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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• Acting as a role model, employ professional behaviours that encourages and coaches 0-19 and AHP staff to challenge their current competencies, whilst seeking opportunities to enhance their roles.
• Proactively maintain and foster clear lines of communication between the clinical Staff and the research and innovation team.

• Arrange and chair quarterly Clinical AHP research meetings, provide performance Data ensuring agreed actions are minuted and reviewed.

• To establish lines of communication with the multidisciplinary team to promote and oversee the appropriate referral and recruitment of patients to research within the Trusts for which the post holder has a designated responsibility.
• To establish and maintain excellent working relationships and effective communication channels with other Health Care Professionals at HDFT and with the research team.
• Liaise with various groups and individuals; such as Investigators, Sponsors, Funders, Industry Leads, Universities, Managers and Research in both primary and secondary care settings.
• To establish and maintain good channels of communication with other Networks, Hospitals and Trusts, non-commercial organisations and sponsors.
• Represent the Trust at internal and external meetings and conferences as required.
• To work independently and autonomously without direct supervision.
• Take an active role in service developments through the use of peer review, audit, evaluation of outcome measures etc.
• To recommend changes/improvements to the service as required.
• To communicate complex information to both other staff/patients/relatives, taking action to make improvements where indicated.
• Proactively engage and implement any recommendations from findings of patient and carer surveys and national reports linked to clinical care and patient safety.
• Actively encourage staff to take part in staff surveys. Proactively engage and undertake any recommendations from findings of staff surveys

Research, Education and Development

• To deliver and support clinical research within the 0-19 workforce and clinical AHPs and the wider organization.
• To support both the 0-19 workforce and clinical AHPs across directorates and individuals to embed an active Research culture.
• To provide highly expert research leadership for 0-19 staff and clinical AHPs.
• To cascade and share complex information, updates and opportunities related to clinical Executive Director of Nursing, Midwifery & AHPs, Trust AHP Strategic Lead, AHP Clinical Research Lead (this post). Research and clinical academic schemes with colleagues.
• To provide a monthly research update to the Trust AHP Professional Leads and Research & Innovation manager.
• Be willing to dedicate time to promoting clinical research and clinical academic schemes across clinical services and to be the lead for training & education to 0-19 and AHPs in research methodology on a regular basis.
• To lead/chair the Clinical Therapy Research group and any other relevant groups.
• To provide a quarterly research update for the Trust R&I governance group.
• To use high levels of negotiation skills and to liaise with external sponsors as required.
• To employ high levels of analytical and judgmental skills to set the work plan, deliver key objectives/KPI’s & priorities for the 0-19 workforce and AHP professions.

Clinical Governance, Quality and Standards

•  To ensure high standards and continuity of care for research participants during the study and maintain lines of communication.
• To work closely with all members of the multi-disciplinary teams in which research activity is taking place.
• To be aware of clinical governance and clinical risk issues, reporting their concerns as per Trust policy
• To be involved in the monitoring of practice standards and the application of national guidelines and legislation relating to areas of research practice.
• To be involved with the setting and monitoring of local policies and guidelines relevant areas of research practice.
• To contribute to the management of complaints received by the team in line with the Trust Policy.
• Further develop networks locally, regionally and more nationally to learn from best practice.