Senior Agile Research Delivery Team Clinical Research Practitioner

Job overview

We are looking for a motivated individual with excellent communication, interpersonal and organisational skills who is dedicated to working as part of our friendly team.

We take pride in nurturing a supportive environment in which to work while ensuring we deliver a high quality service.

Mid and South Essex Hospitals falls within East of England RRDN and is the host responsible for ensuring the effective delivery of research in primary care and other qualified community service throughout Essex.

The role involves using an in-depth knowledge of research study protocols and their application in practice alongside a working knowledge and compliance with local and national research regulations.

The Trust has an in-house training and career development programme and has an established research team embedded within the Research & Development (R&D) team which ensures support and clear communication channels are available.

If this sounds like the opportunity for you, please apply today.

Main duties of the job

The focus of the role will be in supporting the delivery and development of the NIHR community research portfolio.

The role is designed to increase research participation from NHS GP settings in Primary care and non-NHS settings, including care homes, hospices and schools etc.

Your case load will be within Essex and you will work collaboratively with members of general practices and primary care teams across a range of sites and with key individuals within the host organisation.

This post is funded through the NIHR, the post is currently based at Broomfield Hospital, but you would also be expected to travel at times across Essex and to NIHR meetings within the East of England. In view of the travel requirements, you are required to hold a clean driver’s licence and business mileage will be paid according to agenda for change travel guidelines.

The Research & Development Department covers the three acute Trusts in the Mid and South Essex locality (Mid Essex Hospital Services NHS Trust, Southend University Hospital MSENHSFT and Basildon and Thurrock Hospitals MSENHSFT). You will be expected to undertake your normal duties at the principal place of work, however, in the course of your duties you may also be required to work at any of the sites within the MSE Group area as well as other NHS or Non- NHS sites within Essex , as part of the delivery of the service.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For full details about this varied and rewarding role, please see attached job description.

We look forward to your application.

Please be aware that we reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive a suitable number of applications.

Unfortunately, there is no Visa Sponsorship available for this role. Whilst we are able to employ candidates on a graduate Visa, we are unable to offer sponsorship once the graduate visa expires.

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.