Job summary
- Main area
- Administrative and Clerical
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent: N/A
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (N/A)
- Job ref
- 200-NN-6387280-A&C-Z
- Employer
- St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Town
- Tooting London
- Salary
- £42,471 - £50,364 Per Annum Including Inner London HCAS
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 11/07/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Research Governance and Facilitation Officer
Band 6
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a dynamic individual to join the Joint Research and Enterprise Services as a Research Governance and Facilitation officer. This post plays a key role in providing research governance and facilitation services to academics and clinicians with a focus on clinical studies hosted at St George’s, and non-CTIMPs sponsored by St George’s.
The Research Governance and Facilitation Officer will provide a high standard service to clinical researchers in the processing of project approvals, assessing and offering advice on study feasibility and providing on-going project support. The post-holder will be responsible for ensuring that clinical research carried out at St George’s is performed to the highest quality in terms of science, governance, and ethical standards. The post-holder will be responsible for the research projects originating from a range of Divisions and Institutes at St George’s.
Main duties of the job
This role will support the development, implementation and monitoring of systems for the effective management of Research & Development, research governance, and risk management in research across St George’s University Hospitals Foundation Trust and St George’s University London. Thereby ensuring that appropriate and robust systems are in place to support, monitor and coordinate research activity across the two institutions, in accordance with the relevant regulations, legislation and mandatory guidance.
- Pre-Study Support, Guidance & Training
- Study Approval and Set-Up
- Study Initiation
- Project Management, support and delivery
- Project Close-out
Working for our organisation
Being employed by St George’s gives you access to a wide range of resources to support your personal and professional development.
There are a range of Staff Benefits offered to all employees of St George’s including Cycle to Work Schemes, Interest Free Season Ticket Loans and Sports and Leisure Facilities.
There are three teams that fall within the Joint Research & Enterprise Services: Research Funding, Research Governance & Delivery and Enterprise & Innovation.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The post-holder will foster excellent communication and working relationships with the clinical research delivery professionals internally and externally and be able to work well under pressure and cope with conflicting demands whilst maintaining excellent organisational, communication and IT skills. Confidentiality, accuracy and attention to detail are fundamental for this position.
Please see attached the job description for more details on the main responsibilities for this role.
Person specification
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of HRA, MHRA and NHS Management and approval processes
- Previous administrative experience in an NHS, University or clinical research environment
- Working knowledge of legislation & guidelines relevant to clinical research
Desirable criteria
- Experience of reviewing research related contracts
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Educated to degree level or equivalent experience
Desirable criteria
- Degree in a bioscience or medical subject
- Teaching & assessing qualification or equivalent relevant experience
Skills
Essential criteria
- Analytical skills
- Excellent written and oral communication
- Ability to effectively organise own workload with minimum of supervision and to work within tight deadlines
Desirable criteria
- Experience of writing and working to Standard Operating Procedures
- Ability to take initiative and propose changes to processes / procedures
- Usage of EDGE clinical R&D database
We expect all our staff to share the values that are important to the trust – being excellent, kind, responsible and respectful – and behave in a way that reflects these. More information on the vision and values of St. George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is attached below.
Please note that this vacancy may close before the advertised closing date if sufficient applicants are received. Please check your email regularly as all candidates shortlisted for interview will be contacted and informed by email.
If you are appointed to the post, as part of your pre-employment check we will be required to verify your identity. The document/s you present for this purpose will be checked for their authenticity by scanning all known security features. These features will include:
- The machine readable zone
- An ultra violet image
- An infra red image
As part of your pre-employment checks, we will also be required to obtain satisfactory, written references. Please ensure that the referee details which you provide on your application form are correct. We require at least one written reference from your current or most recent line manager. We are only able to accept references from a professional work email address.
Telephone: 02082963786
Text: 07501066267
Email: [email protected].
Employer certification / accreditation badges
.jpg "Disability Advice Line")
Applicant requirements
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Deidre Callahan
- Job title
- Deputy Research Development and Delivery Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07385417954
- Additional information
Please note there will be a 5 minute presentation at interview - topic to be confirmed
List jobs with St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in Administrative Services or all sectors