Senior Research Manager

The post-holder

will be responsible to the Director of Clinical & Research Imaging

Operations and will provide advice to a multi-disciplinary team of healthcare

professionals and academics in managing the delivery of their assigned imaging

research portfolio, including preparing new study applications and amendments,

overseeing contracting arrangements and confirming proposed studies are

appropriately costed and resourced. They will form effective relationships with

Trust and University Research & Development offices and will line manage a

small research administration team. They will also provide mentorship and

training to other multi-disciplinary research delivery staff, including

clinical research practitioners, nurses, midwives, radiographers and other

scientific and technical staff and students.

expertise and leadership in the management of a portfolio of clinical research

studies, especially with regards to the legal framework surrounding research,

including Good Clinical Practice (GCP), Human Tissue Act (HTA), Research Ethics

and Health Research Authority (HRA) regulations, including providing advice on

specific regulatory questions applicable to both individual studies and the

overall policies of the Department.

PIs with the preparation of new study applications and amendments, including submitting

for sponsorship review, HRA/REC/MHRA approval, overseeing contracting

arrangements, and confirming appropriate study costings

that study set up activities are completed within NIHRs 150-day (and any other

relevant) targets, and that recruitment and management of studies within the

Departments portfolio are proceeding to time and target.

Provide

supervision and line management to the research administrator team, ensuring

they are assigned responsibilities corresponding to their knowledge and skills.

closely with the Director of Clinical & Research Imaging Operations, Head

of Early Life Imaging Research Department, Principal Investigators,

Superintendent Research Radiographer and senior clinical and management teams

to ensure efficiency in operational activities in the Department.

guidance to multi-disciplinary staff on issues relating to research governance;

staff will include Research Nurses and Midwives, Radiographers, Clinical

Research Practitioners, Clinicians, Scientists, and Developmental

Psychologists.

as an expert for all research governance matters, and be the nominated

Departmental lead engaging with R&D teams across the University, GSTT and

wider Kings Health Partners (KHP) (e.g. Research Grants, Information

Governance, R&D Governance, Joint Research Office, KHP Clinical Trials

Represent

the Department at relevant committees which concern research delivery (e.g.

effectively with other Research Managers and research delivery teams within BMEIS,

GSTTs Clinical Imaging & Medical Physics (CLIMP) Directorate, NIHR

Clinical Research Facility (CRF) and Healthtech Research Centre (HRC), Commercial

Communicate

effectively and maintain a good working relationship with colleagues within the

School, University, GSTT and wider NHS.

Ensure

that resources are used effectively, in line with stakeholders requirements,

prioritising projects and tasks when necessary.

Use

initiative and creativity to resolve issues that might arise and identify

issues that require onward escalation to clinical and/or research teams, investigators

and senior management

Maintain

an organisational overview that can quickly and efficiently react to changes in

the external environment, utilising the College and Trust change management

processes where necessary.

contribute to Patient and Public Involvement and Engagement (PPIE) and research

inclusion initiatives to embed co-design and inclusion within our studies

The above

list of responsibilities may not be exhaustive, and the post holder will be

required to undertake such tasks and responsibilities as may reasonably be

expected within the scope and grading of the post.

Within the Faculty of Life Sciences & Medicine (FoLSM), the School of Biomedical Engineering and Imaging Sciences is a cutting-edge research and teaching School dedicated to development, translation and clinical application within medical imaging and computational modelling technologies. Our objective is to facilitate research and teaching guided by clinical questions and is aimed at novelty, understanding of physiology and pathophysiology as well as development of new diagnostic tools and therapies. In this way, basic science can be rapidly translated into clinical applications (and vice versa). The School consists of eight research departments: Cardiovascular Imaging, Cancer Imaging, Early Life Imaging, Imaging Chemistry & Biology, Biomedical Computing, Surgical & Interventional Engineering, Imaging Physics & Engineering and Digital Twins for Healthcare.

The Research Department of Early Life Imaging performs cutting-edge research dedicated to the development and use of the most advanced medical imaging (in particular MRI scanning) and computational methods. Ultimately, our vision is to develop new ways to diagnose, understand and treat illnesses that affect the human brain, heart and body as they develop during the crucial period around birth so that we can improve outcomes for children. Placed uniquely within St Thomas Hospital London, we are able to perform truly translational research, which extends from basic science to use in the hospital with patients.

Experience

Qualifications

Essential: - Postgraduate degree and / or other relevant professional qualification and experience in clinical research management