Job summary
- Main area
- Research Governance
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 6
- Contract
- 2 years (2 years fixed term)
- Hours
- Part time - 22.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 193-7648775COR
- Employer
- Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Royal Berkshire Hospital
- Town
- Reading
- Salary
- £38,682 - £46,580 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 04/01/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Clinical Research Facilitator
NHS AfC: Band 6
At the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust we put our patients at the heart of every element of health and care that we provide. The Trust works together as a community to deliver its vision which is “Working together to provide outstanding care for our community.”
Royal Berkshire Hospital are pleased to announce that following our CQC inspection we have been rated ‘Good’ with inspectors reporting that we have made significant improvements. The Trust’s overall rating has also improved to ‘good’.
We are Compassionate in our thoughts, words and actions
We are Aspirational and have a true desire to be dynamic and to innovate
We are Resourceful and responsible in the way we work and live
We are Excellent in our development, fairness and sharing best practice
At the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust, we value candidates who bring their unique personalities, skills, and experiences to the Trust. When completing your application, we encourage you to highlight your individual achievements and strengths, showing us how they align with the requirements outlined in the job description and person specification. While we recognise that some applicants may use AI tools during the process, please be mindful that AI-generated responses can often lack the personal detail and relevance needed to demonstrate your suitability for the role. AI generated content is discouraged by the Trust and may diminish the candidates chances of success.
Amazing things happen at the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust; delivered by amazing people so why don’t you come and join us. We offer a range of learning and development for all employees may you be clinical or non-clinical.
Job overview
As an essential part of the Corporate Directorate, the Research and Innovation (R&I) Department aims to develop, support and monitor clinical and non-clinical research throughout the organisation to help the Trust achieve its quality values of growing a quality culture, promoting patient safety, enhancing clinical effectiveness and providing patient-centred care.
The role of the Clinical Research Facilitator is essentially threefold: to educate staff about best practice in clinical and non-clinical research; to facilitate multi-disciplinary research projects across the Trust in collaboration with the University of Reading (Research Governance and to ensure that research activity is accurately processed, documented and recorded. The role will be centred around facilitating research projects for the areas of shared focus in the Partnership.
Main duties of the job
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic motivated person to join the research team at the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust focusing on our collaborative Research Portfolio
You will work as part of the R&I Governance team with a focus on delivering on our investigator-led collaborative portfolio studies between the Trust and the University. You will be supported by a network of professionals across the Royal Berkshire Hospital and the University of Reading. We need someone who can engage with stakeholders, offer help, ongoing support, training and education to a number of departments across both organisations.
The primary duty of the post holder will be to work with research delivery teams and the wider multi-disciplinary team in reviewing, setting up and coordinating and driving our collaborative investigator led studies. We are looking for individuals who have experience in a range of areas such as applying to Research Ethics Committees, monitoring and working within Research Governance policies and ensuring studies have all Regulatory approvals, whilst maintaining accurate track of projects progress.
You will play a key role in supporting Chief and Principal Investigators, co-ordination and performance of research studies as well as staff training and development.
Attention to detail and the ability to work both as part of a team and autonomously are essential requirements for this role.
Working for our organisation
Diversity makes us interesting… Inclusion is what will make us outstanding.
Inequality exists and the journey to eliminate it is not easy. Every step we take will be a purposeful step forward to deliver a truly inclusive culture where all our people are enabled to deliver outstanding care, where background is no barrier, and where everyone can be their authentic self and we truly represent our patient community.
We are committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all sections of the community, regardless of any protected characteristics. Reasonable adjustments will be made for disabled applicants where possible. All applicants who have a disability and meet the minimum criteria for the post can opt for a guaranteed interview.
If you need additional help with your application please get in touch by calling the recruitment team on 0118 322 6997 or 0118 322 5342.
Our primary method of communication will be via email. However, if you would prefer to be contacted through a different method, please inform the recruitment team.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
1. Clinical Research
1.1. Working with a range of healthcare professionals, the post holder will support individual research projects from inception, implementation to close down as well as giving expert advice and promoting the sharing of learning from research.
1.2. To advise on and carry out the planning and design of research projects, including data collection methods, protocol, analysis and clinical trial agreement review, presentation of information and project evaluation.
1.3. To negotiate trial agreements between commercial and non-commercial sponsors and research investigators.
1.4. To track and monitor research study income and expenditure.
1.5. To work alongside clinical teams and recruit into clinical research studies
1.6. Together with the R&I Leads and R&I Committee, to establish, maintain and strategically develop a structure for clinical research within the Trust for inclusion in the NIHR portfolio.
1.7. To organise research meetings as required and when called upon, to make formal presentations of research findings at specialty research/clinical governance meetings.
1.8. To manage personal workload, determining priorities in the context of local and Trust-wide research strategy and contribution to the Trust-wide Research Strategy.
1.9. To actively promote and facilitate clinical research projects which involve all appropriate stakeholders, including patients, different staff groups and other organisations.
1.10. To participate in specialty research / clinical governance and assurance arrangements, as appropriate to Clinical Research, and pro-actively seek opportunities to build links between departments and promote innovation Trust-wide.
1.11. To represent the department at the Trust Research and Innovation Committee and other Trust/external meetings as necessary or as requested by Line Manager / the Head of Research and Innovation.
Please note - For all internal candidates, this vacancy would only be available on a secondment basis. You would therefore need to seek approval from your current manager before applying.
Person specification
Essential
Essential criteria
- Degree; or Health Service professional qualification; or equivalent experience
- Experience of research governance
- Work within the NHS or other healthcare setting research methodology, achievement and innovation.
Desirable criteria
- Have attended recognised external research training courses/meetings
- Evidence of multi disciplinary working
- Practical clinical experience from any field
Skills, Knowledge & Abilities
Essential criteria
- An understanding of research governance, national research priorities, and the role of external bodies including IRAS, MHRA, NIHR, NICE and the Healthcare Commission
- Ability to plan projects and guide clinical staff through the research process to an appropriate end point
- Ability to use own judgment based on information available and to seek advice when unsure of appropriate response
Desirable criteria
- Knowledge of medical terminology
- Advanced computer literacy
- Ability to manage change effectively at organizational, team and individual levels
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Application numbers
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Leslie Mokogwu
- Job title
- Head of Research and Innovation
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0118 322 7449
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