NHS HIGHLANDUHI House, Raigmore, InvernessSpecialty Doctor - Research22 hours per week£58,198 - £90,688 per annum pro rataAn exciting opportunity has arisen for a Specialty Doctor to work in the Research Development and Innovation Division of NHS Highland, within the NHS Highland Clinical Research Facility (CRF) based in UHI House on the Raigmore Hospital Campus in Inverness.
Alongside other clinical colleagues fulfilling this role, and working in a fully integrated way with the Clinical Research Nurse, Trials Assistant team, data management and pharmacy teams in the CRF, and with the Governance, Finance, Innovation and Quality teams in the RDI Division more widely, the post will require a forward thinking, RDI interested individual who will seek to support in driving forward the Division in its strategic journey.The main role of the post is to support the delivery of clinical trials – both commercial and academic – to ensure patient safety through protocol and regulatory compliance, to act as a sub- principal investigator to support consultant colleagues across many clinical specialisms, and to sometimes act as a PI on studies which will accept a non-specialist as PI.
There will be a requirement for a significant amount of training – especially in relation to the scientific background of studies and in the use of new equipment, assessment processes and other study specific protocol activities.
Additionally, there may be a requirement to work on other projects – which may include service design, redesign and evaluation and product assessment through the innovation pathway.
There is an expectation that the individual employed will aim to keep up to date with scientific advances in areas specific to the work of the Division.
It may be possible for this post to be filled by more than one individual – if there are sufficient individuals RDI would like to discuss the possibility of one to three individuals sharing the post if this would encourage interested people to apply.The post does not require a staff management role, but patient management and close working across all teams within RDI is required.
Initially this will be a fixed terms (3 year) post.Department