Senior Agile Research Delivery Team Nurse​/Midwife​/AHP

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The closing date is 12 March 2026

An exciting opportunity has arisen to be a part of our East Midlands RRDN flexible workforce, the Agile Research Delivery Team.

We are looking at recruiting a Senior Agile Research Delivery Team Nurse/Midwife/Allied Health Professional (AHP) to join our Agile Research Delivery Team.

Are you an individual with current research experience, who is keen to conduct research across differing specialities and settings supporting commercial and non-commercial research?

The post holder will be based at our office in Paget House, Leicester, however extensive travelling across the region will be expected, and some travel across the East Midlands will be required.

Our flexible Agile Research Delivery Team workforce has built a reputation of excellence, providing researchers with a service to achieve high quality outcomes. We have ambitious plans to expand the team and provide development opportunities to provide the team with the skills required to support the delivery of research in public health, community and social care settings

The focus for this role is to provide support to the delivery and/or set up 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.

Research delivery will involve the correct identification, recruitment, delivery and follow up for research participants according to the appropriate research protocols.

The post holder will need excellent interpersonal and leadership skills to facilitate collaborative working relationships across a breadth of stakeholders to maximise engagement opportunities.

This post may contribute to line management for a team of research delivery staff working autonomously in a variety of specialties and settings.

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 also work closely with the Study Support Service and the Stakeholder and Engagement team.

Our new strategy, developed with the support and feedback of colleagues, patients, and partners, is our compass for the next seven years ).

We have four primary goals:

• high-quality care for all,
• being a great place to work,
• partnerships for impact,
• research and education excellence

And we will embed health equality in all we do - taking active steps to reduce the avoidable differences in healthcare that some people face, working in partnership with communities.

Our strategy is underpinned by new values and we will work to ensure they are an everyday reality for all:

• we are compassionate,
• we are proud,
• we are inclusive,
• we are one team

This is an exciting moment as we look to the future with clarity on what we already do well and where we need to focus our energies to make an even bigger difference for the people we serve.

About the University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust:

The role provides strategic, operational, and clinical leadership within an Agile Research Delivery Team, ensuring high-quality delivery of clinical research across multiple specialties and settings. It requires working within professional codes of practice while contributing to the advancement of research practice through evidence-based approaches, service improvement, and continuous professional development.

The post holder acts as a role model, supports staff development, and maintains strong links with wider research networks.

The post holder manages information and administration relating to research activities, performing protocol-specific assessments, ensuring accurate and verifiable data collection, reporting adverse events, maintaining regulatory compliance, and supporting the smooth operation of Local Project Management Systems. They interpret complex data and present findings to stakeholders, while liaising with IT teams to resolve data system issues.

In operational management, the role oversees multiple concurrent research studies, taking responsibility for study delivery from screening and informed consent to intervention delivery, follow-up, data management, and sample processing. They support monitoring visits, inspections, and adherence to organisational and national research policies.

The role drives service improvement and continuous development, identifying recruitment barriers, proposing changes to working practices, contributing to clinical governance, and supporting quality improvement initiatives. They are expected to seek innovations, elevate challenges, and promote cross-setting and cross-specialty collaboration.

The post includes performance management responsibilities, supporting target-driven…