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Senior Studies Set Up Officer | Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust
| Posting date: | 18 October 2024 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £29,970 - £36,483 per annum pro rata |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 17 November 2024 |
| Location: | Truro, TR1 3HD |
| Company: | Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | 6722085/156-6722085 |
Summary
An exciting position has arisen to work as part of the RD&I team as a Senior Studies Set Up Officer. The post holder will provide comprehensive, organisational support to the R&D Research Contracts Manager and R&D Senior Management team and take responsibility for research studies going through the capacity and capability review system.
The Senior Studies Set Up Officer will also support the R&D Research Contracts Manager in ensuring complex finances are negotiated and agreed, and that trial information has been uploaded to the RADICO web portal for all commercial studies to enable prompt reimbursement of all study costs.
This position will require working using your own initiative and involves close liaison with researchers across Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust (RCHT) & Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (CPFT), the Research Delivery Network (RDN) and external agencies across the UK.
The post holder will have excellent organisational and time management skills and the ability to prioritise their own workload as well as being part of a team. Extensive research study project management experience; research governance (including HRA processes) and research costing experience are desirable.
This post is for 12 months.
Support the R&D Contracts Manager on the prompt and accurate set up of all Cornwall’s (RCHT, CPFT & Primary Care) research studies from expressions of interest (EOI) stage through to confirming capacity and capability.
Support the Research Sponsorship Facilitator and R&D Contract Manager with the setting up of new sponsored research studies as appropriate.
Manage a dynamic workload and be able to constantly prioritise (work patterns can be highly unpredictable) by liaising closely with the R&D Contracts Manager, providing regular updates on the progress on studies and identifying any barriers to assessing, arranging and confirming capacity and capability.
The Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust (RCHT) is the main provider of acute and specialist care services in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. We serve a population of around 500,000 people - a figure that can increase significantly with
visitors during the busiest times of the year. We employ approximately 6,700 staff and have a budget of approximately £580 million.
We are a teaching hospital in partnership with the University of Exeter Medical School, University of Plymouth School of Nursing and Midwifery, and Peninsula Dental School.
The Knowledge Spa on the Royal Cornwall Hospital site is the base for medical and nursing as well as ongoing education for health professions in clinical and non-clinical roles.
Keeping at the forefront of medical advances, we are continually developing our clinical services as well as our facilities and are committed to maximising the range of specialist care that can be offered locally. Allied to this is a growing reputation for research and innovation.
To find out more what it is like to work in R&D please watch our video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mON0HyI9Fek
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Many of our staff work flexibly in many different ways. Please talk to us at interview about any flexible working arrangements you would prefer or require. While we may not be able to fully accommodate all requests, such requests will not be referenced during the interview scoring process, and we will fully consider and try to accommodate them for successful applicants.
We reserve the right to close this advert early, or when the allocated number of applications has been reached. Please submit your application at the earliest opportunity.
This advert closes on Thursday 31 Oct 2024