Job overview

To provide comprehensive, high quality and efficient administrative support for the Trust’s research governance activities across all its hospitals; in particular provide the necessary administrative support for the Trust’s site set-up system for its extensive portfolio of research studies.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will administer the research study registration, assessment, arrangement and confirmation of internal arrangements. This entails evaluating each research submission to ensure completeness. Ensuring all study reviews, approvals, amendments, study closure notices and annual progress reports are processed.

The post holder will  be responsible for accurately inputting and maintaining information onto the research information management system and the EPR in accordance with the standard operating procedures and work instructions to maintain a high-quality data source. 

The post holder will administer the national Research Passport system on behalf of the Trust

Applicants should be qualified to at least GCSE/O level Maths and English and educated to at least NVQ 4 or equivalent.

The successful candidate will have extensive experience in using Microsoft excel and have excellent key board skills.  

 We are looking for candidates with good organisation and communication skills; who can work well both in a team and using their own initiative and with excellent attention to detail.  

The vacancy is based at the Oxford Road Campus but may be required to work across MFT sites.

Working for our organisation

MFT is England’s largest NHS Trust with a turnover of £2.8bn & 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 28,000 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 brand-new Electronic Patient Record system which we’ve 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 new Green Plan which will set 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.