Research Governance Officer

1 week ago


Chesterfield, Derbyshire, United Kingdom Derbyshire Community Health Services NHS Foundation Trust Full time
Job Overview

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Research Governance Officer to join our team at Derbyshire Community Health Services NHS Foundation Trust. This is a 12-month secondment or 12-month fixed-term contract based at Walton Hospital, Chesterfield.

Main Responsibilities
  • Research Governance and Delivery: To enable research activity at DCHS to take place and enrich the experience of our colleagues and patients.
  • Culture: Support the delivery of the Research and Innovation Strategy.
  • Research Advice and Training: Provide research advice and training on all aspects of research.
  • Patient Care: Promote and undertake a broad range of research to assess, modernise and improve patient care.
  • Strategy and Service Development: The post holder will support development of the Trust's research portfolio.
  • Financial Resources/Management: Post holder will need to be aware of budget constraints and work within team and project budgets.
  • Information Resources/Information Systems: Develop networks with other disciplines across the Trust, other appropriate local and national agencies, other trusts and clinical networks to promote and enable collaborative research.
  • Autonomy/Scope within Role: Participate in collaborative working across the network and with other clinical researchers, within the Clinical Research Network and National Institute for Healthcare Research.
Requirements
  • Relevant degree or equivalent relevant experience
  • Good Clinical Practice training
  • Research training - informed consent, degree module etc.
Desirable Criteria
  • Postgraduate qualification or willing to work towards or equivalent experience
Key Skills and Attributes
  • Sound knowledge of all aspects of research governance and legislation including current national systems, structures and research regulatory processes for the approval, management and monitoring of clinical research in the NHS
  • Knowledge of the Research Governance Framework, Medicine and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency, National Research Ethics Service and Good Clinical Practice Guidelines
  • Knowledge of the Health Research Authority and Research Ethics Committee approval process/requirements
  • Understanding of the EDGE or other research management systems
  • Understanding of Information Governance, confidentiality and research ethics
  • Proficient knowledge of clinical trials & research methodologies
  • Experience of working in a clinical research/governance environment (NHS, university or industry setting)
  • Understanding of data collection and data entry process for clinical trials
  • Data quality management
  • Experience of working within an MDT
  • Evidence of recent CPD
  • Experience of working to and meeting deadlines
  • Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
  • Intermediate IT skills including ability to work with standard Microsoft office applications (including Outlook, Teams, Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
  • Competence in using the internet to search for and resource information
  • Ability to manipulate data in Excel
  • Ability to organise and prioritise own workload and work to tight deadlines
  • Ability to network and build relationships at all levels
  • Ability to gather data, analyse, critique and synthesise complex information and report on findings to wide audiences
  • Able to work under own initiative and without direct supervision within responsibilities of role.
  • Ability to work under pressure balancing conflicting workloads and meet deadlines
  • Ability to work on multiple projects and tasks simultaneously
  • Experience of supporting design and using questionnaires and other data collection tools, Interview schedules, surveys
Working for Our Organisation

Derbyshire Community Health Services NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest providers of specialist community healthcare in England and we currently employ around 4,500 staff. We deliver a variety of services across Derbyshire, caring for nearly 1 million patients each year.

We deliver patient care through 11 community hospitals, 4 minor injury units, 29 health centres and a learning disability centre. Another key part of our service is out in the community where we care for people in their own homes via therapists, health visitors and district nurses, and promoting public health in the wider community.

We have been recognised as a top 10 NHS organisation to work for in the UK by the Health Service Journal and NHS Employers in their Best Places to Work 2015 campaign. The Trust is also the runner-up in the category for the best NHS community trust employer.



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