Here at Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust (PHU), we have an exciting opportunity for a Research Facilitator to join our dynamic team.

The Research Facilitator role is essential to support the development of research at PHU as well as ensuring research studies are set up, delivered and managed compliantly and to quality standards.

Research allows us to offer new opportunities to our patients, and this role plays a pivotal role in this. The Research Facilitator will ensure the identification of a steady pipeline of research studies for their given speciality, confirming sustainability and growth of research in these areas. You will be pivotal in the set-up, and support the management and delivery of commercial studies which bring new treatment options to patients and increased income into the Trust. Equally, you will support the development and initiation of ‘home grown’ studies, working with researchers to answer questions that will make a tangible impact on our local population.

 In this role, you will work collaboratively with investigators, research delivery staff, support departments and over internal and external stakeholders to facilitate, project manage and performance manage studies holistically throughout their life course for the specialities assigned to you.

You will join a team of diverse individuals within the research office team and you will cover a number specialities in your role, but specifically this position has a focus on facilitating respiratory research.

Key Responsibilities

• To work with clinical researchers and Research Management staff to ensure effective, efficient and speedy set-up and on-going management of clinical research studies in PHU.
• To provide a specialist role, giving expert support to Chief and Principal Investigators and delivery staff in NIHR research studies.
• To assist in the facilitation the entire life cycle of NIHR portfolio research study undertaken within the Trust. This will include clinical researcher support, study co-ordination, data management and research portfolio database training.
• Act as a Project/Trial Manager for research studies within the Trust.
• To oversee the performance of portfolio research studies and work with NIHR regional/national colleagues regarding study set-up, initiation and delivery performance management.
• Ensure that research projects are approved and conducted in compliance with PHU policies for research governance, quality assurance and national regulatory requirements.
• To actively contribute to quality management of research studies e.g. monitoring, reviewing standard operating procedures and undertake continuous improvement projects.
• Oversee the entire portfolio for assigned research speciality including; performance, pipeline planning (including grant applications) and delivery as well as acting as an advocate for their specialities.
• To deputise for the Research Manager as required.

Please see the Job Description for further information.