Agile Research Delivery Clinical Practitioner/Administrator

Agile Research Delivery Clinical Practitioner/Administrator

We are looking for an enthusiastic, motivated health research professional who will be a key member of the SE RRDN Agile Research Delivery Team (ARDT), supporting and delivering NIHR Portfolio research projects across community, residential, primary care, hospital and wider care settings. You will play a key role in supporting the delivery of a diverse portfolio of Commercial and Non-Commercial research studies and clinical trials across the SE RRDN.

The emphasis will be 'one team, one workforce', that will deliver high quality and new types of research across the whole of Kent, Surrey and Sussex.

You'll work as part of a flexible, multidisciplinary team, supporting the set up and delivery of studies across multiple organisations and care environments, helping to make high quality research accessible to patients and participants across the region.

Previous research experience is not essential; full training, supervision, and ongoing professional development will be provided. This is an excellent opportunity for someone with a strong healthcare background who is eager to start or build a career in research.

Main duties of the job

The focus for this role is for the post holder to work closely with and support Research Nurses/CRPs/AHPs/Research Facilitators in the delivery of National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Portfolio studies across varied health and care settings.

This will require flexible working across disciplines and the Regional Research Delivery Network (RRDN) region and will involve the correct identification, recruitment, delivery and follow up for research participants according to the appropriate research protocols. The post holder will need good interpersonal skills to facilitate collaborative working relationships across a breadth of stakeholders.

The role will support different professions from multiple organisations involved in health and care research and will be an integral part of the Agile Research Delivery Team which sits within the RRDN core team. The post holder will be accountable to the Agile Research Delivery Nurse/CRP/AHP/Facilitator. Key working relationships for this post include the wider Agile Research Delivery Team, researchers and research delivery teams within a range of different health and care settings. The post holder will also be required to forge strong, positive relationships with patients, participants, carers and members of the public in the course of delivering NIHR studies.

Job responsibilities

From October 2024, the NIHR Clinical Research Network became the NIHR Research Delivery Network (RDN). The RDN continues to support the effective and efficient initiation and delivery of funded research across the health and care system in England for the benefit of patients, the health and care system and the economy, with a name that better reflects the scope and purpose of the network to support:

Clinical trials and other well-designed health and social care research studies (including studies that are delivered outside of an NHS setting); Public health studies that require the recruitment of individuals within an NHS setting (that is, acute, ambulance, mental health, community or primary care) or an episode of care which involves contact with the NHS.

The whole of England is supported through 12 NIHR Regional Research Delivery Networks (RRDNs). These work with the national Coordinating Centre to provide a joint RDN leadership function so that the NIHR RDN as a whole functions as a single organisation with a shared vision and purpose across England. Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust is the Host Organisation for the South East RRDN region.

The NIHR RRDNs have three key roles: 1) to provide support to research sites to enable the effective and efficient initiation and delivery of funded research across the health and care system in England; 2) to enable the strategic development of new and more effective research delivery capability and capacity; and 3) to work jointly with the Coordinating Centre in the strategic oversight of the NIHR RDN.

Further important key relationships will be with other RRDN teams including the Workforce and People team, study sponsors, Contract Research Organisations (CROs), primary care, community, public health and social care organisations, and trust R&I teams.

Person Specification

• Demonstrable commitment to and focus on quality, promotes high standards to consistently improve patient outcomes
• Demonstrable skill to work together to serve our community through delivering safe and excellent clinical care
• Value diversity and difference, operates with integrity and openness
• Treating others with compassion, empathy and respect
• Share information openly and effectively with patients, staff and relatives
• Works across boundaries, looks for collective success, listens, involves, respects and learns from the contribution of others
• Uses evidence to make improvements, increase efficiencies and seeks out innovation
• Actively develops themselves and others

Qualifications

• Educated to A level or equivalent.
• NVQ3/foundation degree in a Healthcare related subject or working towards.
• Completed or working towards a Care Certificate.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Salary

£28,392 to £31,157 a year (pro rata)

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

384-AR-EMF20752

Job locations

South East Regional Research Delivery Network