Primary Care Research Facilitator

7 months ago


Oxford, United Kingdom Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Full time

The purpose of the Research Facilitator is to support primary healthcare staff in the delivery of NIHR portfolio adopted research studies, promote research opportunities and the value of research within Primary Care, identifying and problem-solving barriers to study delivery, and to work closely with academic study teams. The post holder will work closely with the Primary Care Portfolio Manager and all members of the Research Facilitator Team to increase, facilitate and sustain the delivery of NIHR CRN portfolio studies within a specific area. The role is home based with an expectation to be based at the NIHR CRN TVSM offices at Unipart, Oxford at least once a month for meetings. The role requires frequent travel to GP practices across the Thames Valley and South Midlands region.

We are small and friendly team of 5 Research Facilitators and a Divisional Support Officer, managed by the Primary Care Portfolio Manager. We are part of a larger CRN primary care team, comprising Research Delivery Manager, a team of 12 Research Nurses and GP Research Champions.

Research Promotion to primary care organisations

To actively promote the value of research to clinicians, patients, service users, and the wider NHS

Develop good working relationships with research active and research interested healthcare staff to enhance and develop the success of NIHR CRN TVSM Primary Care
- Work with academic partners to develop and prepare Research Information Sheets for Practices (RISPs) for prospective studies
- Promote research opportunities to practices and encourage their participation
- To work in conjunction with Primary Care Portfolio Manager and Research Facilitator team to raise the profile of NIHR CRN TVSM within the locality. This may include working to develop strategies in order to overcome barriers to engagement and/or recruitment
- To maintain a working knowledge of primary care services and delivery locally, and how these can facilitate NIHR CRN TVSM’s development
- To attend meetings with study representatives, primary care healthcare professionals, NIHR CRN TVSM staff and/or the R&D team, deputising for the Primary Care Portfolio Manager as required

Research Delivery
- To act as a resource and support to primary care sites and other primary care practitioners involved in the identification and recruitment of patients to NIHR studies using project management methodologies and tools
- Project Management
- Administration
- Education and Training

The Trust comprises four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury.

Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community. We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence. These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family. Watch how we set out to deliver compassionate excellence via the OUH YouTube channel

Research Promotion
- To actively promote the value of research to clinicians, patients, service users, and the wider NHS
- To support primary care healthcare staff to develop their knowledge and skills to engage in NIHR studies, signposting to relevant NIHR supported training
- To provide highly specialised research advice to all primary healthcare staff concerning the research process in general and other matters specific to NIHR studies
- To develop good working relationships with research active and research interested healthcare staff

to enhance and develop the success of NIHR CRN TVSM Primary Care
- To support the development and capacity of general practice and primary care practitioners to deliver more complex commercial and non-commercial research studies
- Work with academic partners to develop and prepare Research Information Sheets for Practices (RISPs) for prospective studies
- To promote research opportunities to practices and encourage their participation
- To be responsible for maintaining communication channels with all participating members of each study team
- To work in conjunction with Primary Care Portfolio Manager and Research Facilitator team to raise the profile of NIHR CRN TVSM within the locality. This may include working to develop strategies in order to overcome barriers to engagement and/or recruitment
- To maintain a working knowledge of primary care services and delivery locally, and how these can

facilitate NIHR CRN TVSM’s development
- To attend meetings with study representatives, primary care healthcare professionals, NIHR CRN TVSM staff and/or the R&D team, deputising for the Primary Care Portfolio Manager as required

Research Delivery
- To act as a resource and support to primary care sites and other prima



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