Guys And St Thomas Jobs – Research Governance Specialist in Bristol, UK

Overview

Position Title:Research Governance Specialist

Company:Guy’s and St Thomas’​ NHS Foundation Trust

Location:Bristol, UK

Job Description:

Responsibilities:

• The post-holder will be working alongside our other highly valued Research Governance Specialist, and together you will line manage a diverse and dynamic team of Research Governance Facilitators,
• Research Governance Coordinators and R&D administrators.
• They will be responsible for a portfolio of complex trials/studies that are under sponsor / co-sponsor review by Guy’s and St Thomas (GSTT) and King’s College London (KCL).
• As a specialist in the R&D department, the post-hold will be the key point of contact for the set-up of complex / high risk of our studies and to ensuring that GST R&D always has up to date process in the ever-changing regulatory landscape.
• The post-holder will also oversee the sponsorship and confirmation of capacity (C&C) of those they line-manage.
• This will include sponsor risk-assessments, ensuring the trust’s compliance with national regulations in our local policies and standard operational procedures (SOPs).

Requirements:

• Studies will include but are not limited to: clinical trials of medicinal products, device trials, and multi-centre including international, along with student projects, qualitative and interventional studies.
• You will be an experienced line-manager with excellent communication skills who is able to support world-class researchers, and influence those that you work with and line-manage.
• You will be highly organised and methodical approach to your work, be able to project manage service improvements and be able to support and develop junior members of the team.
• You will have pragmatic and solution-focused approach to set-up of research studies.
• You will have attention to detail and the writing skills to convey complex regulations into simple guidance researchers and training materials for R&D staff.