Research Facilitator

Barts Health Nhs Trust; Camden Town; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS trust in Camden Town is seeking a Research Facilitator to promote collaboration across healthcare settings. The role involves supporting research studies, ensuring governance, and engaging with stakeholders. The ideal candidate will have experience in research governance and strong communication skills. This position is pivotal in enhancing research delivery and support within the community.

Qualifications

• Experience in research governance and study set-up across NHS, primary care, and community settings.
• A collaborative approach with strong communication skills.
• Understanding of the evolving healthcare landscape.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with researchers and primary care staff.
• Support setup and delivery of research studies.
• Identify recruiting sites and provide performance support.
• Ensure governance requirements are met and deliver training.
• Lead on research delivery and support based on regional needs.
• Engage stakeholders to promote research activities.

Skills

Research governance

Excellent communication

Understanding healthcare landscape

Interpersonal and leadership skills

Job description

Overview

An exciting opportunity to join the North London Regional Research Delivery Network (RRDN) as a Research Facilitator within the Research Support Team. The Network aims to strengthen collaboration between researchers, NHS partners and wider community organisations, and Research Facilitators promote this collaboration across current and planned projects.

The post holder will work closely with researchers, primary care staff at GP practices, pharmacies, multidisciplinary teams, NHS Trust R&D departments, and providers in community and wider care settings (e.g. care homes, charities, faith-based groups, prisons and schools). In conjunction with the Agile Team, they will actively support the set-up and delivery of NIHR RDN Portfolio studies across varied health and care settings. They will identify recruiting sites, provide performance data support, ensure governance requirements are met, deliver training, and maintain positive relationships with local NHS and community organisations.

The focus for this role is to lead the delivery and/or set up of NIHR RDN Portfolio studies across varied health and care settings. This will require flexible autonomous working across disciplines and the RRDN region. The post has a dual function and the post holder will either lead on research delivery and/or research support for wider care settings dependent upon regional need. Research delivery will involve identification, recruitment, delivery and follow-up for research participants according to the appropriate protocols.

Research support will involve engaging with stakeholders to promote research activity, site identification, setup and governance. The post holder will need interpersonal and leadership skills to facilitate collaborative working relationships across a breadth of stakeholders to maximise engagement opportunities.

This post may contribute to line management for and leadership of a team of research delivery staff working autonomously in a variety of specialties and settings.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with researchers, primary care staff at GP practices, pharmacies, multidisciplinary teams, NHS Trust R&D departments, and providers in community and wider care settings (e.g. care homes, charities, faith-based groups, prisons, and schools).
• With the Agile Team, support the set-up and delivery of NIHR RDN Portfolio studies across varied health and care settings.
• Identify recruiting sites and provide performance data support.
• Ensure governance requirements are met, deliver training, and maintain positive relationships with local NHS and community organisations.
• Lead on research delivery and/or research support for wider care settings as regional need dictates; ensure recruitment, delivery and follow-up of participants according to protocols.
• Engage with stakeholders to promote research activity, site identification, setup and associated governance; facilitate collaboration to maximise engagement opportunities.

Qualifications/Experience

• Experience of research governance and study set-up across NHS, primary care, and community settings
• A collaborative approach with excellent communication skills
• An understanding of the changing healthcare landscape
• Personal credibility that inspires trust among a wide range of stakeholders

About Barts Health

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain's leading healthcare providers. The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.

Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.

We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.