Agile Research Delivery Team Nurse/ Midwife/ AHP

Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust; Canterbury; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare organization in the United Kingdom is seeking a Research Nurse/CRP/AHP to join its innovative research team. This role involves supporting the delivery of various commercial and non-commercial research studies across the South East. Candidates should be NMC registered or HCPC registered AHPs with strong interpersonal skills to foster collaboration. The position requires travel across multiple sites, and full training will be provided. This is a fantastic opportunity for those looking to build a career in clinical research.

Benefits

Comprehensive health and wellbeing program

Professional development opportunities

Travel expense reimbursement

Qualifications

• Strong healthcare background.
• Autonomous working ability.
• Willingness to travel across various sites.

Responsibilities

• Support delivery of research studies across Kent and surrounding areas.
• Identify, recruit, and follow up with research participants.
• Work collaboratively across multiple healthcare organizations.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Leadership skills

Clinical research knowledge

Education

NMC Registered Nurse or HCPC Registered Allied Health Professional

Job description

The Agile Research Delivery Team (ARDT) is seeking a Research Nurse/CRP/AHP to join our innovative and mobile research team. Working across Secondary Care, Primary Care, and Wider Care settings, you will play a key role in supporting the delivery of a diverse portfolio of Commercial and Non-Commercial research studies and clinical trials across South East Research Delivery Network. The post is hosted by Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust, with an operational base in Canterbury/Rochester, covering the Kent sub-region. This area forms one of three sub-regions within the South East Regional Research Delivery Network (RRDN). While your primary focus will be supporting research delivery across Kent, there may be occasions where you will contribute to activities in Surrey and Sussex to support wider network priorities and ensure flexible study delivery across the region. As this role involves travel across multiple sites, access to a car and a full driving licence are essential. Travel expenses will be reimbursed in line with the Trust's expenses policy. Previous applicants need not re-apply. Interested candidates are encouraged to contact Bethany Jones (email protected) for an informal conversation.

Previous research experience is not essential, full training, supervision, and ongoing professional development will be provided. This is an excellent opportunity for someone with a strong healthcare background who is eager to start or build a career in research. You'll work as part of a flexible, multidisciplinary team, supporting the set up and delivery of studies across multiple organisations and care environments. The focus for this role is to provide support to the delivery of National Institute for Health and Care Research Research Delivery Network (NIHR RDN) Portfolio studies across varied health and care settings. This will require flexible autonomous 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. The post holder will be a NMC Registered Nurse, Midwife or a HCPC Registered Allied Health Professional. They will need interpersonal and leadership skills to facilitate collaborative working relationships across a breadth of stakeholders. The role 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. The post holder will be accountable to the Senior Agile Research Delivery Team Nurse/ Midwife/ AHP.

Qualifications and Skills

Are you a Nurse, Clinical Research Practitioner (CRP), or Allied Health Professional (AHP) looking to develop new skills and contribute to improving patient care through research? If so, we'd love to hear from you.

About Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust

Working for our organization Royal Surrey is a compassionate and collaborative acute and community Trust. Recognising that our 5000 colleagues are our greatest strength, we offer a comprehensive health and wellbeing program along with a commitment to developing and advancing your career. Our diverse and welcoming Royal Surrey family will ensure you that you feel valued from your initial interview through your entire tenure. We are clinically led and provide joined up care by bridging the gap between hospital and community services alongside regional specialist cancer care. Our main acute hospital site is in Guildford with community hospital sites at Milford, Haslemere and Cranleigh. We provide adult community health services in homes across Guildford and Waverley. The Care Quality Commission (CQC) have given us an overall rating of Outstanding. Royal Surrey has a strong reputation and history to build on. We are proud of our achievements and we are investing in our colleagues through our commitment to supporting professional development as well as investing more than £45 million in our physical environment and new equipment in the next few years. There has never been a better time to join us. Although it isn't the Trust's normal practice, adverts may close early, so you are encouraged to submit an application as soon as possible.

Background of NIHR RDN

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. Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust is the Host Organisation for the South East RRDN region.

For more information, watch this video about Royal Surrey: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R96pMboIYdo.