(Main duties of the job cont.) Represent and take an active role in the Clinical Research Unit, Directorate and Trust Research meetings. Liaise with all medical, nursing and other professionals and support staff in order to ensure the smooth running of the research projects and patient visits. Liaise with other managers and healthcare professionals in the provision of joint services. Ensure adequate research study supplies are available and in date for each ongoing research project, purchase, source and order all research supplies. Manage the calibration and regular servicing of all equipment ensuring that all equipment remains certified for each project. Organise and liaise with sponsor companies if loan equipment is required so that service provision is not compromised. Keep up to date with developments in Clinical Research, certification in new protocols and clinical trials updates by attending all study initiation meetings and study protocol training sessions. Advise of the costing of
individual procedures and study specific equipment required for each study during the set-up period and attend research finance meetings to discuss the spending plan for the research unit. Support training of new research staff with regards to research imaging requirements, equipment and processes. Provide staff cover for CRU clinics and maintain oversight of CRU lookahead and upcoming appointments. Please refer to the Job description and person spec for detailed description of the main responsibilities of the role.