Research Manager (PHU)

Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust; Portsmouth; On-site; GBP 46,000 - 53,000; Full time

Job description

Company Description

Our vision for Single Corporate Services

Isle of Wight NHS Trust (IWT) and Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust (PHU) have a shared vision of a single corporate service across our two organisations, supported by a single set of identical systems and processes, under joint leadership, to drive significant efficiencies, improve employee experience, and return time to patient care.

This vacancy is part of the Single Corporate Services Division.

Why are we changing the way we deliver Corporate Services?

Working as a partnership, both IWT and PHU have a shared vision for excellence in care for our patients and communities; with a set of strategic aims underpinning how we will achieve this. The creation of a single corporate service is essential for us to support our clinical and operational services, and our wider transformation programme.

The vision for our single corporate services is to:

1. Be an employer of choice for corporate talent, attracting and retaining people who share our values for excellence in care and welcome the opportunity to benefit from the broad range of flexible career and development opportunities we can offer.
2. Improve efficiency through simplified and standardised policies, processes, and systems, drawing on the best from both Trusts.
3. Do things once and reduce any duplication on transactional tasks giving corporate staff the ability to focus on higher value and more diverse activities.
4. Co-invest in the latest digital solutions and standardise our approach, meaning we do things once for both organisations.
5. Improve learning and development opportunities and sharing best practice, upskilling both Trusts.
6. Co-locate teams in purpose-built facilities on the Island and in Portsmouth to enable closer working and sharing.
7. Build resilience for individuals and our teams.

The single corporate service is delivered across both organisations. You may be based at either IWT or PHU and individuals may be required to undertake business travel between sites. For leaders managing staff across multi-site locations, you will need to be visible and provide in-person leadership. The arrangements and frequency will be agreed locally.

For further information please refer to Single Corporate service summary.

Job Description

Position Type: Permanent - Full time - 37.5 hours

Salary: Band 7 - £46,148 - £52,809

The Research Office supports and oversees a diverse portfolio of impactful research across almost all clinical specialities at Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust. Without the Research Office, studies would not open in an efficient and compliant way- meaning less opportunity for patients to access new treatments or for patients and staff to contribute to building knowledge and enhancing evidence-based care for the conditions that matter to them.

The office team supports the design, conduct, analysis and ongoing safety/quality management of investigator led clinical trials and studies, working in collaboration with other NHS Trusts as well as commercial and academic partners. Consistently in the top few Large Acute Trusts in terms of research participation, PHU has both scale and quality in research with a desire to develop more to achieve the greatest possible impact.

Ensuring the Research Office works as effectively and efficiently as possible is vital in supporting the wider research work at PHU, the Research Manager position is key in enabling this. This post will oversee the Portsmouth Research Office function, supporting the Research & Development Manager closely. The Research Manager provides operation oversight and leadership of the Research Office, leading on quality reporting both in terms of study progression and key performance indicators. The Research Manager will provide leadership in terms of values and culture of Office team staff, enabling team members to grow and problem solve independently- whilst ensuring compliance and efficiency. This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced clinical research management professional to take on a position with the ability to make a real impact and embed change.

This role also forms part of the research quality management system and will help ensure and report on compliance, particularly in the development and oversight of locally developed (sponsored) studies. The post holder will work closely with the R&D Manager to make sure that the strategic direction of the Office team aligns with the wider department and that team priorities reflect this.

This is an excellent opportunity to work with, and lead, a friendly and professional research office team who are keen to develop further.

The position is a substantive, full-time role, site based in Portsmouth Hospitals Universities NHS Trust. However, as the Research Department is a Single Corporate Service across PHU and IWT collaborative working is imperative and as such occasional travel between sites is required. Equally this role requires some travel for external meeting, with the opportunity for some flexible working arrangements.

This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in a team looking to grow and achieve the highest possible standards. We have a culture of teamwork, continuous improvement and learning from everything we do.

Informal approaches, and visits, are strongly welcomed and encouraged. Such approached should be address to Joe Shoebridge, R&D Manager ([e-mail]).

Qualifications

Please refer to Job Description for further details.

Essential

• Postgraduate qualification in health field or equivalent or working towards, or equivalent experience.

Additional Information

The health and wellbeing of our staff is at the forefront of everything we do. We are proud to be able to offer our staff some fantastic benefits including our on-site Nursery, access to our free Beach Hut for those long summer days, our on-site Wellness Centre including a gym and a swimming pool, access to our fantastic staff networks including LGBTQ, Race Equality and DisAbility, and awards ceremonies to recognise your achievements. We believe we can offer support to all of our staff when they need it the most.

We welcome the unique contributions that you can bring in terms of your education, opinions, culture, ethnicity, race, sex, gender identity and expression, nation of origin, age, languages spoken, veteran’s status, colour, religion, disability, sexual orientation, and beliefs.