Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Industry Engagement Manager
The closing date is 02 June 2026.
We are looking for an organised individual with experience of commercial research to join our research delivery team in this exciting new role. You will work in collaboration with Trust clinical teams and community partners to facilitate the growth and delivery of commercial research across the Trust and wider care settings. You will also manage the performance of the Trust’s diverse commercial research portfolio. This role could be a secondment opportunity.
Main duties of the job
You will develop and manage relations with commercial organisations, identifying research opportunities across primary and secondary clinical care pathways and boundaries. You will monitor compliance with performance metrics for the department’s entire industry portfolio, problem solving challenges relating to efficient study identification, set up, delivery and financial management.
Job responsibilities
1. Identify key stakeholders within industry organisations, plan a communication strategy in order to build and maintain positive, trusting working relationships
2. Facilitate the delivery of commercial research in wider care settings, including primary and residential care and use of Mobile Research Units (MRUs), by providing assurance to sponsors of MPFTs innovative, collaborative approach to decentralised study delivery
3. Promote the Trust to commercial research organisations and advise on benefits and opportunities available from collaboration with MPFT
4. Build positive and trusting relationships with other NHS Trusts and across wider care settings with VCSE partners and Primary Care Networks
5. Plan the development and growth of the commercial research portfolio across all MPFTs research delivery sites: Stafford, Shrewsbury, Cheadle and Stoke on Trent
6. Engage with research naive clinical teams and services across MPFT to further embed research culture and participation in commercial research
7. Proactively monitor and report on the progress of all commercial studies against NIHR metrics in relation to study set up and recruitment, problem solving to address blocks and challenges
Qualifications
* Educated to First Degree level in health or social care, leadership or management, or equivalent demonstrable knowledge and experience
* Evidence of Masters level post graduate level study in health or social care, leadership or management
Experience
* Significant experience in the healthcare research sector
* Experience of quality assurance, audit and monitoring within a research or healthcare environment
* Experience and knowledge of the commercial trial lifecycle, including feasibility, set up and delivery
* Working knowledge of EDGE system
This role is not eligible for visa sponsorship. If it is identified that you require sponsorship to undertake this role your application may be withdrawn.
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.
Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
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