Agile Research Delivery Team Nurse​/Midwife​/Allied Health Professional; AHP

An exciting opportunity has arisen to be part of our East Midlands RRDN flexible workforce, the Agile Research Delivery Team. We are looking to recruit a Senior Agile Research Delivery Team Nurse/Midwife/Allied Health Professional (AHP) to join the 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.
• Post holder will need excellent interpersonal and leadership skills to facilitate collaborative working relationships across a breadth of stakeholders to maximise engagement opportunities.
• May contribute to line management for a team of research delivery staff working autonomously in a variety of specialties and settings.
• 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.
• Work closely with the Study Support Service and the Stakeholder and Engagement team.
• Oversee multiple concurrent research studies, taking responsibility for study delivery from screening and informed consent to intervention delivery, follow‑up, data management and sample processing.
• Support monitoring visits, inspections and adherence to organisational and national research policies.
• Drive service improvement and continuous development, identifying recruitment barriers, proposing changes to working practices, contributing to clinical governance and supporting quality improvement initiatives.
• Performance management responsibilities, supporting target‑driven workloads particularly participant recruitment and ensuring compliance with Standard Operating Procedures.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills, engaging diverse communities, supporting equitable access to research, delivering complex information clearly, maintaining confidentiality and presenting study information to internal and external groups.
• Foster patient, participant and public involvement in research design and delivery.
• Ensure adherence to Good Clinical Practice, research governance legislation, data protection requirements and organisational frameworks, escalating risks where necessary.

, 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…