Employer Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Kings Mill Hospital Town Sutton in Ashfield Salary £31,049 - £37,796 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 10/02/2026 23:59
Study Set Up Manager
NHS AfC: Band 5
Thank you for your interest in this role, we would be delighted to welcome you to Sherwood Forest Hospitals.
Sherwood is nationally recognised as being an excellent place to work and deliver care. We are rightly proud of the 5,500 colleagues who work here and know that happy colleagues deliver better care.
Our teams work in a supportive, inclusive environment, which nurtures wellbeing and has opportunities for development and progression. We do not just care for our patients, we also care for you.
At Sherwood Forest Hospitals, we are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace. As such, we particularly welcome applications from people who identify as Black, Asian, Minority Ethnic, or Disabled. We believe that a diverse team better represents the communities we serve and brings a wealth of perspectives and experiences to our work.
Job overview
Sherwood Forest Hospitals are seeking a Research Study Set Up Manager to join our dynamic Research and Innovation (R&I) Department, part of Corporate Services within the Trust. In this pivotal role, you will work closely with the R&I management team, Principal Investigators, research nurses, research teams, sponsors, and the Trust to establish and deliver the systems and processes required to support the efficient and timely identification, set up, and delivery of clinical trials.
Key Responsibilities
* Collaborate with stakeholders including investigators, nurses, sponsors, and Trust teams to ensure smooth trial initiation.
* Develop and implement processes that enable efficient study set up and delivery.
* Support clinical research teams with professional leadership, coordination, and monitoring.
* Drive innovation by contributing to healthcare that is effective, efficient, and research-based.
Main duties of the job
To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.
Working for our organisation
We are an award-winning NHS Foundation Trust working alongside health and social care colleagues across the county to provide acute and community healthcare services to more than 420,000 people across Mansfield, Ashfield, Newark and Sherwood, and parts of Derbyshire and Lincolnshire.
We put the patient at the heart of everything that we do and it is our aim to make sure that every patient is treated as we would want a member of our own family to be treated. At the same time, we expect our staff to be caring, kind and courteous to each other and to look out for each other. We believe that we are truly a clinically-led organisation.
We are proud that our Trust colleagues have voted us the best acute Trust to work for in the East Midlands for seven years running in the National NHS Staff Survey, while the Care Quality Commission has rated our Trust as ‘outstanding’ for care and our King’s Mill Hospital as the only ‘outstanding’ NHS-run hospital in the East Midlands.
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Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.
Person specification
Knowledge Requirements
* An understanding of the importance of maintaining security and confidentiality of information
* Clear oral and written communication
* Ability to negotiate, persuade and influence
* Specialist knowledge of the regulatory framework around research
* Knowledge of study set up timelines
* Contractual management
* Finance & invoicing experience
Qualifications
* Extensive experience in clinical trial study set up
* Knowledge and understanding of government study set up metrics
* ICH-GCP training
Experience
* Well-developed IT skills including the use of Microsoft Office, particularly Excel.
* Experienced user of databases and reporting tools and ability to update skills as necessary
* Accurate and attentive to detail
* Motivated and willing to learn
* Excellent numerical and written skills
* Able to produce reports and graphs for internal and external audit purposes as required
* Ability to seek out information when not readily available
* Experience working in a research environment
* Experience in training others
Contractual Requirements
* Ability to work under own initiative and to prioritise own workload
* Ability to work to deadlines and under pressure
* Able to work independently and as part of a team.
* To have a flexible approach to working with the conflicting demands of this post
If you would like this information in an alternative format or in a different language please contact us on 01623 622515 ext 3271.
Please note that we no longer accept handwritten/paper applications and that the email address given on your application will be used for all correspondence regarding this post.
We reserve the right to close a vacancy before the closing date if a sufficient number of applications have been received. Priority for vacancies at the Trust will be given to existing employees of Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust whose roles are currently at risk of redundancy due to organisational change.
Only applications received on or before the closing date will be considered for short listing. This is to ensure that the Trust meets its commitment to Equality of Opportunity.
In submitting an application, you authorise Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust to confirm any current and previous NHS Service details and you agree to the Trust obtaining and transferring personal date held about you, including Occupational Health data (inoculations and screening tests). This data will be shared using the NHS Electronic Staff Record (ESR) and third party systems via an automated process and will only be used for the purposes of maintaining your employment record.
Please note if you are successful in obtaining this position and the post involves regulated activity you will be required to undertake a Disclosure & Barring Service check. The Trust will pay for the check initially and then the money will be deducted from your first salary once you've commenced employment. The current price of a check is £26.40 for a standard check and £54.40 for an enhanced. If you are asked to complete a DBS check and have a previous identity that you do not wish to be disclosed to your employer and/or on your DBS certificate, you should call or email the dedicated sensitive applications team before submitting your application. The team is experienced in dealing with sensitive cases and will advise you of the process and what you need to do.
Please note any genuine job offer letters will only be received if you have applied, interviewed, and received a verbal offer from the appointing manager for a vacancy within Sherwood Forest Hospitals. If you receive a job offer and you are not sure of its authenticity, please report it to the following email sfh-tr.recruitmentqueries@nhs.net.
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Name Sarah Shelton | Job title Commercial Research Link Nurse | Email address sarah.shelton1@nhs.net | Telephone number 01623 622515
Additional information: Can also contact: Terri-Ann Sewell - Research Operations Manager - terri.sewell@nhs.net Ext 3313.
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