Job overview

Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust (MFT) has been awarded just under £3M From the NIHR to set up a HealthTech Research Centre (HRC). The HRC will support commercial development of innovative solutions for better diagnosis, treatment and care for people across our region. 

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To manage the research delivery portfolio of the NIHR HRC in Emergency and Acute Care within Research & Innovation (R&I), acting as professional lead for the programme of work.  To manage clinical trials administration staff (as and when required).  To ensure that comprehensive, high quality and efficient administrative processes are in place for setting up studies, organising necessary approvals (ethics, HRA, local R&D, MHRA, research networks etc.), data management, ensuring full compliance with the UK Policy Framework for Health and Social Care Research; including financial management of study set-up costs and income recovery in conjunction with the R&I finance team. To manage relationships with commercial partners and to contribute to the overall running of programmes within the HRC.

Main duties of the job

• To act as professional lead for the clinical trials administration team by attending Operations meetings and highlighting any risk, issues as appropriate.
• To manage research studies, ensuring that problems are identified and resolved working within Trust and R&I priorities and deadlines.
• To liaise with external bodies, such as the LCRN, sponsors, NHS RECs, industry partners
•  Manage industry enquiries to the HRC,
• Manage the VALIDATE programme and related studies, co-ordinating trial management group meetings and steering group meetings.
• Works closely with the HRC and R&I management teams to support delivery of the PPIE, Inclusive Research and communications strategies.
•  Support the identification of new grant funding opportunities and opportunities to collaborate with industry.
• Support the development, organisation and running of events and training which are part of the HRCs deliverables.
•  Makes a major contribution to annual reports and other ad-hoc reports and documents 
• The post holder will be responsible for the co-ordination of the HRC research delivery in conjunction with the research lead.  Close liaison is required between the researchers’ leading studies, the sponsors and the Clinical Research Network. 

• To assist senior staff within R&I with study management as required, including grant, business cases and other funding applications to support the work of the Trust.

Working for our organisation

MFT is one of the largest NHS Trust In England with a turnover of  over £3bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We’re creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.

Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 30,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you’ll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.

We’ve also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research, and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022.

We’re proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What’s more, we’re excited to be embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.

At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together