ARDT Clinical Research Practitioner​/Officer

Main area 317 RRDN Agile Research Delivery Team Grade Band 5 Contract Fixed term: 4 years (until 31 March 2030) Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week Job  
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Employer The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Regent Point/James Cook University Hospital Town 317 Trustwide Salary £31,049 - £37,796 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 19/01/2026 23:59 Interview date 05/02/2026

Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the busiest and largest NHS hospital trusts in the country. We have around 16,000 staff and an annual budget of £1.7 billion.

With strong history of providing high quality care, clinical excellence, research and innovation regionally, nationally and internationally, w e’re in the top five providers of specialised health services in the country.

As well as providing a wide range of hospital and community services, we support people with a range of rare and complex medical, surgical and neurological conditions, cancers and genetic orders.

We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and recognise the benefit in providing an inclusive environment. We value and respect the diversity of our employees and aim to recruit a workforce which reflects the communities we serve, and is equipped to deliver the best service to our patients. We welcome all applications irrespective of people’s race, disability, sex, sexual orientation, religion or belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity and in particular those from under‑represented groups.

Newcastle Hospitals are proud to be one of the exemplar organisations across the NHS on sustainability, with a long history of delivering Sustainable Healthcare in Newcastle (Shine) and the first healthcare organisation in the world to declare a climate emergency. Our strategy includes commitments to being Net Zero by 2030, for our direct carbon footprint, and Net Zero by 2040 for our footprint plus.

Delivering these ambitions will not be possible without the help, support and action of every single member of our team.

Are you looking for an opportunity to develop new skills and support our population to participate in research opportunities across community, residential, primary care, hospital and wider care settings?

The NIHR Research Delivery Network (RDN) is part of the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR). It is funded by the Department of Health and Social Care to support the country’s world‑class research system to deliver high‑quality research that enables the best care for our population.

Our vision is that the UK is a global leader in the delivery of high quality, commercial and non‑commercial research that is inclusive, accessible, and improves health and care. Our mission is to enable the health and care system to attract, optimise and deliver research across England. We do this as part of the NIHRs overall mission to improve the health and wealth of the nation through research.

• Interview Date Thursday 05 February 2026
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The Northeast and North Cumbria Regional Research Delivery Network (RRDN) is hosted by The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

We have an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic and motivated Band 5 Clinical Research Practitioner to join our Agile Research Delivery Team.

The successful post holder will work as an integral member of the RRDN Agile Research Delivery Team to deliver NIHR portfolio‑adopted research studies. This role requires flexible working across the region at various health and social care sites, covering all settings and specialties.

The post holder will need excellent interpersonal skills to facilitate collaborative working relationships across a breadth of stakeholders and will be required to forge strong, positive relationships with staff, patients, participants, carers and members of the public.

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