Nihr Crf Operational Lead

2 weeks ago

Manchester, United Kingdom The Christie NHS Foundation Trust Full time

This is a rare and exciting opportunity for an experienced and dynamic operational manager with a passion for cancer research to join and lead a dedicated and motivated team on the Manchester Clinical Research Facility (MCRF) at The Christie NHS Foundation Trust, delivering tomorrows treatments, today.

This pivotal post will be a key player in the CRF leadership team, acting as a key leader and role model for a dedicated and skilled team, delivering complex and experimental cancer clinical trials. The CRF is a highly specialist department consisting of research clinics, outpatients, day case and inpatient areas supporting on world leading experimental medicine and later phase complex oncology trials.

Central to this role is responsibility for ensuring a quality, safe, patient focused service to all clinical trial participants across the Christie MCRF. They will provide visible leadership across the Christie MCRF and wider R&I Division, ensuring there are clear processes in place to provide assurance that research and clinical governance standards are met and that patients are safe and have an exceptional patient experience.

We are looking for a senior manager with previous experience of management within a clinical research environment to be responsible for the operational management of the MCRF at The Christie.

The post holder will lead on the business development, operational and financial management of the facility at The Christie NHS Foundation Trust. Together with the CRF Medical Director and Matron, they will work collaboratively with the other Operational Managers and Medical Directors of the MCRF to deliver the strategic objectives and vision of both the CRF at The Christie NHS Foundation Trust and the wider MCRF. They will also provide leadership to across the Christie MCRF and wider R&I Division.

They will be innovative and forward thinking with a strong desire to improve performance and make a difference by focusing on goal. They will be proactive and self-motivated with the ability to motivate others and be passionate about providing patients with the opportunity to take part in oncology and early phase research.

Working closely with the CRF Medical Director and Matron, they will drive forward the ambitious plans for developing the CRF to deliver a comprehensive 7 days service enabling a growing portfolio of research including complex cell and gene therapies and other novel cancer treatments.

The Christie is one of Europe’s leading cancer centres, treating over 60,000 patients a year. We are based in Manchester and serve a population of 3.2 million across Greater Manchester & Cheshire, but as a national specialist around 15% patients are referred to us from other parts of the country. We provide radiotherapy through one of the largest radiotherapy departments in the world; chemotherapy on site and through 14 other hospitals; highly specialist surgery for complex and rare cancer; and a wide range of support and diagnostic services. We are also an international leader in research, with world first breakthroughs for over 100 years. We run one of the largest early clinical trial units in Europe with over 300 trials every year. Cancer research in Manchester, most of which is undertaken on the Christie site, has been officially ranked the best in the UK.

The Christie NIHR Clinical Research Facility (CRF) is one of four CRF’s that make up the Manchester NIHR CRF. The Christie CRF was established in 2010, refurbished in 2016 and provides the specialist infrastructure needed to support researchers in the delivery of world class oncology research. A variety of clinical research is supported by the CRF, from Phase 1 first in human trials to innovative advanced therapy studies as well as complex later phase research.

Facility Strategy
- Work with the Directors of the MCRF in the development, implementation and ongoing review of the CRF, including advising on the identification of research priority areas and ensure alignment of these within the wider context of Health Innovation Manchester, Manchester Biomedical Research Centre (MBRC) and other NIHR research strategies
- Deliver on the strategies for MCRF and The Christie R&I Division
- Lead on major projects including those requiring building and service development
- Develop relationships with external organisations, including but not limited to, the other MCRF sites, other NHS Trusts, academic institutions, the UK Clinical Research Facility Network (UKCRFN), Health innovation Manchester and commercial companies.
- In collaboration with the MCRF Directors operationalise planed new developments that support the MCRF objectives.
- Work with colleagues from the UKCRFN to develop collaborative ways of working leading to improvements in practice.
- Contribute to, and lead on The Christie aspects of, the NIHR Annual Report.

OperationalManagement
- Oversight of initiation and delivery of research activity in the CRF at The Christie, including implem

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