Job summary
An exciting opportunity to join the Medical Devices Testing and Evaluation Centre (MD-TEC) team, part of Research Development and Innovation at University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust. MD-TEC is a research infrastructure, supporting the development and testing of novel medical devices within the NHS and wider healthcare sector. The MD-TEC Team is looking to appoint an enthusiastic and motivated Project Research Officer with an interest in patient and public involvement and engagement (PPIE) to contribute both to the project management and scientific aspects of projects within the MD-TEC West Midlands Health Technology Innovation Accelerator (WMHTIA) portfolio. Patient and public involvement brings a breadth of insight, experience, knowledge and skills, and ensures that technology development is shaped by the patients and the public who will be using the technology, in order to ensure it is needed, usable, acceptable and fit for purpose.
Working with companies especially small and medium enterprises (SME) MD-TEC supports businesses through the complex regulatory process for medical devices by completing human factors usability testing, device functionality testing, health economic analyses, and patient and public involvement work. The post holders will co-ordinate a number of these activities for multiple projects within the programme at the same time.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will be a key member of the team and report day-day to the Programme Manager. The role involves working independently, undertaking specific administrative and financial responsibilities, acquired through developed knowledge relating to medical device research processes. This post supports Senior NHS Clinicians and Academics and company partners to successfully apply for clinical research grants and deliver clinical and non-clinical device usability studies. Specifically this involves draft completion of complicated external funding applications for research studies; supporting PPIE strategy and action planning and ensuring compliance with requirements for individual funding bodies and all relevant stakeholders. The post holder will be responsible for overall project management of studies including the planning, co-ordination and project delivery, including associated ethics and governance requirements. They will be expected to produce written reports/papers and presentations to communicate updates on study progress and findings.
The post holder must demonstrate excellent communication skills, which facilitate working in partnership with other teams within R D&I and wider UHB, but also with external organisations (e.g. University and commercial partners).
About us
We are recognised as one of the leading NHS Foundation Trusts in the UK. Our vision is to Build Healthier Lives, and we recognise that we need incredible staff to do this.
Our commitment to our staff is to create the best place for them to work, and we are dedicated to:
Investing in the health and wellbeing of our staff, including a commitment of offering flexible working where we can;Offer our staff a wide variety of training and development opportunities, to support their personal and career development objectives.
UHB is committed to ensuring that our staff are treated fairly and feel that they belong, by creating a kind and inclusive environment. This is about equity of opportunity; removing all barriers, including discrimination and ensuring each individual member of staff reach their true potential, achieve their ambitions and thrive in their work. This is more than words. We are taking action. Our commitment to an inclusive culture is embedded at all levels of the organisation where every voice is heard, driven by our diverse and active staff networks, and at Board level by the Fairness Taskforce led by our CEO. We nurture a culture which empowers staff to challenge discriminatory behaviours and to enable people to bring their 'whole self' to a kinder, more connected and bold place to work.
University Hospitals Birmingham is a Smoke-Free premises hospital.
Job description
Job responsibilities
*Please Note : For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description*
Job description
Job responsibilities
*Please Note : For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description*
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- *GCSE in Maths and English (Grade C/4 or above)
- *Relevant First Degree level in a science/healthcare related subject or equivalent
- *Additional training plus relevant experience in public and patient involvement and engagement as aligned with NIHR PPI standards or equivalent relevant experience
Experience
Essential
- *Experience of academic/scientific writing
- *Experience of health related subject matter
- *Understanding of University / NHS research environment
- *Experience of Patient and Public Involvement and Engagement
Desirable
- *Understanding of issues relating to Research Governance
- *Understanding of biomedical research funders both in the UK, EU and the USA
- *Experience of working with industry and SMEs
Additional Criteria
Essential
- Physical skills
- *Advanced keyboard skills
- *Excellent IT skills
- *Experience of academic writing
- Written skills
- *Good report writing skills
- *Skills in using communication platforms - social media
- Communication/Verbal skills
- *A high degree of confidentiality, diplomacy and sympathetic approach to public members, including appropriately supporting seldom heard groups and following GDPR
- *Communication with Senior R,D & I management - to identify progress, issues relating to the production of grant applications
- *Communication with Senior R,D & I Management - identify general organisational issues that affect quality of grant
- *Team player
- *Calm under pressure and can work to tight deadlines
- *Able to deal with difficult situations and manage expectations
- *The post holder sometimes may be required to meet with staff out of normal office hours
- *The post holder will be required to work and travel across all UHB sites as required
Desirable
- Written skills
- *Experience of minute taking
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- *GCSE in Maths and English (Grade C/4 or above)
- *Relevant First Degree level in a science/healthcare related subject or equivalent
- *Additional training plus relevant experience in public and patient involvement and engagement as aligned with NIHR PPI standards or equivalent relevant experience
Experience
Essential
- *Experience of academic/scientific writing
- *Experience of health related subject matter
- *Understanding of University / NHS research environment
- *Experience of Patient and Public Involvement and Engagement
Desirable
- *Understanding of issues relating to Research Governance
- *Understanding of biomedical research funders both in the UK, EU and the USA
- *Experience of working with industry and SMEs
Additional Criteria
Essential
- Physical skills
- *Advanced keyboard skills
- *Excellent IT skills
- *Experience of academic writing
- Written skills
- *Good report writing skills
- *Skills in using communication platforms - social media
- Communication/Verbal skills
- *A high degree of confidentiality, diplomacy and sympathetic approach to public members, including appropriately supporting seldom heard groups and following GDPR
- *Communication with Senior R,D & I management - to identify progress, issues relating to the production of grant applications
- *Communication with Senior R,D & I Management - identify general organisational issues that affect quality of grant
- *Team player
- *Calm under pressure and can work to tight deadlines
- *Able to deal with difficult situations and manage expectations
- *The post holder sometimes may be required to meet with staff out of normal office hours
- *The post holder will be required to work and travel across all UHB sites as required
Desirable
- Written skills
- *Experience of minute taking
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
