
Job requirements
Essential
5 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Experience as a band 5
Achieved grade/ experience
- Experience as a band 5
Understanding of Research / Clinical Trials
- Education/Qualifications
Educated to degree level
- Education/Qualifications
Trained in phlebotomy
- Education/Qualifications
ICH GCP certificate
Desirable
2 listedAdditional qualities the employer would prefer.
- Experience as a band 5
experience in Primary/Community care setting
- Education/Qualifications
Course in management / leadership.
Job overview
The focus for this role is to lead the delivery of National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Research Delivery Network (RDN) Portfolio studies across varied health and care settings. This will require flexible working across disciplines and the Regional RDN (RRDN) region and will involve the correct identification, recruitment, delivery and follow up for research participants according to the appropriate research protocols.
You will be a NMC Registered Nurse, Midwife or a HCPC Registered Allied Health Professional.
Needing interpersonal and leadership skills to facilitate collaborative working relationships across a breadth of stakeholders.
This post may contribute to line management for and leadership of a team of research delivery staff working autonomously in a variety of specialties and settings.
You 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.
Working in this role you will be accountable to the Agile Research Delivery Team Manager.
Main duties of the job
From October 2024, the NIHR Clinical Research Network became the NIHR Research Delivery Network (RDN). The RDN continues to support the effective and efficient initiation and delivery of funded research across the health and care system in England for the benefit of patients, the health and care system and the economy, with a name that better reflects the scope and purpose of the network to support:
Clinical trials and other well-designed health and social care research studies (including studies that are delivered outside of an NHS setting);
Public health studies that require the recruitment of individuals within an NHS setting (that is, acute, ambulance, mental health, community or primary care) or an episode of care which involves contact with the NHS.
The whole of England is supported through 12 NIHR Regional Research Delivery Networks (RRDNs). These work with the national Coordinating Centre to provide a joint RDN leadership function so that the NIHR RDN as a whole functions as a single organisation with a shared vision and purpose across England. Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is the Host Organisation for the East of England RRDN region.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Are you looking for an exciting Senior Agile Research Delivery Team Nurse/Midwife/AHP role using your unique qualities, then we want to hear from you.
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.
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 Senior Agile Research Delivery Team Nurse/Midwife/AHP with Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust in Westcliff-on-Sea, England. It is listed as a Allied health professionals role. The advertised salary is £39959.00. The contract type is 6 months (Fixed Term). The application deadline is 15 Oct 2026.
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