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Research & Innovation Business Coordinator

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Research & Innovation Business Coordinator

£34581

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Liverpool

  • Full time
  • Permanent
  • Remote working

Posted 2 weeks ago, 2 May | Get your application in now before you miss out!

Closing date: Closing date not specified

job Ref: 8f68dab838bd400aa1802443c580c42a

Full Job Description

  • Work under the direction of the Business Manager and Business Facilitator, Research & Innovation to ensure all research within the Trust is undertaken in accordance with the Department of Health's Research Governance Framework (DH 2001), the Medicines for Human Use (Clinical Trials) Regulations (SI 1031/2004 and later amendments) and other relevant regulations and guidelines.

  • Determining the cost and resource implications of research protocols for internal and external sponsored studies

  • Effective liaison with researchers, sponsors, Pharma industry, and other clinical/ academic partners in the management & set up of clinical research.

  • Administration support for grant applications.

  • Administration of the financial aspects of research contracts, income recovery and supporting the research teams where applicable.

  • Administration support for the Research Business Team., To support the Research & Innovation Business Manager and Business Facilitator Manager as required.

  • Continue to develop appropriate elements of the internal and external (Edge) document storage system and ensure activity undertaken at the Trust is accurate and up to date.

  • Working under the direction of the Research & Innovation Business Facilitator, support administrative preparation of internal and external grant funding applications.

  • , Working under the direction of the Research & Innovation Business Facilitator, support administrative preparation of internal approvals for Trust sponsored and CRF studies.

  • Ensure departmental research business information systems are maintained to a high standard to support compliance with regulatory inspections of the organisation by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Authority Jan 2024 (MHRA).

  • Process, track and store payment request forms for research patient inconvenience payments, research patient travel expense payments, physician locum payments and General Practitioner Questionnaire payments.

  • Act as co-ordinator to ensure Trust departments have a harmonised approach to Research & Innovation business activity. Facilitate the assessment of capacity and capability in the delivery of research at the Trust.

  • In conjunction with Research & Innovation colleagues be responsible for ensuring the department is prepared for external regulatory inspections / assessments e.g. MHRA and the Trust's responses to any such inspections., The Trust is committed to promoting a healthy work-life balance and achieve fair, equitable and consistent practice. We welcome flexible working requests and will consider a variety of flexible working arrangements from day one of your employment. Not all roles are suitable for every flexible working opportunity all of the time. Flexible working options may include reduced hours, compressed hours, fixed shifts, time back in lieu and home working.


    • The Trust is committed to promoting equality and diversity; we value the contribution of individual talent, skills, knowledge and experience and aim for a workforce demography representative of the local community. We encourage applicants from the following groups that are currently under-represented in our workforce black, Asian and minority ethnic, lesbian, gay, bisexual and Transgender (LGBTQ+), disabled, male and age 16-24.

    Trust policy requires that the cost of submitting & processing the successful applicant/s DBS application be recovered via salary deduction following start in post. The amount of £18+£5 (standard disclosure) or £38+£5 (enhanced disclosure) will be deducted from salary, in manageable monthly instalments for up to 3 months following commencement of employment. Bank posts require upfront payment.

    From April 2017, Skilled visa applicants and their adult dependant(s) will be required to provide a criminal record certificate from each country they have lived in consecutively for 12 months or more in the past ten years.

    Applicants requiring sponsorship may wish to determine the likelihood of obtaining sponsorship for this position by assessing themselves against the criteria on the gov.uk website - https://www.gov.uk/check-uk-visa.

    This organisation has a zero-tolerance approach to the abuse of children, young people and vulnerable adults. All staff must ensure they adhere to the organisations safeguarding children and adults' policy and comply with the Local Safeguarding Children and Adult Board procedures.

    Staff should be mindful of their responsibility to safeguard children and adults in any activity performed on behalf of the organisation in line with the requirements of statutory guidance and legislation.

    All employees (and volunteers)are expected maintain their safeguarding knowledge and skills by completing mandatory safeguarding training which includes understanding and recognising the signs of abuse and neglect and taking appropriate action.

    As an organisation, we have adopted the Merseyside Domestic abuse workplace scheme which supports our staff who are experiencing Domestic Abuse /any forms of sexual violence.

  • Educated to degree level or equivalent

  • Trained in ICH-GCP


    • Desirable criteria

  • ISEB Data Protection trained, Experience of working with NIHR Infrastructure and systems

  • Experience of Archiving Essential Documents

  • Experience of Research Passports

  • Good computer literacy, including familiarity with Word, PowerPoint, use of the Internet and e-mail

  • Experience of developing and maintaining comprehensive and systematic systems for collecting and processing information

  • Experience of liaising with different professions and organisations


    • Desirable criteria

  • Experience in undertaking Clinical Research and/or Clinical Trials

  • Experience of communicating with Finance departments, Knowledge of NHS Research Governance Framework, the Clinical Trials Regulations and other relevant regulatory / statutory requirements

  • Knowledge of Trust policies and procedures relevant to research practice, Ability to implement RD&I Policies and Procedures

  • Excellent organisation and communication skills

  • Experience of working to tight deadlines and ability to manage a range or priorities

  • Enthusiastic, resolute and flexible approach to work

    Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust was created on 1 October 2019 following the merger of two adult acute Trusts, Aintree University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and the Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust.


    • The merger provides an opportunity to reconfigure services in a way that provides the best healthcare services to the city and improves the quality of care and health outcomes that patients experience.

    The Trust runs Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital, Liverpool University Dental Hospital and the Royal Liverpool University Hospital.

    It serves a core population of around 630,000 people across Merseyside as well as providing a range of highly specialist services to a catchment area of more than two million people in the North West region and beyond.