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Job requirements
Requirements from the employer’s person specification. These describe the role, not your personal match.
Essential
21 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Skills and Abilities
Good IT skills, particularly in the use of Web applications, MS Office and/or Google Hub applications.
- Skills and Abilities
Good planning and organisational skills.
- Skills and Abilities
Good interpersonal and communication skills.
- Skills and Abilities
Ability to work autonomously
- Skills and Abilities
Ability to plan and coordinate multidisciplinary activities associated with the management and delivery of research study(ies)
- Skills and Abilities
Understanding of personal accountability.
- Skills and Abilities
Ability to travel for work
- Skills and Abilities
Current driving licence
- Knowledge and Experience
Knowledge of the governance and legislative framework for conducting clinical research studies, including ICH Good Clinical Practice.
- Knowledge and Experience
Knowledge of the clinical trial and health and care research lifecycle including experience of the set up and delivery of research studies in a health and care setting.
- Knowledge and Experience
Experience of the care of patients/participants enrolled in research studies or a customer focussed role.
- Knowledge and Experience
Knowledge and experience of data systems, data entry, data interpretation, verification and reporting to local and national centres.
- Education and Qualifications
Educated to degree level in science or health related discipline or in another field with experience of delivering clinical research trials or equivalent experience/training.
- Education and Qualifications
CRPs should be on, or working towards accredited registration with the AHCS
- Education and Qualifications
Evidence of ongoing professional development.
- Value and Personal Qualities
Team player
- Value and Personal Qualities
Adaptable/flexible approach to work
- Value and Personal Qualities
Integrity
- Value and Personal Qualities
Organised with excellent attention to detail
- Value and Personal Qualities
Ability to work calmly, effectively and independently under pressure
- Value and Personal Qualities
Desire to maintain competence level through continuous learning
Desirable
Not listed in the available specification.
Job summary
Are you ready for a new challenge? Do you want to work in a variety of settings across different organisations? The Agile Research Delivery Team (ARDT) is looking for a Clinical Research Practitioner (CRP) to join a dynamic mobile team. This advert is for a post available in the Humber and North Yorkshire Region.
The ARDT works across Secondary Care, Primary Care and Wider Care settings, delivering a variety of Commercial and Non-Commercial research studies and trials. The Clinical Research Practitioner post would ideally suit someone who has experience of delivering research in a dynamic environment and/or experience of community based practice.
Main duties of the job
These posts will be employed through Leeds Teaching Hospitals with the operational base being either Wizu Workspace York or Humber Teaching Hospital NHS Trust depending on the location of the successful candidate
The ARDT CRP will be required to travel throughout the Humber and North Yorkshire region delivering all aspects of clinical and non-clinical research.
The following areas of expertise are advantageous however not essential, Commercial Research Delivery, Mental Health, Community based practice, Supporting those living with Dementia and Prisons.
About us
The Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is committed to delivering the highest quality and safest treatment and care to every patient, every time. Our vision is to provide the highest quality specialist and integrated care. We will do this through delivery of our multi-year goals and strategic priorities, which you can read about on this page. Central to it all is The Leeds Way our values and behaviours that are at the heart of everything we do.
Details
- Date posted: 18 September 2026
- Pay scheme: Agenda for change
- Band: Band 5
- Salary: £32,073 to £39,043 a year
- Contract: Permanent
- Working pattern: Full-time
- Reference number: 002139
- Job locations: Cross Site, Leeds, Yorkshire, LS1 3EX, United Kingdom
Job responsibilities
For questions about this job, contact:
Laura Wendon
Senior Research AHP
laura.wendon@nihr.ac.uk
Shortlisting Date - 7th October 2026
Interview Date - 20th October 2026
Why you should join our Team
The NIHR RRDNs have three key roles.
First, 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.
Second, to enable the strategic development of new and more effective research
delivery capability and capacity. This includes bringing research to under-served regions
and communities with major health and care needs.
Third, to work jointly with the Coordinating Centre in the strategic oversight of the NIHR
RDN. This ensures that the Portfolio is maintained as a cohort of high-quality, fully-funded, viable and deliverable studies. It also ensures that the NIHR RDN as a whole serves the needs of researchers and R&D teams and is responsive to the changing domestic and global environment for health and care, life sciences and health research.
The Agile Research Delivery Team form part of the Regional Research Delivery Network for Yorkshire and Humber. We support the delivery of research across multiple locations and settings, broadly speaking in Secondary Care and Wider Care Settings.
What you will bring to the role
This post is a community based role, covering the Humber and North Yorkshire area, therefore travel is a requirement of the role. The ARDT work both in and out of the hospital setting. Delivering NIHR Portfolio adopted research in Wider Care Settings and the community requires the post holder to have a flexible approach, excellent planning and time management skills.
Applicants should be able to demonstrate experience of delivering both commercial and non-commercial research and have knowledge of the legislative frameworks governing safe and effective research delivery.
Applicants should possess the necessary clinical skills required to deliver all aspects of clinical research such as phlebotomy, EGC recording and sample processing.
Please see the attached job description for further information about this vacancy.
About Leeds Teaching Hospital NHS Trust
Our Trust values
The Leeds Way is working together to support each other and deliver the best possible care to patients.
We are.
Responsible Open and Honest One Team Kind
Our Trust priorities
Our purpose: Excellent, safe and sustainable care for every patient every time
Our priorities:
People Improvement and Innovation Partnerships Outcomes
Sponsorship Eligibility
To comply with UK Government regulations on Skilled Worker sponsorship, Leeds Teaching Hospital NHS Trust is unable to provide sponsorship to applicants who do not meet the eligibility criteria or the salary threshold concessions set out under the Skilled Worker visa route. Please take this into consideration before submitting your application. Full guidance on these concessions, including details of who may qualify, can be found here.
We reserve the right to close this advert early if we receive a high number of suitable applications.
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This advert is for Agile Research - Clinical Research Practitioner with Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust in Leeds, England. It is listed as a Band 5 Research practitioner role. The advertised salary is £32073.00 to £39043.00. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 02 Oct 2026.
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