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Job requirements
Essential
28 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Skills and Abilities
Ability to work independently with minimal supervision.
- Skills and Abilities
Good planning and organisational skills.
- Skills and Abilities
Good interpersonal and communication skills.
- Skills and Abilities
Willing to undertake professional development as required.
- Skills and Abilities
Ability to travel for work
- Skills and Abilities
Current driving licence
- Knowledge and Experience
Developing knowledge of the governance and legislative framework for conducting clinical research studies, including ICH Good Clinical Practice.
- Knowledge and Experience
Developing knowledge of the clinical trial and health and care research lifecycle including some experience of the set up of clinical research studies in a health or care setting.
- Knowledge and Experience
Demonstrable experience of data management/administration - preferably in a health or care setting.
- Knowledge and Experience
Computer literate with some experience of the use of Web applications, Microsoft Office and/or Google Hub applications.
- Knowledge and Experience
Experience of the care of patients/participants enrolled in research studies.
- Knowledge and Experience
Knowledge of case note tracking, computerised patient administrative systems.
- Knowledge and Experience
Phlebotomy experience.
- Knowledge and Experience
An understanding of confidentiality issues.
- Education and Qualifications
Educated to A level or equivalent.
- Education and Qualifications
NVQ3/foundation degree in a Healthcare related subject or working towards.
- Education and Qualifications
Completed or working towards a Care Certificate.
- Value and Personal Qualities
Enthusiastic
- Value and Personal Qualities
Respectful of others.
- Value and Personal Qualities
Adaptable/flexible approach to work. Willing to learn.
- Value and Personal Qualities
Professional manner.
- Value and Personal Qualities
Calm under pressure.
- Value and Personal Qualities
Team player.
- Value and Personal Qualities
Assertive.
- Value and Personal Qualities
Facilitative, patient and helpful, to be a proactive role model.
- Value and Personal Qualities
Commitment to learning and a growth mindset.
- Value and Personal Qualities
Integrity.
- Value and Personal Qualities
Ability to work calmly and effectively, seeking support when required.
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 experienced Clinical Trials Assistant wishing to make the move to an Assistant Clinical Research Practitioner (ACRP) working in a dynamic mobile team.
This advert is for the a post available in the Humber and North Yorkshire region.
Main duties of the job
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 Assistant Clinical Research Practitioner post would ideally suit someone who has experience of supporting the delivery of research in a dynamic environment and/or experience of community based practice
These posts will be employed through Leeds Teaching Hospitals with the operational base being Humber Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust or the Wizu Workspace in York, depending on the location of the successful candidate.
The ARDT Assistant 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 experience are advantageous however not essential, Commercial Research Delivery, Mental Health, Community Care, 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: 01 October 2026
- Pay scheme: Agenda for change
- Band: Band 4
- Salary: £28,392 to £31,157 a year
- Contract: Permanent
- Working pattern: Full-time
- Reference number: 002146
- Job locations: Cross Site, Leeds, Yorkshire, LS1 3EX, United Kingdom
Job responsibilities
For questions about this job, contact:
Lauren Stanton
Clinical Research Practitioner
lauren.stanton3@nhs.net
Shortlisting Date: 15th October 2026
Interview Date: 28th 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.
This is an entry level post within the ARDT however it will be advantageous for the prospective candidates to demonstrate experience of supporting the delivery of 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
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 ARDT Assistant Clinical Research Practitioner with Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust in Leeds, England. It is listed as a Band 4 Research practitioner role. The advertised salary is £28392.00 to £31157.00. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 15 Oct 2026.
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