Main area Research and Development Grade 7 Contract Fixed term: 12 months (12 month contract) Hours Part time - 30 hours per week Job ref 249-7782371
Employer Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Great Western Hospitals Town Swindon Salary £47,810 - £54,710 per annum pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 25/03/2026 23:59
Research Manager
Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is a unique organisation, serving as the sole integrated provider in the Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon, and Wiltshire system. Our scope extends beyond boundaries as we oversee adult community services in Swindon and provide acute care from the Great Western Hospital.
Our 5,500 staff have 1.2m patient contacts a year, with 13,000 operations carried out in our Theatres, around 4,000 babies born, and our emergency attendances are now well over 100,000 per year. Those numbers only tell part of our story about what an exciting time it is to join Great Western Hospitals.
We are cultivating a culture that fosters our ambitions, prioritising equality, diversion, inclusion, wellbeing, and leadership. We aim to create an environment where every member of our team can truly thrive.
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Job overview
Part time - 30 hours per week
The purpose of this post is to support the Head of Service in the management of Research at Great Western Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.
The Research Manager will be responsible for ensuring appropriate and proportionate procedures are implemented for the safe and efficient set-up and management of studies at the Trust. This includes performance and quality oversight.
The post holder supported by the R&I Management team, will also be responsible for supporting and directing the day to day management and oversight of research grants throughout their lives, from first idea, through development, recruitment, follow-up, close-down and archiving.
Main duties of the job
This is a specialist post that requires knowledge of national systems, structures and processes for supporting clinical research, including associated governance and legislative frameworks. The post holder is required to have knowledge of the systems required for supporting both commercial and academic research in the NHS. As the person responsible for the day-to-day line management of staff involved in the development, set-up and management of research, it is essential that the postholder has experience in R&I Management or Team leadership at a senior level.
Working for our organisation
We are proud to be part of BSW Hospitals Group – a formal partnership between Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust and Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust. With a combined workforce of over 17, 600 colleagues, and budget of 1.6 billion the Group is united by a common purpose to deliver the best possible care to over 1 million people. We are creating a health and care system that works with the people we care for, reducing the differences people currently face in access, experience and outcomes, improving the experience of our colleagues and tackling shared challenges like sustainability and finances. Every improvement we make across our Group will be guided by what creates the greatest benefit for our colleagues, our patients, our communities and our partners.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
* Be the accountable person for developing sponsored research, establishing strong working relationships across multi-disciplinary specialties in order to support this development.
* Define and develop the infrastructure required to develop, manage and oversee the Trusts sponsored portfolio of studies.
* Ensure all requirements for a Trust approved sponsored study have been met, in particular ethical, regulatory and local R&I approval, ensuring resources are in place to assist with this, where appropriate.
* Ensure that any financial impacts and other risks that a sponsored study may involve have been identified and accounted for in the planning and set up of the study.
* Ensure appropriate and proportionate procedures and resources are in place for local set-up of sponsored and hosted studies, working with internal and external colleagues to do so.
Please see the attached job description for full information
Person specification
Qualifications
* Educated to Masters Level or proven equivalent experience
* Management Qualification
Experience
* Professional operational leadership management experience within the NHS experience of business planning and robust financial management at appropriate scale
* Knowledge of national systems, structures and processes for supporting clinical research (industry and academic sponsored).
* Understanding of governance and legislative frameworks for clinical reserach
* Good understanding of quality assurance and performance management techniques
* Knowledge of utilising Business Intelligence solutions to work within a performance management framework
* Evidence of managing effective collaborations and partnerships
* Experience in R&I Management or Team leadership at a senior level
* Professional strategic leadership
* Experience in working with external bodies to develop and grow Trust Research Portfolio
* Knowledge of national systems, structures and processes for supporting clinical research (industry and academic sponsored), in the NHS
Thank you for expressing interest in this role. For further employer guidance, please review the attached supplementary applicant information.
The Trust is a Disability Confident Employer; all applicants who have a disability can opt to be considered under the guaranteed interview scheme, which means that, providing they meet the minimum essential criteria for the post, they will be offered an interview. We are also proudly accredited as a Veteran Aware organisation and have signed The Armed Forces Covenant.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications, subject to eligibility of the role for a skilled worker visa and salary requirements. Not all roles in the Trust are eligible for sponsorship.
Eligibility for this role requires:
* Current right to work in the UK, subject to verification.
* Qualification of the eligibility sponsorship criteria
Current employees should be aware that this position is advertised as a Great Western Hospitals position and appointment ends any TUPE protection.
Candidates are responsible for covering the cost of their own DBS check if required: £21.50 for a Standard DBS check, recoverable from the first pay, or £49.50 for an Enhanced DBS check, divided and recoverable over the initial two pay periods. Payment for DBS checks for bank posts must be settled prior to commencement. Apprentices are exempt from DBS payment.
We are committed to supporting our staff in achieving a healthy work-life balance through flexible work arrangements. Upon joining the Trust, you have the right to request flexible working, with an unlimited number of requests allowed.
Upon acceptance of a job offer, your information will be transferred to the national NHS Electronic Staff Records System. All communication regarding your application will be conducted via email; please ensure to check your junk/spam folders as emails may occasionally be filtered there.
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