Senior Clinical Research Project Lead

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UHL is committed to helping colleagues balance the demands of both their work and personal needs through flexible working arrangements wherever reasonably practicable and subject to service needs.

• You will work across all UHL sites as required, will liaise with sponsors, contract research organisations, the Clinical Research Network, and other external organisations such as other Trusts.
• There may be a very occasional need to undertake flexible working arrangements to meet project demands i.e. working some early and late shifts and occasional weekends. There may be the need to attend meetings nationally.
• Your remit will additionally involve the development, implementation and maintenance of efficient research management processes to support efficient trial management and reporting.

• You will work with the Research Delivery Team to ensure expenditure is recorded accurately to enable accurate invoicing of sponsors. To ensure expenditure remains within limits and that there is value for money on all expenditure. Follow in-house finance scheduling processes and reporting, and liaise with R&I finance lead to action raising of invoices in a timely manner.

• To line manage junior staff, ensuring that all aspects of performance, attendance, sickness absence, training and appraisal are addressed in accordance with Trust Policy.

• Adhere to all Trust and sponsor policies, research governance framework, information governance and data protection act, Good Clinical Practice and the standard operating procedures assigned to each study the post holder works on.

• Post holder will be a strong and transparent communicator.

• CV Research Manager
• CV Research Operations Director
• Senior Research Nurses
• Chief/Principal Investigators
• Department clinical team
• Study sponsors/contract research organisations
• R&I department
• Clinical trials pharmacists
• Clinical Research Network East Midlands

• Timely set-up of studies.
• Delivery of studies to time and target.
• Timely and accurate reporting of the progress of studies and finances.
• Efficient and effective staff training for study related procedures/processes.
• Efficient and effective set-up and maintenance of internal study management system.
• Develop and maintain good working relationships across the department.
• Develop and support staff that the post holder line manages.
• Oversight of efficient and effective set-up and maintenance of site files.
• Keep all training up to date (mandatory and study related) and seek personal development opportunities.
• Ensure that study data is accurate and robust.
• Ensure that the project(s) is delivered within allocated budget and ensure departmental invoicing processes are followed within the expected timelines
• Ensure the effective use of trust resources
• Support grant development with obtaining NHS costings from R&I Finance, when required.
• Management of study recruitment which will include the development of recruitment plans and the leadership of recruitment strategies for example community events, leaflet drops etc.
• Adhere to ICH-GCP

In addition to the key job responsibilities detailed in this job description all employees at UHL NHS Trust are expected to comply with the general duties detailed below:

Undertake any other duties that may be required from time to time that are consistent with the scope and sphere of influence of the project aims and objectives.

All employees are subject to the requirements of the Health & Safety at…