Assistant Research Facilitator

5 months ago

Birmingham, United Kingdom The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust Full time

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the primary care delivery team in the CRN West Midlands as a Research Facilitator Assistant. This team is responsible for the set-up, feasibility, performance and delivery of the NIHR Clinical Research portfolio across the region.

This is a role for aspiring Research Facilitators Assistants. They should demonstrate excellent project and research management skills and have highly developed communication/interpersonal skills. They will ensure that the CRN West Midlands Primary Care team provides a high quality service in line with continuous improvement methodologies in order to ensure effective delivery of the critical business operations of the network.

They will support the facilitation of the set-up, running and recruitment of patients into clinical trials and research projects in primary care that are adopted by the Clinical Research Network (CRN) on the NIHR CRN portfolio. They will act as a contact between the CRN and local research stakeholders including academic institutions, Integrated Care Boards, Primary Care Networks, General Practices and other primary care health providers in the area

The post holder will work as part of the Central or South locality team in raising awareness in primary care of the CRN infrastructure and systems by developing and disseminating up to date information electronically, by mail and in person via presentations or posters at meetings and conferences.

The primary aspect of the role is to support the delivery of a caseload of studies within the delivery team and will primarily, but not exclusively, work with GP practices in the West Midlandsarea as part of a sub team structure.

**Main duties include**:
Study Delivery & Facilitation

Regulatory Compliance and Research Management

Communication, Training and Education

The post requires the post holders to predominantly cover a specific geographical area within the CRN WM (Birmingham & Solihull and Black Country or Coventry & Warwickshire, Herefordshire & Worcestershire) however may be required to cover the whole area as required and must be prepared to travel throughout the West Midlands for meetings.

The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust is one of the largest NHS trusts in the West Midlands providing primary, acute and community services and we are incredibly proud of the diversity of both our staff and the communities we serve. We are building a workforce that can help us to fulfil our values, improve quality of care for patients, and solve the health care problems of tomorrow. We’re passionate about the value that diversity of thinking and lived experience brings in enabling us to become a learning organisation and leader in delivering compassionate care for our patients.

We are delighted that we have been rated as “Good” by CQC. We have achieved numerous awards; The Nursing Times Best Diversity and Inclusion Practice and Best UK Employer of the Year for Nursing Staff in 2020.

The Trust is a supportive working environment committed to creating flexible working arrangements that suit your needs and as such will consider all requests from applicants who wish to work flexibly.

Study delivery and facilitation
1. To work with general practices and other health and care providers within the West Midlands to encourage them to participate in research and work with the NIHR CRN West Midlands in the delivery of CRN portfolio studies
2. To develop good working relationships with research active and research interested GPs, PCN’s and healthcare staff to ensure the continued success of the delivery of CRN portfolio studies
3. To communicate effectively across a wide range of audiences, and liaise, establish and maintain positive links with external agencies and providers
4. To maintain accurate records and information relating to research activity as required
5. To offer appropriate research studies and provide support with feasibility and set up procedures for the study
6. To support in the interpretation of research protocols and develop search strategies and study materials (such as the Research Information Sheet for Practices: RISP) if appropriate, support study teams by giving in-depth advice on practice profiles to aid recruitment strategies
7. To prepare reports and supply data as requested by the Research Manager / CRSL regarding research activity
8. Acting as a link between the study teams and the GPs and other primary care sites by facilitating meetings for the set-up of a study
9. To support NHS staff in participating centres in the conduct of the trial, being available to answer their queries, assisting with any problems, helping to set up systems to allow recruitment and data collection in each centre and feeding back information on the progress of the trial
10. To review recruitment in participating centres, communicate them to the relevant Research Facilitator and assist local NHS staff in overcoming any issues and take action as appropriate.
11. To support the

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