Job requirements
Essential
8 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Experience
Working clinically in a Specialist or Senior Level
- Experience
Evidence of active participation in Research and / or Innovation in the last 5 years
- Experience
Ability to communicate effectively with patients, senior clinical staff, and other health professionals
- Experience
Improves communication amongst colleagues using a range of skills including influencing, advocacy, championing, and facilitation
- Qualifications
Educated to master’s level or equivalent experience in a relevant subject area (e.g. clinical research, healthcare management, public health, biomedical science, or equivalent professional field)
- Qualifications
Good Clinical Practice (GCP)
- Qualifications
Evidence of continuous professional development (CPD) in research governance, regulatory compliance
- Qualifications
Formal management or leadership training (or equivalent demonstrable experience operating at senior strategic level within complex healthcare systems).
Desirable
3 listedAdditional qualities the employer would prefer.
- Experience
Active or previous role in local and regional/or national organisation research or innovation
- Experience
Promotes and models good practice consistent with legislation relating to: • Governance • Research • Data protection
- Qualifications
Coaching or mentoring qualification
Job overview
We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Research Imaging professional, with experience of working at a regional level, to join the Research and Innovation Directorate (R&I) at University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust (UHNM).
This senior role will provide regional leadership, co-ordination, and standardisation of research imaging processes across the North Midlands, directly addressing well-recognised critical bottlenecks in imaging research capacity and support. Furthermore, they will develop business cases and future funding bids to increase regional capacity, capability and infrastructure.
The RRIL will mitigate these delays by establishing the North Midlands Research Imaging Service (NMRIS): a dedicated, co-ordinated imaging pathway for research participants. The service will provide rapid access, clear scheduling, transparent costing, and a single point of co-ordination, while remaining fully embedded within NHS governance, IR(ME)R compliance, and NIHR research delivery frameworks). This service will standardise imaging workflows across the North and ensure imaging dependencies do not impede the North Midlands ability to meet national performance targets.
Main duties of the job
The role will be instrumental in transforming future healthcare and improving outcomes through research evidence - both for our community and across the region. With NIHR infrastructure funding and the opening of our Commercial Research Delivery Centre in April 2025, this is an exciting time to join the UHNM R&I Directorate as we push the boundaries of clinical research to benefit patients.
This is your opportunity to take on a strategic leadership role within the UHNM Research and Innovation Directorate, playing a pivotal part in the delivery of a research imaging service, regionally, that leads to tangible improvements in patient-centred research.
This role is ideal for a visionary leader who is committed to improving healthcare and patient experience. If you are passionate about leading research that makes a lasting impact on patient care, this is your opportunity to make a significant difference in a growing and dynamic directorate.
This is a 3 year fixed term position
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For further information please see the attached job description and person specification. For further details please contact Sarah Jones-Faulkner
Applicant requirements
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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This advert is for Regional Research Imaging Lead with University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust in Stoke-on-Trent, England. It is listed as a Band 8 Lead (legacy management group) role. The advertised salary is £66,582 - £77,368 pa. The contract type is 3 years (3 years fixed term). The application deadline is 21 Oct 2026.
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