Agile Research Delivery Team Clinical Manager (XR07)

NHS; Leeds; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare organization is seeking an experienced Clinical Manager for the Agile Research Delivery Team. The role involves managing a mobile team across West Yorkshire, delivering diverse health and care research studies. The ideal candidate will have strong leadership skills, relevant experience in clinical research, and a commitment to maintaining professional standards. This position offers a chance to lead in a vibrant environment while supporting clinical research initiatives.

Qualifications

• Experience of line management of staff in a health setting.
• Knowledge of clinical research governance frameworks.
• Experience in clinical trials and research lifecycle.

Responsibilities

• Manage the operational leadership of the Agile Research Delivery Team.
• Lead contractual arrangements and maintain accountability.
• Plan and deliver complex projects across multiple agencies.

Skills

Good IT skills

Excellent planning and organisational skills

Excellent relationship management

Ability to work autonomously

Ability to travel for work

Education

NMC or HCPC

Postgraduate degree in a science or health related discipline

Qualification in leadership and management

Tools

Google Workspace

MS Office

Job description

Agile Research Delivery Team Clinical Manager (XR07)

Areyou ready for a new challenge? Do you want to work in a variety of settingsacross different organisations? Are you looking to lead a diverse team acrossWest Yorkshire? The Agile Research Delivery Team (ARDT) is looking for anexperienced Nurse/MAHP to join a dynamic mobile team.

TheARDT works across Secondary Care, Primary Care and Wider Care settings,delivering a variety of Commercial and Non-Commercial research studies andtrials. The Clinical Manager post would ideally suit someone who hasexperience of leading a team in a dynamic environment and/or experience ofdelivering clinical research at a senior level.

Thispost is employed through Leeds Teaching Hospitals but covers the WestYorkshire region, which is one of three sub-regions within the Yorkshire andHumber RRDN region. The operational base will be Leeds City Centre.

Thefollowing areas of expertise are advantageous however not essential,Commercial Research Delivery with IMP administration, Mental Health,Community or District Nursing, Supporting those living with Dementia andPrisons.

Expected ShortlistingDate

03/12/2025

Planned InterviewDate

17/12/2025

Main duties of the job

Therole will mainly be responsible for

Theoperational management and leadership of the West Yorkshire ARDT.

Leadon the contractual arrangements for ARDT staff deployed across NHS and widerhealth and care settings, establishing appropriate channels for maintainingprofessional accountability.

OverallLine management for the West Yorkshire based ARDT.

Coverfor other Clinical Managers in the South Yorkshire and Humber & NorthYorkshire sub-regions as required.

Plan,manage, adjust and deliver a broad range of complex projects, involvingmultiple agencies and individuals and a broad range of activities, to tightdeadlines.

Thepost holder will be able to communicate confidently in tasks such as publicspeaking, influencing, relationship management, project management and willhave good presentation skills.

Regularlymonitor and review the workload of the team to ensure it is manageable andthat there is a reasonable delegation of work.

Supportingthe team to maintain clinical standards and the team members individualpersonal professional development.

Inline with the NMC code of conduct, being participant focussed by acting as anadvocate for research participants, duty of care and ensuring participantsafety and providing a positive research experience.

Activelysupporting the delivery of research across a variety of settings includingCommercial and Non-Commercial research.

About us

ROLEOF THE RDN

FromOctober 2024, the NIHR Clinical Research Network became the NIHR ResearchDelivery Network (RDN). The RDN continues to support the effective andefficient initiation and delivery of funded research across the health andcare system in England for the benefit of patients, the health and caresystem and the economy, with a name that better reflects the scope andpurpose of the network to support:

Clinical trials and other well-designed health and social care researchstudies (including

studiesthat are delivered outside of an NHS setting);

Public health studies that require the recruitment of individuals within anNHS setting

(thatis, acute, ambulance, mental health, community or primary care) or an episodeof

carewhich involves contact with the NHS.

LeedsTeaching Hospitals is committed to our process of redeploying 'at risk'members of our existing workforce to new roles. As such, all our job advertsare subject to this policy and we reserve the right to close, delay or removeadverts while this process is completed. If you do experience a delay in theshortlisting stage of the recruitment cycle, please bear with us while thisprocess is completed, and contact the named contact if you have anyquestions.

Job responsibilities

Therole involves leading a team of multi professionals to deliver NationalInstitute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Research Delivery Network (RDN)Portfolio studies across varied health and care settings. As team manager you will be responsible fora team of regionally based, flexible, multi-disciplinary staff who aredeployed to support the delivery of NIHR RDN portfolio studies across a rangeof health and care specialties and settings. As team leader you will beresponsible for the planning, development and implementation of the NIHR RDNportfolio that reflects the community, with a focus on the health and socialcare issues of the population within the region. This post has a dualfunction and the post holder will either manage and lead research deliveryand/ or research support for wider care settings dependent upon regionalneed. This will include (but not limited to) delegation, supervision,provision of education and support, appraisals.

Therole will work alongside different professions from multiple organisationsinvolved in health and care research and will be an integral part of theAgile Research Delivery Team. The Team Manager will be responsible for delivering the NIHR ENRICH Network and providing an enhanced study supportoffering for social and wider care settings. The post holder will workclosely with the Agile Research Delivery Team Manager(s)and be accountable tothe Agile Research Delivery Team Senior (Clinical) Manager

Person Specification

Skills & behaviours

• Good IT skills, particularly in use of Web applications, Google Workspace applications and MS Office applications
• Excellent planning and organisational skills
• Excellent relationship management, interpersonal and communication skills
• Ability to work autonomously and to motivate self and others
• Ability to travel for work

Experience

• Effective leadership skills with experience of line management of staff, including appraisals, in a health or care setting.
• Good leadership skills with experience of line management of staff, including appraisals, in a health or care setting
• Significant knowledge of the governance and legislative frameworks for conducting clinical research studies, including UK Policy Framework for Health and Care Research, UK Clinical Trials Regulations
• Significant knowledge and experience of the clinical trial and health and care research lifecycle including experience of the set up of clinical research studies in a health and care setting
• Extensive or significant experience of the care of patients/participants enrolled in research studies

Qualifications

• NMC or HCPC
• Educated to or working towards postgraduate degree level in a science or health related discipline or in another field with experience of research trials or equivalent experience/training
• Qualification (or working towards) in leadership and management

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.