Senior R&D Costing Officer

Job overview

To act as a senior costing officer within the OUH Research & Development Costing Team to ensure that research activities which involve the use of NHS Trust resources are considered, costed, and adequate funding secured in line with local and national costing policies. This will involve making sure all research activities are costed within the rules of the appropriate funding organisation, or follow the national costing process. In addition, the costing activity must be completed to time and target to meet the national 150-day metrics for study setup for research. The senior costing officer will also cost National Contract Value Review research projects for OUH as a lead site.

Research is one of the key activities in OUH's World-Class Impact strategic theme, alongside education and innovation.

The Research & Development Department supports researchers in planning, set-up and conducting research across the Trust at all levels. The role of the teams is to support and facilitate high quality research, and to ensure that the interests of participants, researchers and the Trust are protected, through adherence to the local and national regulatory frameworks.

The R&D Finance team provides pre and post award financial support to researchers undertaking or applying to undertake research activity within the OUH.

Main duties of the job

1. To review and cost research activities in areas of responsibility, and to take the lead on complex research proposals.

2. To submit, negotiate and agree funding proposals with commercial and non-commercial funders within key performance timelines and in particular meets the national 150-day metrics for study set up.

3. To act as a costing officer for commercial costing activities under the National Contract Value Review (NCVR) process for OUH as lead site or 2nd review site.

Working for our organisation

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research. The Trust comprises four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury. For more information on OUH please view OUH At a Glance by OUHospitals - Issuu

Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community.

We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence.

These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family. Watch how we set out to deliver compassionate excellence via the OUH YouTube channel.

Person specification

Relevant experience

Essential criteria

• Relevant experience in costing medical research projects or resources for the NHS or a HEI
• Experience and understanding of clinical research activities
• Experience of reading or analysing medical research protocols

Desirable criteria

• Experience of the National Contract Value Review procedure / costing non-commercial research

Experience & ability

Essential criteria

• Relevant experience in costing medical research projects or resources for the NHS or a HEI
• Experience and understanding of clinical research activities
• Experience of reading or analysing medical research protocols

Desirable criteria

• Experience of the National Contract Value Review procedure / costing non-commercial research

Application numbers

Please note that this job advertisement will close automatically once the application limit is reached, regardless of whether this occurs before the advertised closing date.

Documents to download

• R&D Senior Costing Officer - Job Description (PDF, 152.4KB)
• R&D Senior Costing Officer - person spec (PDF, 48.5KB)