Research and Innovation Specialist Practitioner

at  Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a part-time Research and Innovation Specialist Practitioner.
The post duration is for 12 months initially, with an extension for up to 48 months upon mutual agreement.
This is an excellent opportunity for career development, ideal for a Senior Nurse or AHP. The successful candidate will be working within the Critical Care Research Team at the Royal Liverpool University Hospital, with flexibility to work across other areas of research on all LUHFT sites.
Training, support and mentorship will be provided for the innovation and research component throughout the duration of the post.
The Critical Care research portfolio includes NIHR supported studies ranging from sepsis trials to perioperative studies ,research on organ failure and long-term outcomes of critical illness.
We have an interest in researching cardiovascular dysfunction during and after acute illness and hold several major grants covering arrhythmias, cardiovascular monitoring, rehabilitation, and vascular disease including stroke.
We closely collaborate with acute specialties including anaesthesia, emergency medicine, infectious diseases and haematology, having a proven track record in successfully recruiting into CRN portfolio studies.
Our external collaborators include University of Liverpool, the Liverpool Centre for Cardiovascular Science, the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Queens’ University Belfast, and various commercial sponsors.
The postholder will be involved in improvement activities around the innovation process framework and will gain experience in conducting innovation centred evaluation studies, gain knowledge of innovation methodology, governance (MHRA applications, new technique, new device governance), supporting grant applications for innovation and research activities and competitions, support applications to the Health Research Authority, the National Research Ethics Committee and the New Technology and Device Group in collaboration with the trust’s corporate innovation team.
This post will specifically cover two projects to develop and conduct research and innovation projects promoting digital health:
Cognishine a mixed methods feasibility study of web-based therapy sessions.
NOTE-AF: Intelligent Monitoring to Predict Atrial Fibrillation, implements a mixed methods study about patient acceptability and usability for health care professionals of a novel remote monitoring device with automated alert function (WARD24).
These projects will be approved in line with the research governance framework at LUHFT and thus requires knowledge of compliance with both innovation and research pathways.
The role provides support in becoming an independent investigator, e. g. by registration and completion of the associate PI scheme ( https://www.nihr.ac.uk/health-and-careprofessionals/career-development/associate-principal-investigator-scheme.htm ) and to develop as lead applicant for major funding streams.
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.
To hear more about our achievements click here https://www.liverpoolft.nhs.uk/media/13089/1606-annual-report-booklet_final.pdf

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