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Job summary

Main area
Research
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 6
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref
337-NP-8700LD
Employer
London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Northwick park hospital
Town
Harrow
Salary
£37,338 - £44,962 per annum including HCAS
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
14/04/2025 23:59

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Industry Research Facilitator

NHS AfC: Band 6

Careers at #LNWH

London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWH) cares for the people of Brent, Ealing, Harrow and beyond.

Our team of more than 8,200 clinical and support staff serve a diverse population of almost one million people.

We run major acute services at:

  • Northwick Park Hospital: home to one of the busiest emergency departments (A&E) in the country. The hospital provides a full range of services including the country’s top-rated hyper-acute stroke unit and one of only three hyper-acute rehabilitation units in the UK
  • St Mark’s Hospital: an internationally renowned specialist centre for bowel disease
  • Ealing Hospital: a busy district general hospital providing a range of clinical services, as well as 24/7 emergency department and urgent care centre, and specialist care at Meadow House Hospice
  • Central Middlesex Hospital: our planned care site, hosting a range of surgical and outpatient services and collocated with an urgent care centre.  

We are a university teaching NHS trust, in recognition of the important role we play in training clinicians of the future and bringing the benefits of research to the public.

Find out more about our Trust and why you should join us#WeAreLNWH

Find out more about Our HEART values

Find out more about our Trust Staff Benefits

Our vision at London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust is to put “Quality at our HEART”. Find out more about our ambitious strategy

We are clear that our vision can only be achieved by our staff, who are our most valuable asset.

Our vision is driven by our HEART values and behaviours which were developed together with our staff.

  • H onesty
  • E quity
  • A ccountability
  • R espect
  • T eamwork

These values describe how we interact with each other and our patients and must underpin everything we do to achieve our vision.

LNWUH is a flexible working friendly organisation, we want you to be able to work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Please speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s job share, part time or another flexible pattern.  If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.

Job overview

Are you looking for a new challenge in the research community? The Industry Research Facilitator is a key member of the Research & Innovation (R&I) team at LNWH, dedicated to the growth of industry-sponsored research in alignment with the NIHR Clinical Research Delivery Capability (CRDC) framework. This role supports the effective set-up, governance, and delivery of commercial research studies, ensuring compliance with UK regulatory requirements, Good Clinical Practice (GCP), and national research performance metrics.

The post holder will work closely with investigators, clinical research teams, support services, and external stakeholders to enhance the Trust’s capacity to attract and manage industry-sponsored research studies. Responsibilities include facilitating study feasibility, governance approvals, contracting, performance monitoring, and supporting strategic research development across the hub and spoke model. This post allows you to enhance your professional development, enabling you to become an expert in this field during this exciting time in setting up our CRDC.

Main duties of the job

Research governance and compliance ensuring all legal requirements are met during the study set up process.

Study Set up and management including co-ordinating fast track activity and liaising with internal and external support departments to ensure smooth study set up.

Industry research development with active engagement with industry partners finding and developing new opportunities

Performance monitoring and reporting, tracking performance metrics and providing reports to demonstrate activity.

Strategic Relationship management, building strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders, representing the Trust at industry meetings, helping set up the “spokes” in our hub and spoke model

Working for our organisation

London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWH) cares for the people of Brent, Ealing, Harrow and beyond.

Our team of more than 8,200 clinical and support staff serve a diverse population of almost one million people.

We run major acute services at:

  • Northwick Park Hospital: home to one of the busiest emergency departments (A&E) in the country. The hospital provides a full range of services including the country’s top-rated hyper-acute stroke unit and one of only three hyper-acute rehabilitation units in the UK
  • St Mark’s Hospital: an internationally renowned specialist centre for bowel disease
  • Ealing Hospital: a busy district general hospital providing a range of clinical services, as well as 24/7 emergency department and urgent care centre, and specialist care at Meadow House Hospice
  • Central Middlesex Hospital: our planned care site, hosting a range of surgical and outpatient services and collocated with an urgent care centre.  

We are a university teaching NHS trust, in recognition of the important role we play in training clinicians of the future and bringing the benefits of research to the public.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To view the main responsibility, please see the attached the Job Description and Person Specification.

Person specification

Skills and knowledge

Essential criteria
  • Ability to write and present supporting business cases
  • Ability to build co-operative relationships
  • Managing Groups / Stakeholders in Conflict

education & Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Educated to postgraduate level or equivalent level of experience Recognised management qualification Postgraduate qualification in a management or research related subject
Desirable criteria
  • Postgraduate qualification in a management or research related subject
  • Recognised management qualification

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Experience in research study management (governance and delivery)
Desirable criteria
  • Track record of monitoring and auditing research studies
  • Experience of costing research projects in an NHS setting
  • Experience of performance management of research activity
  • Managing study budget

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Nevan McNichol
Job title
Research Governance & Operations Manager|
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
07387230445
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