Assistant Research Facilitator

6 days ago


Coventry, 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. The 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 Facilitator Assistants. They should demonstrate excellent project and research management skills and have highly developed communication and 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.

The Research Facilitator Assistant 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 requires the post holder to predominantly cover a specific geographical area within the CRN WM 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 as required.

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
To develop good working relationships with research active and research interested GP/ PCN / healthcare staff to ensure the continued success of the delivery of CRN portfolio studies
To communicate effectively across a wide range of audiences, and liaise, establish and maintain positive links with external agencies/providers
To maintain accurate records and information relating to research activity.
To offer appropriate research studies and provide support with feasibility and set up procedures for the study
To support in the interpretation of research protocols/develop search strategies/ study materials, support study teams by giving in-depth advice on practice profiles to aid recruitment strategies
To prepare reports and supply data as requested.
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
To support NHS staff in participating centres in the conduct of the trial, answering their queries, assisting with problems, helping to set up systems to allow recruitment/data collection in each centre and feeding back information on the progress of the trial
To review recruitment in participating centres and assist local NHS staff in overcoming any issues and take action as appropriate.

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 st



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