Research & Development Manager

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an additional enthusiastic and motivated R&D Manager to manage the research delivery team and support the implementation of a quality management system across spoke sites within South London Commercial Research Delivery Centre.

Lewisham & Greenwich NHS Trust is developing a spoke site for the newly formed South London Commercial Research Delivery Centre (CRDC). Guy's & St Thomas' is the hub site for commercial research within this new partnership. The South London CRDC will act as a regional hub for commercial research delivery, delivering research across DGHs, community organisations and primary care to improve recruitment and set-up of clinical trials and facilitate improved access to research for underserved populations by making research more accessible within local communities.

The successful applicant will be required to build strong relationships with investigators, research teams, service departments and external research partners. You will be based at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Woolwich site but will be required to work cross site at University Hospital Lewisham.

This role would suit a research nurse, midwife or AHP looking to develop their career in management, or an experienced research trial co-ordinator. Applications from both coordinators and clinical staff are encouraged.

Main duties of the job

This role will provide leadership and management to facilitate the delivery of all research activity within the Trust. This will involve providing leadership and oversight of research delivery staff and portfolio delivery across all specialities within the Trust and support the implementation, maintenance of development of a Quality Management System across spoke sites (Lewisham & Greenwich NHS Trust and Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust) within the South London CRDC . The post holder will work in close partnership with the R&D Operations Manager, R&D Delivery Manager, (deputising for each other as required) and Head of Research to ensure that all functions and processes are fit for purpose.

About us

Our people are our greatest asset. When we feel supported and happy at work, this positivity reaches those very people we are here for, the patients. Engaged employees perform at their best and our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) initiatives contribute to cultivate a culture of engagement. We have four staff networks, a corporate EDI Team and a suite of programmes and events which aim to insert the 5 aspirations:

• Improving representation at senior levels of staff with disabilities, from black, Asian, and ethnic minorities background, identify as LGBTQ+ and women, through improved recruitment and leadership development
• Widening access (anchor institution) and employability
• Improving the experience of staff with disability
• Improving the EDI literacy and confidence of trust staff through training and development
• Making equalities mainstream

Job responsibilities

• Assess and ensure R&D resources are used to best effect
• Maintain an effective system and infrastructure for conducting internal audits across the Trust on a periodic basis and report finings to appropriate staff
• Support changes in the department that may be necessary following any regulatory changes.
• Work in partnership with the the senior management team to achieve the departmental objectives by implementing and maintain the systems which provide assurance of the quality of clinical research activity undertaken within the department
• Work with R&D colleagues to promote and facilitate research activity within the Trust, develop and extend the range of research undertaken and instil a Trust-wide research culture
• Manage the Research Delivery team and have oversight of RDN Agile Workforce staff working on site
• Performance management of research studies across the Trust including developing recruitment plans when required and supporting and developing new Principal Investigators.
• Work with performance measures and KPIs in conjunction with the wider management team to maintain standards of research compliance, participant care and departmental objectives.

Person Specification Qualifications and Training

• Educated to or working at the level of degree or equivalent experience Or Professional Registration eg. RN/AHP/GMC etc
• Training or mentoring qualification or equivalent experience
• GCP Trained

Knowledge

• Excellent computer skills: understanding of MS Office, data management, internet explorer and web based database systems
• Developing job plans, recruitment strategies, recruitment to time and target
• In-depth knowledge of ICH-GCP
• Understanding of potential barriers to research

Experience

• Experience of setting up research projects and facilitating recruitment to them.
• Experience of budget /resource management
• Ability to motivate members of staff at all levels and demonstrate strong leadership skills
• Experience of research management in the NHS and/or commercial setting
• Experience of leading research in an organisation

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.

£47,810 to £54,710 a yearper annum plus HCA (pro rata'd for time)