Job summary
- Main area
- Research and Development
- Grade
- Band 8a
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 392-RNOH-1420
- Employer
- Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- RNOH
- Town
- Stanmore
- Salary
- £63,665 - £70,887 per annum inclusive of outer HCAS
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 22/04/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Research Management and Governance Lead
Band 8a
Please note in order to progress your application, your data will be processed by our 3rd party recruitment providers – North London Partners Shared Service, who conduct recruitment activities on behalf of Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust.
The Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust is the largest orthopaedic hospital in the UK and a global leader in our field. We provide a dynamic working environment where we support frontline staff to implement improvements so that we can realise our vision of being a world leading neuro musculoskeletal hospital providing the best patient care and staff experience in the NHS, delivering world leading research, and offering a strong foundation of education, training and career progression. Our dedicated staff come from diverse backgrounds, and our patients benefit from the wide range of experience they bring to the Trust. The RNOH brings unrivalled expertise together in one place allowing us to deliver some of the world’s most complex and innovative care to our patients
- Rated Good by the CQC
- Two sites, one in central London and one in Stanmore - which has recently opened The Stanmore Building, a new, state-of-the-art inpatient facility
- Our Research and Innovation Centre works closely with our main academic partner, University College London
- Recognised as a centre of excellence, leading on national initiatives, such as the Getting It Right First Time (GIRFT) Programme
- Further major redevelopment underway across the Stanmore site – improving and modernising our facilities to maintain our position as the UK’s leading centre for orthopaedic medicine
- In the NHS staff survey, over 90% of our staff were satisfied with the quality of care they are able to give to patients - the best result of any NHS Trust in the country
- Our staff also indicated that they had the best experience of appraisals as compared to all other NHS Trusts.
This is a great time to join us and play a critical role in the next stage of RNOH’s journey to achieving an outstanding CQC rating.
Our aim is to remain a world-leading orthopaedic hospital with the best patient care and staff experience in the NHS. To do this, we have four core values that underpin everything that we do. We use our values to help ensure that we are always focused on the things that our staff and patients believe are most important:
- Patients first, always
- Excellence, in all we do
- Trust, honesty and respect, for each other
- Equality, for all
Our annual staff survey results have been improving year on year, with our staff telling us that their experience of working at the Trust is getting better and better. They also indicate that our staff feel very loyal to the RNOH and committed to its role in providing the very best care to our complex patient group. We hope that we can welcome you to our growing team soon.
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Job overview
The Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust is the largest orthopaedic hospital in the UK and considered world leader in musculoskeletal discipline. One of the core aims of the RNOH’s Foundation status is clinical research & academic development, which are essential in maintaining the status of specialist centre and world leader in its field.
The post-holder will support continuous development of research management structures required for delivery of good quality research from the development of first ideas to studies publication. The post-holder will lead a team of facilitators and liaise with Research Delivery lead on delivery of projects. The post holder will liaise with both internal and external parties as and when required in relation to the conduct of the role.
Main duties of the job
- Work closely with the local investigators, academic collaborators, and clinical staff to ensure effective and safe delivery of research taking place within the Trust.
- Oversee a small team of research facilitators
- Be familiar with the regulatory and ethics requirements for the conduct of clinical research, especially the Research Governance Framework, Good Clinical Practice, and related guidance, in order to ensure delivery of authoritative advice to investigators and continued compliance with regulations and governance.
- Help and support the development of musculoskeletal research within the Trust as well as externally.
- Assist in the development, implementation and administration of research and clinical monitoring activities at the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital
- Establish and maintain effective systems of recording, storing and linking research monitoring at Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital.
- Plan, design and conduct audits of clinical research activity at Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital, including informed consent and adherence to research protocols in conjunction with research coordinators and clinical research teams.
- Interpret research management and governance policy requirements and write workable operational process and work with research coordinators, senior researchers and clinicians to ensure that new procedures are implemented widely.
Working for our organisation
Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust (RNOH) is the largest orthopaedic hospital in the UK and a global leader in our field. We provide a dynamic working environment where we support frontline staff to implement improvements so that we can realise our vision of being a world leading neuro-musculoskeletal hospital providing the best patient care and staff experience in the NHS, delivering world leading research, and offering a strong foundation of education, training and career progression. Our dedicated staff come from diverse backgrounds, and our patients benefit from the wide range of experience they bring to the trust. RNOH brings unrivalled expertise together in one place allowing us to deliver some of the world’s most complex and innovative care to our patients. RNOH is rated good by the CQC and covers two sites, one in central London and one in Stanmore - which has recently opened The Stanmore Building, a new, state-of-the-art inpatient facility. For more information, please access the following link: https://www.rnoh.nhs.uk/
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see attached Job Description for further detail on the main responsibilities of the role, and ensure that you provide evidence of how you meet these in your application.
Person specification
Education/Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Post-graduate degree
- Knowledge of research governance, including legal requirements relating to research
- Knowledge of NHS as well as HEI research systems
- Knowledge of financial aspects of research management
Experience
Essential criteria
- Significant administrative experience preferably in a healthcare / academic environment
- Significant research management experience
- Research administration
- Data analytical skills
- Audit and monitoring experience
- Experience of interpreting national guidance and policies and their implementation at local level
- Staff management experience
Desirable criteria
- Some budget management experience
Skills and Abilities
Essential criteria
- Numeracy and problem solving skills
- Experience of working with Microsoft, Word, Excel and Powerpoint.
- Experience of using databases
- Project management
- Data analytical skills
- Ability to work on own initiative and prioritise workload
- Ability to manage and motivate others
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Ira Jakupovic
- Job title
- Head of Research and Innovation Centre
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07973149337
- Additional information
Please call or email for further information
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