You will play a pivotal role in ensuring that NHSBT continues to be at the fore-front of research and innovation, in relation to organ donation and transplantation. You will be responsible for assessing research proposals and providing advice to the Senior Management Team regarding which should be supported. You will also work closely with the newly established Research Operational Feasibility Group (ROFG) to build on the current processes and policies and for the transparent and equitable allocation of organs for research. Working with nationally and internationally renowned researchers, you will support the delivery of projects that will increase the number of people whose lives can be saved or dramatically improved through an organ transplant.
Main duties of the job You will be responsible for being the main point of contact within the Organ Tissue Donation and Transplant (OTDT) Directorate regarding research. You will be required to :
* Ensure that OTDT has robust systems for considering proposals for research regarding organ donation and transplantation and monitoring progress with approve research and service evaluations.
* Provide specialised advice to the Senior Management Team on research relating to organ donation and related areas.
* Supporting research proposals through the NHSBT approval process.
* Ensuring that research and service evaluation projects approved by NHSBT adhere to internal and legislative requirements, including Human Tissue Authority and ethics approval.
* Liaison with and management of internal and external stakeholders and the associated project management of national and international Organ Donation related research projects.
* Secretariat support for the Research Operational Feasibility Group (ROFG) and associated sub-groups.
It takes all types of people to deliver the kind of service that saves and improves lives. At NHS Blood and Transplant, you’ll join a team of more than 6,000 people who are making a genuine difference to communities, families, friends, relatives and more across the UK. We play a unique and special role in the NHS by helping people do something extraordinary – donate blood, blood products, organs, tissues, or stem cells to save someone in need.
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