Job summary
The Research Delivery Practice Educator will have responsibility for enhancing the research delivery skills and clinical competence of the NIHR Regional Research Delivery Network (RRDN) Agile Research Delivery Team. This will include providing relevant research education and, where necessary, improving research and clinical skills for research delivery staff.This role also involves working with and supporting research delivery partners to determine skills gaps to be addressed through design of their own research education and clinical skills training programmes where development of this may be required. This role is part of the RRDN Workforce Development function. Provide highly specialist advice on all aspects of the research process and research delivery practice, including expectations of clinical skills and required competencies across research delivery settings.Actively contribute to a culture of continuous improvement (CI) across the network in support of utilising shared CI methodologies to facilitate a learning organisation that meets measures of organisational maturity.Enable, where appropriate, collaboration with the Life Sciences industry in the development of the research delivery workforce within new sites and increasing capacity and capability to deliver a range of studies
Main duties of the job
Working with the Workforce and People Senior Manager, proactively contribute to and inform the regional delivery of the RDN Workforce strategy to support the strategic, system-wide development of the research delivery workforce across a broad range of roles, specialties and settingsWorking with the Agile Research Delivery Team leaders and managers, provide effective leadership in training delivery/facilitation skills and act as a role model, to thus motivate, support and enable the evolution of the Agile Research. Responsible for the delivery of a quality assurance and improvement programme for learning and development programmes, including measuring activities against quality standards through the collection, analysis and reporting of appropriate data, including recommendations for change across multiple services or sites.
? Lead and effectively manage the provision of research delivery practice education and clinical skills improvement to ensure capability of the Agile Research Delivery Team
? Work with all relevant stakeholders
About us
Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain's leading healthcare providers.
The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.
Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.
We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Postgraduate qualification (eg. Post Graduate Diploma or similar qualification, which signifies level 7 level of knowledge) in a relevant subject or equivalent experience
- Registered Nurse or AHP on relevant part of the professional register (NMC HCPC)
- Evidence of on-going professional development (both in terms of meeting the CPD requirements of the relevant professional body and in respect of leading education interventions).
Desirable
- Recognised teaching qualification
Knowledge
Essential
- Experience of teaching and mentorship
- Highly developed specialist knowledge and extensive experience on all aspects of the research process and research delivery practice, including expectations of clinical skills, Principal Investigator roles and required competencies across research delivery settings and on a wide variety of studies including all phases of Clinical Trials, CTIMP interventional/observational and commercial/non-commercial.
- Experience of designing, delivering and evaluating effective learning interventions
- Expert knowledge of Good Clinical Practice (GCP), research governance and related regulations
Skills
Essential
- High Level of IT competence including word processing, Microsoft Excel, Access and presentation packages
- Ability to present complex information is a way that is meaningful and understandable to a range of audiences
- Understanding of personal accountability
- Ability to work under pressure balancing conflicting workloads
- Ability to work independently with initiative and maintaining confidentiality
- Ability to work collaboratively across organisations and geographically dispersed teams
- High level of communication and interpersonal skills Leadership skills - evidence of ability to support / mentor / guide junior staff
- Effective presentation skills
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Postgraduate qualification (eg. Post Graduate Diploma or similar qualification, which signifies level 7 level of knowledge) in a relevant subject or equivalent experience
- Registered Nurse or AHP on relevant part of the professional register (NMC HCPC)
- Evidence of on-going professional development (both in terms of meeting the CPD requirements of the relevant professional body and in respect of leading education interventions).
Desirable
- Recognised teaching qualification
Knowledge
Essential
- Experience of teaching and mentorship
- Highly developed specialist knowledge and extensive experience on all aspects of the research process and research delivery practice, including expectations of clinical skills, Principal Investigator roles and required competencies across research delivery settings and on a wide variety of studies including all phases of Clinical Trials, CTIMP interventional/observational and commercial/non-commercial.
- Experience of designing, delivering and evaluating effective learning interventions
- Expert knowledge of Good Clinical Practice (GCP), research governance and related regulations
Skills
Essential
- High Level of IT competence including word processing, Microsoft Excel, Access and presentation packages
- Ability to present complex information is a way that is meaningful and understandable to a range of audiences
- Understanding of personal accountability
- Ability to work under pressure balancing conflicting workloads
- Ability to work independently with initiative and maintaining confidentiality
- Ability to work collaboratively across organisations and geographically dispersed teams
- High level of communication and interpersonal skills Leadership skills - evidence of ability to support / mentor / guide junior staff
- Effective presentation skills
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).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
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).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
