Lead Manager for Research, Development and Innovation
| Posting date: | 20 February 2026 |
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| Salary: | £64,455.00 to £74,896.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £64455.00 - £74896.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 02 March 2026 |
| Location: | Blackpool, FY3 8NR |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | C9382-26-0113 |
Summary
To manage the successful delivery of research studies at BTH, planningand coordinating significant multi-disciplinary research activities, andensuring the right delivery team is available and in place.To manage the successful delivery of late phase commercial clinicalresearch through the NIHR Blackpool CRDC including businessdevelopment to ensure a robust pipeline of studies.To deliver an increase in research within the Trust: Increased research income from all sources Academicappointments Peer-reviewed publications and conference papers presentedIncreased research capacity and capability in Trust employeesTo review research delivery against agreed performance metrics, NIHRCRDC KPIs and NIHR high level objectives. To evaluate strategies tomaximise patient recruitment to target, Trust research income andresearch patient and industry survey outcomes to meet these objectives.To provide specialist advice and training on all aspects of researchmethodology and process, interpreting legislative and regulatoryrequirements and to provide methodological guidance to researchers orsign post them to alternative sources.To work with the NIHR RRDN NW in securing recurring R&D funding andto bid for increased NIHR budget, where appropriate, in line with NIHRfundingarrangements.To play a leading role, together with the Director of RD&I, in developingand managing Trust operational plans under the umbrella of the BTHStrategy, covering both Research and Innovation.To manage and support Trust sponsored research projects.To manage and support Trust service evaluation project.To assist and advise researchers in the funding of research projects and to ensurethat research project management is reported to the R&D Committee.The post holder will be required to support, promote and manageimplementation of the Trust Risk Management Strategy within the R&Ddepartment including: incident reporting, adverse incidents andmanagement of complaints.Deputise for the Director of RD&I at certain meetingsManagement responsibilities Promote team effectiveness and innovation. Provide effective leadership and management of staff within the core R&DDepartment by ensuring effective team communications, workforce planning,recruitment, performance, conduct, appraisals, and ongoing development. Maintain high levels of individual and team engagement, attendance andinnovation. Actively promote quality in the team by making clear standards, expectations,monitoring progress and taking action when standards fall short ofexpectations. Generate research income through increasing the number of commerciallyand charitably funded studies and through successful grant applications.Support the implementation of the National Contract Review Process (NCVR)nationally. Lead on the full costing of research projects, both academic and commercialutilising all necessary tools and work with Finance Colleagues to maximiserecovery of costs from external funders. Manage research budgets across the Trust, working with the financedepartment on appropriate policy development for successful management ofsuch budgets. Lead on ensuring all R&D projects and reporting requirements meet withQuality and Compliance standards as mandated locally and nationally in atimely manner.Partnership Working and Relationships Promote the profile of Nursing and AHP research within the Trust, includingby use of the Intern programmes currently run by HEE and other NIHRbodies. Take the lead on communications between the Trust and all NIHRinfrastructure that the Trust is associated with concerning resourceallocations, staffing and sharing good practice. Work with the BTH Communications team and NIHR Communications teamsto create a Research Communications Strategy both for internal and externalaudiences. Ensure that research by Trust staff has appropriate dissemination through theTrust, the local media, the health economy and the health sciences (peerreviewed journals). Actively promote research at the Trust through a variety of channels. Present to local, regional, national and potentially international audiencesabout the RD&I work being done at the Trust.