Research Sponsorship Facilitator | Royal Hospitals NHS Trust

An opportunity has arisen for a highly motivated and enthusiastic individual to join the Research & Development Department (R&D) as a Research Sponsorship Facilitator to support the development and delivery of our home-grown research studies portfolio  successful candidate will provide a complete and comprehensive administration and coordination service across the Trust, to determine best practice and inform policy, planning and service development which will contribute to the home-grown research knowledge base and support the development of ideas that would improve the quality of care for patients.

To enable comprehensive support to researchers across the Trust, candidates should have excellent knowledge of the UK Policy Framework for Health and Social Care, the principles of Good Clinical Practice and the statutory instruments relating to the investigation of medicines, plus extensive knowledge of research processes within the NHS.

We are seeking a flexible, proactive, team player who is a self-starter with excellent written and verbal communication skills. The successful candidate will be expected to work autonomously, be IT literate; organised; be able to work to a high standard of detail and accuracy; ideally have experience with NHS clinical care systems; have previous data management and clinical research experience.

To create and maintain a database of RCHT sponsored research in order to manage the RCHT sponsored studies portfolio.

• Support potential researchers in the development of research projects by sign posting to appropriate organisations and individuals for help and support.
• Signposting researchers in sourcing relevant funding opportunities from multiple agencies.
• Provide guidance and support researchers on the documentation that should be completed and submitted to the appropriate authority before and during the delivery of the study. This includes the IRAS application form, research database registration, annual reports and the end of study report.
• Complete or prepare the documentation on behalf of the sponsor for appropriate authorisation. This includes the Schedule of Event Cost Attribution Tool (SoECAT).
• Support and advise researchers on processing amendments; this includes preparing the documentation, liaising with the Study Set-up team and assisting the Senior Management Team with the classification of amendments.
• Liaising with Patients and Public Involvement Engagement (PPIE) groups to ensure the community is consulted and involved in RCHT sponsored research. This may include undertaking surveys of public and patient involvement in research at RCHT.
• To represent the sponsor at meetings with internal and external organisations and other trusts hosting RCHT sponsored research and advising the group of the sponsor requirements.
• Support the Research Governance Manager in running the Sponsor Oversight Committee (SOC); keeping the members up to date with the status of existing research projects and new projects in the pipeline.
• Maintain the sponsor e‑mail account, responding to enquiries, filing documents, compiling safety alerts for governance review and escalating or alerting senior staff to emails requiring action as applicable.
• Ensure the Trial Master Files are maintained. This includes liaising with the Study Set-up team and R&D Governance Officer to ensure good version control and all RCHT sponsored research is filed appropriately.
• Oversee the sponsor research process. Compiling a manual of work instructions detailing the processes undertaken by the sponsor in the development and delivery of a research project.
• Prepare and provide appropriate training sessions on research processes for individuals or groups as required.
• To be responsible for planning, organising and prioritising own workload to meet the demands from all stakeholders.
• To maintain regular contact with researchers for the duration of the research project to ensure a successful and timely completion of each study and all milestones are reached, recorded and appropriately reported.
• To provide and receive highly complex data and information and recognise and understand the sensitivity of different types of research data…