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Overview
Overview
Below, we have listed a number of existing ways CRNs Greater Manchester & North West Coast can support you to increase research workforce availability across your organisation:
Request Support from the CRN GM Research Delivery Team
Request Support from the CRN GM Research Delivery Team
Utilisation of Ad Hoc Reservists through NHSP/Trust bank
Utilisation of Ad Hoc Reservists through NHSP/Trust bank
The NW Research Workforce Team can support set up if needed.
Utilisation of Non-Recurrent Funding
Utilisation of Non-Recurrent Funding
Please discuss with your Trust Research Delivery Manager
If available in your organisation -
If available in your organisation -
Recruitment of long term unemployed via UK Gov Kickstart scheme
Below, we have gathered information from around the country on different sources of support or activities that release experienced staff to deliver targeted research:-
Below, we have gathered information from around the country on different sources of support or activities that release experienced staff to deliver targeted research:-
Increasing Workforce Availability
Increasing Workforce Availability
Initiatives such as LCRN Wessex Vaccine Hub and LCRN Greater Manchester Research Workforce Hub.
Bank staff / NHS Professionals - either utilise their existing staff resources or create your own.
Payment of out of hours (weekend, late nights) or overtime for existing staff and where capacity is available
Increasing hours temporarily for part time staff
Offer retiring staff a zero hours contract or bank position before they complete their notice period.
Can commercial organisations able to provide experienced research staff be funded? (e.g. Chase, Illingworth etc)
Nursing associates and other non-traditional research roles to support out of hours and gain research delivery experience
Up-skill administrators to become Clinical Research Practitioners on a temporary basis
NMC registrants working in non-clinical roles - can they be redeployed temporarily?
Releasing Time
Releasing Time
Consider utilising the NIHR CRN Delegation in Research model (and subsequent NW Research Workforce Training Plan) to support task allocation by role.
Redeployment of staff into temporary research support roles from areas not yet fully open i.e. ?out-patient areas - or - vaccination hubs that are winding down.
Deployment of research-naive staff to observational studies to back-fill/release experienced staff to more complex studies, to build infrastructure, gain experience.
Offer retiring staff a zero hours contract or bank position before they complete their notice period.
NMC registrants working in non-clinical roles - can they be redeployed temporarily?
Nursing associates and other non-traditional research roles to support out of hours and gain research delivery experience
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