Senior Agile Research Delivery Team Clinical Research Practitioner

Senior Agile Research Delivery Team Clinical Research Practitioner

The closing date is 02 January 2026

An exciting opportunity has arisen to be a part of our East Midlands RRDN flexible workforce, the Agile Research Delivery Team. 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 post will be based across the North Regions of the East Midlands comprising Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire and Lincolnshire with some work across the wider East Midlands. You will be allocated a local base office.

The focus for this role is to lead 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 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 and leadership of 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. The post holder will be accountable to the Agile Research Delivery Team Manager.

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 work to ensure they are an everyday reality for all:

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

• To maintain links with other research staff and specialists across the research teams to share knowledge and to provide mutual support.
• Attend national meetings in relation to research as appropriate.
• Awareness of professional codes of conduct/standards, and co‑ordinate professional updating and continuous development of staff within the Agile Research Delivery Team.

• Supporting the coordination of the Agile Research Delivery Team to ensure the day‑to‑day management of the workforce to ensure that appropriate staffing and skill mix is maintained at all times across all stages of all the work the Agile Research Delivery Team supports.

• Accurately perform and record a range of participant assessments and physiological measurements required, according to personal competencies and the study protocol. This may include, but not be limited to; venepuncture, blood pressure, urinalysis, weight and height.
• Appropriately document and report any serious adverse events and incidents according to regulatory requirements.
• Review research study protocols and scientific literature to identify safety aspects of research administration, and associated workload involved in running a clinical trial.
• Ensure that relevant approvals are in place prior to commencing a study.
• Analyse, interpret, compare and present a range of complex data (including research outcomes) to patient support groups and…