Research Delivery Practice Educator

Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital; Norwich; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional NHS trust in Norwich is seeking a Research Delivery Practice Educator to enhance research delivery skills within their Agile Research Delivery Team. This role involves training staff, mentoring new team members, and providing expert advice on clinical governance and skills improvement. Ideal candidates will be registered nurses or AHPs with postgraduate qualifications and extensive experience in research delivery. The position supports flexible working options and a collaborative environment.

Benefits

Fast Track Staff Physiotherapy Service

Discounted gym memberships

Excellent pension scheme

Wagestream - access to earnings

Free confidential counselling support

Flexible staff bank

Qualifications

• Highly developed specialist knowledge of research delivery practices.
• Experience in teaching and mentorship.
• Expert knowledge of Good Clinical Practice (GCP) and research governance.

Responsibilities

• Mentor new Agile Research Delivery Team members.
• Provide formal learning interventions and constructive feedback.
• Lead provision of research delivery practice education.

Skills

Ability to work collaboratively across organisations

Mentorship

Teaching

Education

Postgraduate qualification in a relevant subject or equivalent experience

Registered Nurse or AHP on professional register

Job description

The Regional Research Delivery Network (RRDN) East of England, which is part of the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR), has an exciting opportunity for a Research Delivery Practice Educator to join the team.

The Research Delivery Practice Educator will have responsibility for enhancing the research delivery skills and clinical competence of the NIHR Regional Research Delivery Network (RRDN) Agile Research Delivery Team. This will include providing relevant research education and, where necessary, improving research and clinical skills for research delivery staff . This role also involves working with and supporting research delivery partners to determine skills gaps to be addressed through design of their own research education and clinical skills training programmes where development of this may be required.

This role is part of the RRDN Workforce Development function. This role will ensure all clinical research delivery staff within the Agile Research Delivery Team are trained and competent in line with employer statutory and mandatory requirements as well as applicable Research Delivery Network (RDN) training and development programmes and relevant study sponsor requirements.

This role may also provide clinical research delivery support to studies delivered by the Agile Research Delivery Team when required The RRDN East of England is hosted by the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

Main duties of the job

Work with the Agile Research Delivery Team leaders and managers to provide effective leadership in training delivery/facilitation skills and act as a role model, to thus motivate, support and enable the evolution of the Agile Research Delivery Team service. This will involve:

• Mentoring new Agile Research Delivery Team members.
• Providing formal learning interventions.
• Delivering constructive feedback.
• Leading and effectively managing the provision of research delivery practice education and clinical skills improvement to ensure the capability of the Agile Research Delivery Team.
• Establishing and maintaining effective working relationships with the RRDN Host Clinical Education Team, educators in the region and key contacts in Delivery Organisations.
• Curating and providing expert advice and guidance on clinical governance requirements and related regulations to guide safe and appropriate training development and delivery.
• Providing expert research delivery practice education, clinical skills training in line with host organisation and Sponsor requirements, and in accordance with requirements of all relevant regulatory bodies.
• Providing highly specialist advice on all aspects of the research process and research delivery practice, including expectations of clinical skills and required competencies across research delivery settings.

About us

Join us at the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital and be part of a workforce of over 10,000 staff!

The NNUH is one of the largest NHS trusts in the UK, providing first-class acute care for around one million people, living in Norfolk and surrounding areas. We are a teaching and research hospital, at the forefront of innovation, home to state-of-the-art facilities, such as the Quadram Institute. We are pleased to work closely with the University of East Anglia, providing teaching opportunities for our staff and placement opportunities for their students. We attract some of the best and leading professionals from across the country and are proud that our workforce represents 94 countries from across the world.

We are a friendly, collaborative hospital, working with local services and home to N&N Hospitals Charity.

We can offer you the full range of NHS benefits/discounts and in addition:

• Fast Track Staff Physiotherapy Service
• Multi Faith prayer room at NNUH Colney Lane site
• Discounted gym memberships
• Excellent pension scheme and annual leave entitlement
• Wagestream - access up to 40% of your pay as you earn it
• Free Park & Ride service direct to NNUH Colney Lane site
• Free 24-hours confidential counselling support
• On-site Nursery at NNUH Colney Lane
• On-site cafes offering staff discounts at NNUH Colney Lane
• Flexible staff bank
• Salary Sacrifice schemes including lease cars, Cycle to Work scheme and home electronics

Job responsibilities

Please view the attached job description for full details of the role and use your supporting statement to confirm how you meet the essential and desirable criteria on the job specification.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse or AHP on relevant part of the professional register (NMC HCPC)
• Postgraduate qualification (eg. Post Graduate Diploma or similar qualification, which signifies level 7 level of knowledge) in a relevant subject or equivalent experience

Experience

• Highly developed specialist knowledge and extensive experience on all aspects of the research process and research delivery practice, including expectations of clinical skills, Principal Investigator roles and required competencies across research delivery settings and on a wide variety of studies including all phases of Clinical Trials, CTIMP interventional/observational and commercial/non-commercial.
• Experience of teaching and mentorship
• Expert knowledge of Good Clinical Practice (GCP), research governance and related regulations

Skills

• Ability to work collaboratively across organisations and geographically dispersed teams

Values and Personal Qualities

• Effective role model, demonstrating NNUH's PRIDE values of People focussed, Respect, Integrity, Dedication and Excellence
• Demonstrates understanding and commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

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.

Full-time,Part-time,Job share,Flexible working,Home or remote working