Senior Research Operational Managers

We have a number of Senior Research Operational Managers (SROMs) who coordinate and support research activity and represent and report to both R&I and your Clinical Division.

Senior Research Operational Managers (SROMs) provide advice and support in:

• Planning your research – the approval process (Ethics, Regulatory, R&D, peer review), costing, collaboration, funding schemes, research resources/networks available to you.
• Seeking Trust authorisation for you and submission of grant applications.
• Research finance e.g. the way the Department for Health and Social Care pays for research in the NHS.
• How research performance is assessed and how you can improve your own research performance.
• Recruitment and management of research staff.

They are responsible for:

• Risk assessing research
• Managing operational issues relating to research
• Ongoing advice on study progress and reporting e.g. REC reports, amendments, outcome reports, recruitment figures.
• Financial management as required
• Research Performance reporting
• Managing research staff as required