LUHFT are in the privileged position to be in receipt of NIHR funding to be one of twenty new Commercial Research Delivery Centres (CRDC). One of the key objectives of the Liverpool CRDC is to improve efficiency and speed of commercial research set up. The Contracts Officer post is key to the success in achieving this objective.
You will work alongside a close team of highly motivated individuals, sharing knowledge and expertise to deliver an efficient contract service between secondary, primary care and commercial partners.
Alongside UHLG, The Centre Will Bring Together Cheshire And Mersey Organisations Including Primary And Social Care; Voluntary Organisations And 10 Secondary Care Organisations From The Region, Including
- Liverpool Women’s Hospital
- Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital
- Clatterbridge Cancer Centre
- The Walton Centre Foundation Trust
- Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust
- Alder Hey Children`s Hospital
- Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
- The Countess of Chester Hospital
- Mersey and West Lancashire NHS Foundation Trust
- Warrington and Halton Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
The successful candidate must have the ability to be pro-active and take the leading role in negotiations with Partner organisations, stakeholders and external clients. They must have excellent communication and interpersonal skills and demonstrable experience of working to strict deadlines and managing competing priorities
The Research Contracts Officer will be responsible, for leading and finalising contract negotiations and arrangements for research activity conducted.
Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust comprises Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital & Royal Liverpool University Hospital.
We are part of NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group, formed on 1 Nov 2024 from the coming together of LUHFT and Liverpool Women’s NHS Foundation Trust. The Group was born from a shared aim to improve the care we provide our patients.
UHLG is one of the largest employers in the region, with over 16,800 colleagues dedicated to caring for our communities - from birth and beyond.
For the 630,000 people across Merseyside, we are their local NHS. We provide general and emergency hospital care, alongside highly specialised regional services for more than two million people in the North West.
Aintree University Hospital is the single receiving site for adult major trauma patients in Cheshire and Merseyside and hosts a number of regional services including an award-winning stroke facility. Broadgreen Hospital is home to elective surgical, diagnostic and treatment services, together with specialist patient rehabilitation. Liverpool Women’s Hospital specialises in the health of women and babies, delivering over 7,200 babies in the UK’s largest single site maternity hospital each year. The Royal Liverpool University Hospital is the largest hospital in the country to provide inpatients with 100% single bedrooms and focuses on complex planned care and specialist services.
For roles at Liverpool Women’s, visit their careers page.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Sandra Winskill Job title: Business and Legal Manager Email address:
[email protected] Telephone number: 0151 706 3321
