Research Imaging Service Manager

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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Management and Leadership
• Provide professional and management leadership to support the development of clinical research activity for defined research recruitment and delivery teams.
• Ensure appropriate processes are in place to oversee and influence performance of teams including ensuring local and national research targets are met.
• Conduct trial feasibility to assess the impact on workload in defined research groups and the Trust to establish whether there are adequate resources available to meet clinical trial activity.
• To have full oversight of clinical trial submission process within Radiology and CMPE and overall responsibility from feasibility through to close out of a team portfolio of clinical trials.
• Provide divisional representation on relevant trust wide committees relating to governance structures and operational management, where appropriate.
• Work autonomously in all areas of practice relating to clinical research.
• Take a proactive approach in ensuring local and national performance and recruitment metrics are adhered to and met.
• Work with Trust R&I department and research staff to ensure regulatory and governance frameworks are adhered to.
• Delegation of appropriate trial related activities to members of the research team.
• Identify strategies for recruiting patients to clinical trials and support team members in implementing these strategies.
• Identify workforce requirements to meet the team objectives and have overall responsibility for the recruitment processes within defined area of responsibility.
• Ensure all Trust-wide policies and practices are adhered to and implemented within teams.

Strategic Development
• Contribute to the development and implementation of the R&I strategy and objectives.
• Contribute to and implement relevant strategies within the trust including the Radiology and CMPE strategy.
• Foster strategic links and work in close partnership with appropriate key stakeholders to ensure all local, corporate, and national initiatives and targets are met.

Financial & Business Management
• Manage and negotiate research budgets for both the Radiology and CMPE, ensuring oversight of all invoicing and income.
• Work with the research income and costings team in forecasting projected income to secure funding for the retention and expansion of Clinical trial team nursing and administration posts.
• Develop business plans to secure funding for the provision of resources as required

Research Performance
• Oversee the management, implementation, and facilitation of clinical trial delivery.
• Set up processes/patient pathways in specialist research areas to promote a costeffective timely service for individual protocols (including specialist clinics)
• Assimilate complex information relating to clinical trials and communicate this information to patients and staff at a level appropriate to their understanding.
• Promote and adhere to the EU directive and ICH/GCP.
• Demonstration of expert knowledge in specialist area to maintain clinical excellence

Education and Training
• To design and/or participate in National and Regional study days.
• To support educational development through ensuring all members of staff have access to relevant and required training within the field of research and ensure staff work towards relevant competencies.
• Ensure educational opportunities are available to all staff and ensure all have personnel development plans as part of the PDR process.
• Actively promote the workplace as a learning environment, ensuring all staff make effective use of learning opportunities.
• To develop and facilitate educational programs to meet the competencies of the Clinical research nursing and administration teams.
• Maintain professional development whilst evaluating own specialist knowledge and practice through a process of appraisal, revalidation, and personal development planning.
• Ensure own knowledge is regularly updated and be aware of relevant developments that may impact on service provision

Quality
• Lead development of SOPs and associated documents to guide practice within delivery teams and ensure they are reviewed as appropriate
• Ensure that all research activity is conducted within the relevant governance frameworks and according to local SOPs.
• Lead on and participate in service improvement projects and development programmes that contribute to excellent patient experience.
• Promote a culture of effective collaboration and continuous improvement by implementing the quality strategy and objectives.

Information Management
• Can use a variety of clinical research related information systems including CWP, CRIS, R-PEAK or similar systems.
• Produce and utilize reports to manage team performance, including, but not limited to, HR, Financial, patient recruitment, and other KPI's.
• Ensure teams are involved with, and influences trust Digital strategies in relation to the requirement of the Radiology department and in line with the R&I division Communication and Engagement
• Represent the Imaging Departments and Trust at specialist research forums or consultative groups in relation to clinical research.
• Process highly complex, scientific and sometimes sensitive patient information and when required, communicate this to a wide range of multi-disciplinary staff groups
• Promote a culture and environment of research engagement and integration across the trust.
• Ensure that there is effective communication, across all organisational boundaries in relation to clinical trial activities
• Ensure the interests of the Imaging departments are considered in the planning and development of new systems and processes within the R&I Division.
• To raise the profile of clinical research nursing locally and nationally.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Degree level education

Desirable criteria

• Master's degree or evidence of post graduate study

Experience

Essential criteria

• Significant experience undertaking, coordinating and managing clinical research
• Experience of developing and working within multidisciplinary teams and cross organisational working
• Ability to organize and prioritize own workload and that of a large team
• Evidence of management/ leadership

Desirable criteria

• Teaching/training experience
• Oncology or NHS experience

Skills

Essential criteria

• Excellent communication skills
• Effective team working across professional and organisational boundaries
• Demonstrate broad range of management skills
• Capable of leading and initiating change
• Working knowledge of officebased packages

Desirable criteria

• Capable of presenting research related information to a wide audience

Knowledge

Essential criteria

• Expert knowledge of clinical trials process and regulatory frameworks
• Working knowledge of national research agenda and national research organisations
• Working knowledge of professional and NHS issues and policy

VALUES

Essential criteria

• Ability to demonstrate organizational values and behaviors

OTHER

Essential criteria

• Capacity to deal with complexity of issues
• Flexible working

The closing date for this post may be extended if there are insufficient applicants or brought forward if there is a high volume of applicants.

Application Information - If you have not heard from us within four weeks of the closing date, I regret that on this occasion your application will have been unsuccessful.

Sponsorship Information - We are an approved sponsoring organisation. Applications will be considered from applicants requiring sponsorship alongside all other applications. Please be aware, not all roles are eligible for sponsorship. You can review the list of eligible role and requirements on the government website.

Pre-Employment Checks - To confirm your suitability for the role, we will carry out pre-employment checks in line with NHS Employment Check Standards. These include:

• Identity verification
• Right to work check
• Disclosure and barring service (DBS)/Criminal record check (dependent on role, payment of this will be the applicants responsibility)
• Professional registration and/or qualification check
• Occupational health assessment
• Employment history and reference validation

All applicants external to The Christie NHS Foundation Trust will be required to provide their HMRC employment history to cover the most recent three years employment. This information will used to validate employment history and references.

If you require sponsorship, we will assess your eligibility based on current government guidance. If the role is not eligible and you cannot demonstrate your right to work, your conditional offer may be withdrawn.

✓ If You're Offered the Role - you will be agreeing to The Christie NHS Foundation Trust transferring the information contained in this application to its preferred applicant management system. If you are offered a job information will also be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records system. Please note, all communication regarding your application will be made via email, please ensure you check your junk/spam folders as emails are sometimes filtered there.

The Inter-Authority Transfer (IAT) process is a critical and beneficial component of ESR and will form part of the recruitment process. In the event that you are successful following interview your previous NHS employment data, if applicable will be transferred from your current / most recent employer.

Sponsorship Information - We are an approved sponsoring organisation. Applications will be considered from applicants requiring sponsorship alongside all other applications. Please be aware, not all roles are eligible for sponsorship. You can review the list of eligible role and requirements on the government website.

No Smoking Policy - You should be aware the Trust operates a No Smoking Policy and therefore employees are not permitted to smoke at work.

Additional Information - We want to ensure that everyone who works at the Christie or uses our services is welcomed, valued and treated with dignity and respect. The Christie values diversity and is committed to ensuring equal opportunities for all and fair representation across the organisation at all levels. In support of these commitments, we particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and other ethnic minority people and people with disabilities for this post. Appointment will be only on merit.

We are committed to creating a balanced and diverse workforce. As such we welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds. Together we will foster inclusion and tackle inequity and health inequalities in cancer care.

As users of the disability confident scheme, we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the vacancy.

The Christie NHS Foundation Trust is committed to the highest standards of ethical conduct and integrity in all our activities. We have a zero-tolerance approach to modern slavery in any of its forms, including slavery, servitude, forced or compulsory labour, and human trafficking. We are fully committed to acting ethically and with transparency in all our business dealings and relationships, and to implementing and enforcing effective systems and controls to ensure modern slavery is not taking place anywhere in our organisation or supply chains.

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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.

Documents to download

• Job Description & Person Specification (PDF, 237.3KB)
• The Christie Values and Behaviours (PDF, 919.5KB)
• Strategy Brochure (PDF, 1.0MB)
• Travel to The Christie (PDF, 3.8MB)