Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust has been rated as Good by the Care Quality Commission (CQC).

We are a responsive and innovative Foundation Trust that places our values of Caring, Safe and Excellent at the heart of everything we do. We take great pride in our staff and believe that investing in you is key to us achieving our vision of outstanding care delivered by outstanding people.

We work with a wide range of partner organisations to deliver care and support to people in their own homes and from a number of hospitals and community bases. We focus on delivering care as close to home as possible.

Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust (OHFT) is a research-active Trust with research studies ranging from small educational projects through to very complex and intensive Clinical Trials of Investigational Medicinal Products (CTIMPS) across a variety of disciplines from dementia, mental health, community health children and young people services. The post holder will primarily be responsible for reviewing sets of often complex documents pertaining to individual studies to assess whether the correct information and approvals are in place prior to commencement of recruitment activity at the Trust. They will also provide advice on the regulations and approvals processes to researchers seeking to conduct research within the OHFT.

The post holder is responsible for facilitating the delivery of the Trusts research governance standards and is responsible for monitoring compliance with the Research Governance Framework and any applicable regulatory requirements. The post holder will manage the processes to enable decisions to be made about the capacity and capability of the Trust to undertake research, thus, reducing the potential risk to the Trust and to its patients when taking part in the study. In addition, the post holder will be responsible for managing access to Oxford Health NHS FT staff, patients and premises by researchers from other NHS organisations and Universities as part of specific study activities.

They will be responsible to the maintenance of systems within the R&D department to capture and monitor research activity in line with internal and external metrics, and in particular the NIHR Performance in Initiating and Delivery of Research. They will also be responsible for the collection and collation of data that is required for internal Board reports and Key Performance Indicators.

Benefits of working for Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust include:

  • Excellent opportunities for career progression
  • 27 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, with an increase to 33 days with continuous service
  • NHS Discount across a wide range of shops, restaurants and retailers
  • Staff accommodation
  • Competitive pension scheme
  • Lease car scheme
  • Cycle to work scheme
  • New starters have a 6 month probationary period. This, together with the induction process aims to create a positive supportive working environment allowing new employees to learn key elements of their role over a reasonable timescale.
  • Candidates not currently employed by the Trust who attend an interview for non-qualified Band 1-5 posts are required to undertake numeracy and literacy assessments.
  • Appointment to this post is subject to the trust receiving satisfactory references covering 3 years of employment or study. Please ask your referees to respond promptly to reference requests.
  • Employees are expected to undertake mandatory and statutory training related to their role.
  • We positively encourage applications from all areas of the community, regardless of gender, race, faith, disability, age or sexual orientation and we encourage applications from users of mental health services. This is part of our commitment to equality and reflecting the diversity of our population.
  • Oxford Health is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults, we expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

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