CRP Bulletin - February 2024

We hope you have had a good start to 2024.  

We have lots of exciting news to share with you this month including the Experienced Practitioner Gateway, our upcoming CRP Event, Leadership e-learning modules, Webinars and our refresh of the CRP Community Website.  Also a reminder if you have any stories you would like to share in this bulletin please contact us on workforceandprofessionscrn@nihr.ac.uk 

CRP Community Website

Having spoken with the CRP community, we are redeveloping the CRP community website to make it more user friendly and provide a platform to support and guide new and experienced CRP's alike.  This is continuing to evolve and latest developments are available for all to view. 

https://sites.google.com/nihr.ac.uk/clinicalresearchpractitioners/home

Experienced Practitioner Gateway


Please see below for information regarding the upcoming Gateway panels, this information only applies if you are undertaking route two:

* Please note that these dates may change depending on demand for the Gateway.

For an application to be sent to panel, the applicant would need to fulfil entry requirements fully and submit their portfolio no later than 5 weeks prior to the upcoming panel date (see guidance for criteria). For instance, if you would like your application to be considered at the June panel, please submit your application no later than 20th April 2024.

Once the panel has taken place, you will hear from us within 28 days. If you receive an outcome two, you will have 28 days to amend your portfolio and resubmit. The panel with review your resubmitted application, and if passed, we will advise you.

If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact crpadmin@ahcs.ac.uk

Mentoring Workshops


NIHR Academy workshops and webinars


Our workshops have been designed to support the development of your leadership skills. Each workshop will offer you the chance to share, learn, and try practical tools and techniques to help you to become the leader you would like to be.


Courageous Leadership: 12:00-15:00 14/03/2024

Learn how to role model courage, build a more courageous culture, identifying the approaches that no longer serve you and ‘unlearn’ old ways.


Being At Your Best: 13:00-16:00 21/04/2024

Self-awareness and being at your best are meta-skills of the 21st century. Those who can understand their own behaviour and the impact it has on others will have a positive impact on the culture they inspire around them.


We regularly host webinars designed to support your leadership and management development. All of our modular resources have webinars associated with them. These are shorter versions of the workshops.


Optimising Performance: 13:00 - 14:00 04/03/2024

Presenting and Public Speaking: 13:00 - 14:00 26/03/2024


Imposter Phenomenon: 13:00-16:00 27/04/2024

This workshop explores practical tips for managing “Imposter Phenomenon”, from both an individual and systemic lens.



NIHR Leadership e-learning modules

New e-learning resources are available for health and care researchers to build new leadership skills.


The six self-led modules are suitable to you whether new to leadership or experienced. They are open to health and care researchers within the NIHR, NHS, UK universities, and other publicly funded organisations conducting and supporting clinical research within the UK.


The modules currently available cover:



Log in or register on NIHR Learn and select Leadership Development and then Leadership e-learning Modules. 

Webinars

The webinars aim to support leadership and management development skills and it would be great if you could share them via your newsletter and any other suitable networks, please. It is open to NIHR leaders and publicly funded organisations conducting and supporting clinical research within the UK. 


Optimise your performance

Leaders can learn three new rules to optimise their performance at a webinar on 4 March from 1-2pm. It will teach you how to change your mindset, become more efficient and delegate more successfully. It is open to NIHR leaders and publicly funded organisations conducting and supporting clinical research within the UK. Find out more.


Discover how to excel at presenting and public speaking 

Overcome the fear of public speaking and improve your ability to present messages in an engaging way. Attend our webinar on 26 March From 1-2pm to learn strategies to deal with questions, build interaction and much more. It is open to NIHR leaders and publicly funded organisations conducting and supporting clinical research within the UK. Find out more.



CRP Leaders Strategic Summit: 26th - 27th March

As we approach 3 years of operation of AHCS Accredited Registration for CRPs, we also reach an important point of focus to ensure that strong CRP Leadership is in place to support the continuing emergence of CRPs as a profession, building a better understanding of the CRP role across the system, development of CRP roles and pathways, and growing benefits for the CRP Community through ongoing development of the CRP Directory.

A CRP Leaders Strategic Summit event will be held in Birmingham over 26th and 27th March, 2024, hosted by NIHR and delivered jointly with the Academy for Healthcare Science (AHCS), the R&D Forum, and UKRD R&D Leaders in the NHS.  Attendees will include a group of invited CRPs who are registered with the AHCS and already visible as a leader in their region and area of research delivery practice.   They will be sharing an update from this event and highlighting the next steps for CRP Leaders in a future CRP Bulletin.

If you have any questions about this event in the meantime, please contact janice.paterson@nihr.ac.uk, CRP Programme Lead, NIHR CRN National Coordinating Centre 

Could you be a Research Delivery Leader?


A virtual event is being held on the Wednesday 20 March 2024 (12.30pm to 2.00pm)


Registration is now open via the link below:

https://cvent.me/5WXreK


Learn more about our Master’s level clinical research delivery leadership qualifications at this event.


A number of DHSC funded bursaries for course fees will be available. Further details will be provided at the event.


Further information, together with the event registration form can be found on the event home page using the link below:

https://cvent.me/5WXreK


You can also register for updates, such as course application deadlines by completing this form.


The contact for any queries is credentials@nihr.ac.uk


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Continuing your CRP Directory listing and your CRP registration

Are your details accurate and your CPD records up-to-date?


Have you have signed up to the CRP Directory or been accepted onto the CRP Accredited Register?  Please take a few minutes to check that your details are correct.  Perhaps you've had a name change, or changed employer or maybe there is a slight error in your details.  Take a look and then if any details need changing please contact crpadmin@ahcs.ac.uk and they will be able to amend your details for you.  Thank you.

Not sure about next steps?  

Come along to our CRP drop in sessions

Need help completing your Clinical Research Practitioner register application or you are supporting someone to complete their application?  Then come along to one of our drop in sessions.   No need to book, just turn up and  stay as long as you like.    Bring along any questions or reflections you may have.

Any questions in the meantime, please don’t hesitate to get in touch with us crpadmin@ahcs.ac.uk or you can check out the resources on our website 

And if you would like to connect with your local CRP Engagement Lead find their details on the CRP community site. 

How to start a Clinical Research Practitioner Register application

Once you have successfully joined the Clinical Research Practitioner Directory, the next step is to join the Clinical Research Practitioner (CRP) Register.  A summary of the routes to CRP Registration can be viewed here. 

If you fulfill the criteria to apply to join the Register without firstly going through the Experienced Practitioner Gateway, see the steps below.  If you are firstly confirming your eligibility through the Experienced Practitioner Gateway, these will come later.

1. Log onto your AHCS account using your login credentials - https://crpregister.ahcs.ac.uk/

2. Once you are logged into your account, you will see a 'New Application' icon on your home screen page, please click on this.

3. The next page will load, from there, please click on the ‘Start Application’ button next to the ‘Clinical Research Practitioner Register’ box.

4. From here, you will have access to your application where you will be able to complete and submit your register application.

 All your progress is saved automatically and you don't need to start and complete your application in one sitting. You will be able to log-on to your account and see the outstanding register modules that need completing, you will be able to continue updating your register application at any time.

Next time you want to access your application, you will need to login to your account and your Register application will be accessible from their dashboard.

FAQs

Frequently Asked Questions

Q1. I am a member of the Clinical Research Practitioner Directory, am I automatically registered?

 

 

If you are already listed on the CRP Directory, you can begin your application for registration through your online AHCS portal site. If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to get in contact with crpadmin@ahcs.ac.uk

 

CRPs on social media 

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