Main area: SARC
Grade: NHS AfC: Band 7
Contract: Fixed term: 12 months (Maternity Leave Cover)
Hours: Part time - 22.5 hours per week
Job ref: 213-CAY-6599091
Employer: King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: The Havens Pan London - Camberwell, Ladbroke Grove, Whitechapel
Town: London
Salary: £54,320 - £60,981 pa annum pro rata including HCA
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 24/09/2024 23:59
King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK’s largest and busiest teaching Trusts with a turnover of c£1.7 billion, 1.5 million patient contacts a year and more than 15,000 staff based across 5 main sites in South East London.
Job overview
The Havens are London's Sexual Assault Referral Centres (SARCs) based at Camberwell, Paddington and Whitechapel. We provide client-led and trauma-informed services which are delivered in partnership with police and third sector services. Our services include acute healthcare and support following sexual assault; police or self-referred forensic medical examinations; medical and therapeutic follow-up services in age-appropriate settings which address the client’s health, psychosocial and ongoing needs, as well as direct and ongoing access to an Independent Sexual Violence Advisor.
Main duties of the job
We are seeking maternity cover for the post of Research Manager at the Havens. Responsibilities of the post include overseeing and coordinating the delivery of the Havens’ research and service evaluation portfolio. The role involves commissioning and overseeing research activity across three Havens sites, from grant stage through to successful completion. The post holder will provide strategic leadership on the scoping of grants and ensures that the Havens meets funding terms and conditions. The role will involve contributing to the efficient and effective delivery of research-related events, conferences, and continuous professional development.
Working for our organisation
King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK’s largest and busiest teaching Trusts with a turnover of £1 billion, 1.5 million patient contacts a year and more than 15,000 staff based across South East London. The Trust provides a full range of local and specialist services across its five sites.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Main Duties and Responsibilities
Research and Havens-wide Coordination
- Oversee the development and delivery of research-related policies and strategies such as procedures for study design, recruitment, data collection, analysis and dissemination.
- Review and assess the quality of study protocols and provide guidance on ethics procedures.
- Ensure that all research activity is in line with Trust policy and that confidentiality in the management of data is compliant with the Data Protection Act and any other relevant legislation.
- Manage issues and problems arising from recruitment and retention, study deliverables and participant feedback.
- Provide leadership on quantitative and qualitative methods, advising and supporting clinical and non-clinical study teams as needed.
- Oversee and ensure relevant reports are provided to stakeholders, grant funders, clinical research networks and project partners.
- Effectively maintain and manage records of current and past research projects, communicating regularly with project leads including around project close down.
- Write and review final reports and journal articles.
- Oversee and manage communication with clinical and non-clinical research networks.
- Build and maintain relationships with survivors’ groups, service users, voluntary organisations, and academic partners.
- Provide day to day line management of research assistants, students and/or trainee doctors.
- Responsible for the management of the project budgets and resources, including reporting to the Service Manager.
Education and Training
- Contribute to project publications with internal and external partners.
- Create and deliver presentations on Havens research at conferences and events.
- Deliver research-related workshops to Havens staff as part of their continuous professional development.
- Participate in the development of a research section on the Havens website and lead on the design of publicly available materials.
- Provide leadership on dissemination events and public engagement with the Havens research portfolio.
- Support the training of junior research staff where necessary.
- Prepare quarterly reports for the Havens Education Audit Research Training meeting.
- Contribute to the planning and organisation of research-related events, conferences and continuous professional development mornings.
- Identify opportunities for learning and development and invite relevant speakers to present research findings to Havens staff.
Person specification
Education and Qualifications
- A master’s or other higher degree in a health-relevant domain.
- Training/education in a field relevant to sexual violence, health and/or community-based research.
- Knowledge of research governance.
- Project management qualification or training.
Knowledge and Experience
- Knowledge and experience of working with different profession groups and handling relationships.
- Experience managing studies or clinical trials.
- Experience developing study protocol and research policies.
- Knowledge of research ethics and delivering research in a clinical environment.
- Experience managing recruitment and retention of study participants.
- Experience conducting literature searches and evaluating quality of academic articles and journals.
- Interest in the health and well-being of sexual violence survivors.
- Experience using qualitative and quantitative methods.
- Knowledge of NHS safeguarding policies and procedures.
- Knowledge of grant applications & responsibilities of award holders.
- Previous experience within the NHS or healthcare setting.
- Experience delivering research-related training to junior staff.
- Experience or knowledge of budget management and of financial controls.
- Experience of conducting interviews or focus groups.
- Experience of effective staff management.
Skills and Competencies
- Ability to work across boundaries, gaining cooperation and integrating multidisciplinary staff.
- Ability to negotiate with and motivate research team, project partners and study participants.
- Ability to delegate tasks and assess work of others.
- Ability to plan, structure and prioritise own workload when dealing with conflicting demands.
- Ability to work on own initiative and with minimal supervision.
- Problem-solving skills.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including communicating sensitive and complex information.
- Computer literacy, including word processing, Excel, SPSS (and/or other data analysis package(s) and NVivo.
- Writing research/progress reports and grant applications.
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- If you delete the job from any of your accounts, you may be prevented from accessing further communications.
- To enquire about your application or inform us of any changes in your circumstances, please contact the named person on this advert.
- Please provide email addresses for referees where possible.
- Please review the documentation on our recruitment microsite, particularly the Trust’s criminal records checking policy.
- All staff have a responsibility for safeguarding children and vulnerable adults and for ensuring they are aware of the specific duties relating to their role.
- Due to a high volume of applications, this advert might close before the displayed closing date. It is therefore recommended that you apply promptly.
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