Employer: South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: The James Cook University Hospital
Town: Middlesbrough
Salary: £53,755 - £60,504 per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 17/11/2024 23:59
Interview date: 22/11/2024
TVRA Operations Manager
Band 8a
Job overview
This post is for internal candidates to South Tees Trust. If you are not currently working within the trust, your application will not be reviewed and automatically rejected at the shortlisting stage. Please be aware of this when submitting your application.
The TVRA is an alliance between the Research & Development Departments from North Tees & Hartlepool NHS FT and South Tees Hospitals NHS FT.
The post holder will support the development of improved performance and research delivery across the constituent trusts in the TVRA. They will promote quality improvement across all operations in the TVRA and lead on a range of programmes addressing performance and service issues and escalating issues for strategic prioritisation where required.
They will provide daily operational management of the Tees Valley Research Alliance (TVRA), involving responsibility for oversight of the TVRA across both constituent trusts to ensure progression of the service against its strategic objectives and operational plans. They will be responsible for ensuring robust operational processes are in place and regularly reviewed and will report progress against key TVRA, regional and national Performance Indicators and objectives to the TVRA Executive and TVRA Senior Management team.
Main duties of the job
They will be the TVRA managerial point of contact for research teams and development within our Clinical Support services. They will support teams within these areas to grow research capacity, training, and skills within the workforce in addition to ensuring appropriate levels of support for research trials delivery.
They will provide innovative and effective leadership for the research workforce in Clinical Support Services and directly line manage the research staff within the Pathology Trials Team and the Innovation Hub Co-ordinator.
The post will be based at James Cook University Hospital, but the post holder will be required to have a regular visible and active presence in each constituent Trust.
Working for our organisation
Leadership and Improvement Training
South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust offers leadership and improvement training to all new staff to the Trust; this training programme has been designed to support our leaders in developing their understanding of leadership and management skills. You will be expected to attend the leadership development programme and the Quality Improvement Programme that the Trust delivers.
1. Explore leadership within the NHS
2. Promote Trust Values and Behaviours
3. Develop your Leadership effectiveness and skills
4. Practitioner level in quality improvement, equipping you with the skills to champion, lead and complete quality improvement within your role
After you complete this four and a half days of training, you will be able to explore further leadership and improvement training opportunities, we offer further in-house courses dependent upon your role and bitesize programmes and leadership apprenticeships at level 3, 5, and 7.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the full job description and person specification document(s) attached for main responsibilities of the role.
Person specification
Knowledge
* Highly developed specialist knowledge of research staffing, infrastructure, and funding models
* Knowledge of local and national research performance targets
* Knowledge of current national systems and structures for the approval, management, and monitoring of clinical research in the NHS
* Knowledge of health service management principles
* Ability to critically analyse complex data systems and processes.
* Experience in presenting at local/national/international conferences
* Completed a piece of independent research
Qualifications
* Holds or working towards a Masters qualification in research or management related discipline or other equivalent experience
* Current and valid Good Clinical Practice Training (GCP)
* Evidence of continuous professional development.
Experience
* Significant experience of working within a research management or governance environment
* Experience of NHS and research budgetary management.
* Ability to produce reports for senior level reporting and analyse data.
* Experience of developing and providing research related training
* Experience of previous change management or service development including development and implementation of policies, procedures, and SOPs
Disclosure and Barring Checks (DBS)
It is now the policy of South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust that all successful candidates who are new to the Trust and require DBS clearance for the post they have been offered, are required to pay the cost of their DBS. The method of payment for this is via salary deduction from your first month's pay.
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. We welcome applications from the Black and Minority Ethnic (BAME) Network; LGBT+ Network; Disability and Long-Term Health Conditions Network, Faith Network, Childless not by Choice Network, and the Menopause Support Group.
As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you.
If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at [emailprotected]
The Trust encourages and supports all applicants to be fully vaccinated against both COVID19 and influenza.
Please be aware, there are occasions where some vacancies may close prior to the closing date advertised. This will only happen where sufficient applications are received AND will be made evident on the job advert.
Please note if you are successfully shortlisted, we will contact you via the email address that you have applied from so please ensure you check your emails regularly.
Existing employees of South Tees NHS Foundation Trust currently on the Redeployment Register, who meet the essential criteria for this post, will be shortlisted and interviewed prior to all other applicants.
IMPORTANT-Please ensure you read the 'Guidance Notes for Applicants' document attached to this advert before you start to complete your application form.
This document provides detailed advice regarding the completion of your application form.
The guidance document also provides in detail what identification and certificates you must provide at interview should you be shortlisted.
As part of our pre-employment screening process, all applicants are required to provide references from their last continuous 3 years of employment and/or training/education. The referees MUST be a Line Manager/Supervisor. Applicants are requested to ensure email addresses for all referees are included on their application form. Personal references and references from colleagues are not acceptable.
Unfortunately, we are unable to respond to all applicants, and those who are not contacted within six weeks of the closing date should assume that their application has been unsuccessful.
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