in relation to imaging, to the research team where required.

·         Provide support to and cover for duties undertaken by other research team members as required.

·         Provide radiographic advice and support to investigators of research studies selected for inspection, including Trust sponsored, third party sponsored or hosted studies.

·         Assist and encourage service development and innovation.

Information technology and administrative duties

·         The candidate must be comfortable working with clinical and research IT systems

·         Good knowledge of common IT applications (e.g. MS Teams Word, PowerPoint, Excel etc)

Research and development

·         Have a proactive involvement in undertaking and supporting research and its utilisation in clinical practice.

Freedom to act

·         Accountable for own professional actions, where work may be undertaken independently, with activities managed rather than supervised.

·         Work and comply with all relevant National, Regional and TSDFT policies and procedures.

·         Ensure that Radiation, Health and Safety and COSHH regulations and codes of practice are adhered to, and relevant records kept.

·         To have a professional and courteous manner and always to uphold the reputation of TSDFT.

·         Observe confidentiality with respect to Trust, patient, staff and NHS information at all times.

·         Ensure that all trial protocols and any amendments are achievable, practicable and are communicated in a timely manner to the radiology departments.

·         Ensure completion and appropriate storage of participant information sheets, consent forms and other essential documents where required.

·         Identify serious adverse events that require reporting to the research team and assist in the investigation of any such incidents.

·         Keep up to date with best practice, maintaining and promoting a high standard of clinical practice and patient care. To maintain good and effective professional practices. To ensure consistent operation of policies and standards.

·         Follows and promotes evidence-based practice.[JR1] [TS2] 

·         Undertake audit of practice, to present results at audit meetings or appropriate forum.

·         Complete statutory and mandatory training as required and complete annual personal development review in a timely manner.