Senior Research Facilitation Officer

7 months ago


London, United Kingdom Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Full time

The Senior Research Facilitation Officer is a key member of the Trust’s Research & Development Team and will work with all groups across the Trust to develop a culture that sustains excellence in the successful delivery of research studies.

The Senior Research Facilitation Officer will play a key role in assisting the Trust to deliver an effective and efficient service to its external research partners in the set up and approval of (primarily non-commercially) sponsored and funded research studies. This will include being responsible for co-ordinating the completion of feasibility assessments for externally sponsored studies and also completing research governance checks. The post holder will be responsible for the costing and contracting elements of setting up externally sponsored research.

The Senior Research Facilitation Officer reports to the R&D Operations Manager and is responsible for the successful delivery of a portfolio of externally sponsored clinical research studies. The post holder will also have a role to play in performance managing externally sponsored studies in terms of patient recruitment and recruitment to time and target.

The post holder will be engaged in the delivery of the research portfolio within C&WFT through active engagement with the Trust’s research office and reporting to the Trust’s R&D Operations Manager.

The post holder will ensure that all relevant study activities are accomplished effectively in line with LCRN performance metrics and high level objectives and will play a key role in assisting the Trust to deliver an effective and efficient service to its research partners in the set up and approval of externally sponsored research studies. This will include being responsible for co-ordinating the completion of feasibility assessments by researchers for externally sponsored studies and also completing research governance checks.

The post holder must be fully engaged in the mission of the LCRN encouraging adoption to the portfolio and accomplishment of the high level objectives.

Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust provide services from two main hospitals, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital and West Middlesex University Hospital, and a number of clinics across London and the South-East.

We have nearly 7,000 members of staff that are PROUD to Care for nearly one million people.

Both hospitals provide full clinical services, including full maternity, emergency and children’s, in addition to a range of community-based services across London, such as award-winning sexual health and HIV clinics.

We’re one of the best performing Trusts in the country. We’re also one of the top trusts to work for - our staff says they’re engaged, motivated, and would recommend us as a place to work and receive treatment.

Our Trust has been rated by the Care Quality Commission as ‘Good’ in all five of the main domains of safe, effective, caring, responsive and well-led, giving an us overall rating of ‘Good’. We’ve also been awarded an

‘Outstanding’ rating for ‘use of resources’ by an NHS Improvement inspection. Our facilities are some of the best in the country. We have been investing significant Capital year on year in our estate.

We have recently completed a £30m expansion of our adult and neonatal critical care facilities at Chelsea and Westminster and are planning an ambitious £60m development of an Ambulatory Diagnostics Centre at West Middlesex.

Patient/customer care (both direct and indirect)

Providing a key role in the delivery of an effective and efficient service for governance review for externally sponsored research studies

Provide concise and accurate information to researchers on our research approvals and governance review processes and requirements for externally sponsored research studies

Policy development

To implement all policies relating to own area of work in line with the requirements of UK Policy Framework for Health and Social Care

To assist in the maintenance and further development of standard operating procedures and policies relating to management of externally sponsored studies

Study set-up

To work with the LCRN in delivering an effective and efficient process for project approvals. This will include working with the team to ensure that the approval of new studies is achieved within the specified national deadlines

To undertake site level assessments for potential research projects and determine, through discussion with the research staff and service support leads whether or not the research can commence

To provide advice on use of IRAS to Trust researchers and external partners when required

Feasibility and site identification

Support the timely distribution, completion, collation and review of Expressions of Interest (EOIs) and Pre-Selected Site Review forms

Assist feasibility assessment with the research team and support departments ensuring timely completion

Work with the study team, multi-



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