Research facilitator

Overview

If you relish a challenge, have a passion to help others or simply fancy a fresh start, then Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board (BCUHB) North Wales, has all the right ingredients.

The largest health organisation in Wales, BCUHB provides a full range of primary, community, mental health, acute and elective hospital services for a population of around 700,000 across North Wales.

We are committed to promoting equality and diversity, and we are proud to welcome applicants under the “Disability Confident Employer” scheme. We also offer a number of family‑friendly benefits, including work‑life balance policies.

Successful applicants will receive all recruitment related correspondence via the email account registered on the application form.

Applications may be submitted in Welsh. Applications submitted in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than an application submitted in English.

• The post holder will implement systems to establish a culture where researchers are supported to perform good quality research with the dignity, rights, safety and well‑being of participants being protected.
• Manage, with the support of the Research Manager, the local confirmation process, providing support to Investigators in setting up appropriate research management systems that comply with the Research Governance Policy Framework at the outset of the research process.
• Responsible for quality assurance and quality control processes through monitoring and auditing research activity, conducting performance reviews to ensure research practice meets the quality and standards set out in the UK Policy Framework for Health and Social Care Research. They will be a member of the Research team who provide support in all aspects of research initiatives for organisational wide staff.
• To supervise junior administrative staff in the Research Office, provide a comprehensive advice and support service to all staff within the organisation who are involved in undertaking research.
• Research management and project set up
• Provide and receive complex and sensitive research information. This requires judging a range of factors or situations and comparison of a range of options depending on the level of each research project, in order to meet the requirements of the Research Governance management and processes.
• Work closely with the Health Research Authority and Health and Care Research Wales in granting local confirmation for projects to commence. Assess individual submissions based on complex components (type of research, regulatory requirements) and decide, comparing a range of options, the appropriate course of action for approval.
• Be responsible for specific pre‑delivery checks for each study registered.
• Work closely with Research Administrators and other research team members to adapt and improve the local research set up processes.
• Instigate the production of research passports for researchers who are not NHS employees and keep track of progress. Record all research passports and subsequently issued honorary research contracts or letters of access as appropriate, linking to the appropriate research master files.
• Provide support to Principal Investigators in setting up appropriate research management systems that comply with the UK Policy Framework for Health and Social Care Research at the outset of the research process.
• Lead on the input of local study specific information on Local Project management system. Ensure the quality of research database information.
• Audit and monitoring
• Ensure that research projects are reviewed, audited and monitored on a timely basis and obtain the regulatory approvals as defined by policies, protocols and procedures. This requires working with a range of routine and non‑routine procedures and practices to ensure that all regulatory approvals have been sought and obtained for each project active in BCUHB which are being managed from the Research office.
• Undertake appropriate auditing and monitoring activities as required as part of the Research Quality System to ensure the standards required for all research projects are carried out in line with their research proposal as agreed by…