R&D Research Coordinator

Location: Queen Margaret Hospital, Dunfermline / Hybrid

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an individual to join the NHS Fife Research & Development (R&D) Team within the Research, Innovation and Knowledge Department (RIK). You will be a core member of the R&D Team and the Senior RIK Team, supporting research and innovation activity in NHS Fife.

You will provide an efficient and effective administrative and facilitative support service to the RIK Department. This will involve managing the NHS R&D Approvals procedures to ensure delivery of the processes are dealt with strictly within the required approved timelines in order to meet national priorities and targets. You will provide advice to research teams regarding all aspects of the approvals systems under supervision of the Associate Director RIK.

In addition, you will maintain and develop local and national databases (SReDA and EDGE) ensuring that all research activity within NHS Fife relating to approvals and amendments is appropriately documented to facilitate the development and generation of reports on activity. You will provide an effective administrative service across a busy and diverse team and have the ability to develop effective working relationships with external and internal researchers and other organisations to ensure the two-way flow of appropriate information required for approvals applications for research.

The post would be ideally suited to someone with experience in a clinical research environment and/or experience of research governance. You should have excellent organisational and IT skills and the ability to manage a number of concurrent projects. Attention to detail and strong communication skills are key requirements, along with a proven ability to work both independently and as part of a team.

You will have knowledge and understanding of research within the context of the UK Policy Framework for Health and Social Care Research and Good Clinical Practice.

The R&D Research Coordinator will be based within the R&D Department, Queen Margaret Hospital, Dunfermline with travel to all NHS Fife sites and nationally as required.

Due to legislative changes from 1 April 2025, this post may require a different level of criminal records check done than is currently the case. If the post is assessed as a "regulated role", your appointment will be subject to joining the Protecting Vulnerable Groups (PVG) Scheme. If there is any change to what is currently required, this will be confirmed by either the Hiring Manager or the Recruitment Team. For more details on these changes please visit: Disclosure Scotland Changes.

For informal enquiries please contact Professor Frances Quirk, Associate Director RIK (frances.quirk@nhs.scot) or Catherine Kennedy, R&D Research Coordinator (catherine.kennedy@nhs.scot).

NHS Fife is legally obliged to ensure all its employees are legally entitled to work in the United Kingdom. If you are not a United Kingdom (UK) or Irish National, you are required to confirm your right to work in your application. NHS Scotland is committed to encouraging equality and diversity among our workforce and eliminating unlawful discrimination. The aim is for our workforce to be truly representative and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best. To this end, NHS Fife welcomes applications from all sections of society.

We offer flexible working and family-friendly policies and fully support disabled candidates, and candidates with long-term conditions or who are neurodivergent by making reasonable adjustments to our recruitment policy and practices.

NHS Scotland is reducing their full-time working week from 37.5 to 37 hours per week from 1 April 2024 but with no change in pay. This reduction will also be applied pro rata for part-time staff. This advert and any subsequent offer/contract of employment therefore reflects the new working hours. However, as not all service areas will be able to adopt the 37-hour working week immediately from 1 April 2024, you may be required to work up to an additional 30 minutes per week for a temporary period for which you would be paid until the service you are working in changes rosters or working patterns to accommodate the new reduced working week. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact the Recruiting Board.