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Essential
15 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Personal Qualities
Ability to work with clinicians and researchers from a wide variety of professional backgrounds
- Personal Qualities
Ability to work as part of multi- professional and multi-agency teams.
- Personal Qualities
Confidence in liaising with all levels of staff including academics and health care professionals/managers at a senior level.
- Personal Qualities
Ability to communicate novel and complex messages and strategies to senior managers, peers and other staff
- Knowledge Requirements
Knowledge and experience of research in the NHS
- Knowledge Requirements
Ability to plan, manage and deliver complex projects, involving multiple agencies and individuals and a range of tasks
- Knowledge Requirements
Experience of working within Good Clinical Practice and adherence to study protocols
- Technical Expertise and Competence
Experience with Research Management Systems (preferably StudyLine / Siteline)
- Technical Expertise and Competence
Well-developed computer skills, including experience with running database reports and data-driven web services etc.
- Technical Expertise and Competence
Complex problem-solving skills
- Technical Expertise and Competence
Experience in reviewing scientific and technical documents.
- Technical Expertise and Competence
Knowledge of HRA GDPR related guidance regarding controllers and processors in research.
- Technical Expertise and Competence
Knowledge of ICO basic principles
- Technical Expertise and Competence
Knowledge of the principles of IG Framework particular in relation to research and Section 68, Consent for consent
- Technical Expertise and Competence
Experience with DPIA completion
Desirable
4 listedAdditional qualities the employer would prefer.
- Knowledge Requirements
Experience of working to ICH Good Clinical Practice (GCP)
- Knowledge Requirements
Knowledge of policy developments in NHS R&D with particular reference to mental and community health care
- Technical Expertise and Competence
Extensive knowledge of ICO basic principles
- Technical Expertise and Competence
Extensive knowledge of DPA 2018 and UK GDPR Extensive knowledge of the IG Framework, particular in relation to research and Section 68, Consent for consent.
Job overview
We are recruiting for a Research Informatics Manager on a 12 month secondment / fixed term
You will lead in managing the research informatic reviews of data flows, research databases, research monitoring systems, participant apps across the research portfolio at Oxford Health Foundation Trust.
Working with Oxford University, other NHS Trusts, research networks and the NIHR Clinical Research Network, including commercial study sponsors you will support with study set up, in relation to research data management including system and app security, in accordance with cyber security and NHS IG requirements.
The post holder will have a comprehensive understanding of the research lifecycle, research ethics and regulatory approval process and the research regulatory frameworks including Research Governance Framework and Good Clinical Practice (ICH-GCP)
Main duties of the job
The post holder will be the primary contact for providing support and guidance in all aspects relating to data protection and cyber security and information governance of research study set up, delivery, and research study data, systems and apps.
Support the Quality Assurance Team with monitoring and auditing for sponsored studies in line with required regulations and governance of research studies and clinical trials.
Review model research study contracts in relation to data protection clauses and support sponsors to meet their obligations with systems and apps.
Being part of an established, highly professional and supportive RI Team and R&D Department, leading on data protection and cyber security of R&D data.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Oxford Health NHS FT (OHFT) has recently revised its five-year strategy and identified research as one of its four key objectives making this an exciting time to join the Trust which hosts the NIHR Oxford Health Biomedical Research Centre (BRC), NIHR Mental Health Mission (MHM), NIHR Clinical Research Facility, NIHR Applied Research Collaboration and NIHR Community Healthcare MedTech and In vitro Diagnostics Co-operative.
For more information or to arrange an informal discussion please do not hesitate to contact Nnenna Omeje . Acting Joint Head of Research Informatics. Nnenna.Omeje@oxfordhealth.nhs.uk
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This advert is for Research Informatics Manager with Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust in Oxford, England. It is listed as a Band 7 Manager role. The advertised salary is £43,742 - £50,056 per annum. The contract type is Fixed term: 12 months (Secondment opportunity until 31/03/2027). The application deadline is 14 Oct 2026.
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