Agile Research Delivery Team Assistant Clinical Research Practitioner

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen to be a part of our East Midlands RRDN flexible workforce, the Agile Research Delivery Team.

We are looking at recruiting 2 x Assistant Clinical Research Practitioners to join our Agile Research Delivery Team.

Are you an individual with current research experience, who is keen to gain more experience in conducting research across differing specialties and settings supporting commercial and non-commercial research?

The post holder will be based at our office in Paget House, Leicester, however extensive travelling across the region will be expected, and some travel across the East Midlands will be required.

Our flexible Agile Research Delivery Team workforce has built a reputation of excellence, providing researchers with a service to achieve high quality outcomes. We have ambitious plans to expand the team and provide development opportunities to provide the team with the skills required to support the delivery of research in public health, community and social care settings.

Main duties of the job

The focus for this role is to provide support to the delivery and/or set up of National Institute for Health and Care Research Research Delivery Network (NIHR RDN) Portfolio studies across varied health and care settings. This will require flexible autonomous working across disciplines and the Regional RDN (RRDN) region. Research delivery will involve the correct identification, recruitment, delivery and follow up for research participants according to the appropriate research protocols. The post holder will need interpersonal and leadership skills to facilitate collaborative working relationships across a breadth of stakeholders to maximise engagement opportunities. This post may contribute to line management for a team of research delivery staff working autonomously in a variety of specialties and settings.

The role will work alongside 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 also work closely with the Study Support Service and the Stakeholder and Engagement team.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• The East Midlands RRDN Agile Research Delivery Team Clinical Research Practitioner will be responsible for the collection, recording and maintenance of data for patients on NIHR portfolio studies.
• The post holder will support current portfolio research staff in ensuring the completeness, accuracy and consistency of the data in order to meet standards expected for reporting to regulatory bodies.
• The individual will provide clinical support to patients in clinical trials; such as taking samples, performing tests and physical measurements in accordance with the clinical trial protocol and Good Clinical Practice.
• A key responsibility of the role will be to support research across the network and to take responsibility for the coordination and facilitation of concurrent research studies.
• The post holder will ensure compliance within the network and NHS trusts' policies on data protection, confidentiality and security.
• The role will provide clinical research practitioner support to various clinical specialties conducting research in NHS organisations, as well as public health, community and social care settings, across the East Midlands RRDN region.
• We are proud to be at the forefront of health and social care research delivery in the East Midlands, working with partner organisations operating in a broad range of settings across Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Rutland, Northamptonshire and Nottinghamshire.
• Hosted by the University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust, our model incorporates a number of different roles to enable us to drive clinical research delivery performance, and to ensure that research is championed across every level of health and care.