Agile Research Delivery Team Research Facilitator – Egerton Rd, Guildford

Job overview

Are you ready to take on a new and exciting challenge?
Do you thrive in dynamic environments and enjoy working across a variety of healthcare settings?
Are you looking to develop new skills and contribute to improving patient care through research?If so, we’d love to hear from you.
The Agile Research Delivery Team (ARDT) is seeking an enthusiastic and motivated individual to join our innovative and mobile research team. 

You will play a key role in research support for wider care settings supporting the set up and delivery of a diverse portfolio of Commercial and Non-Commercial research studies and clinical trials across the South East Research Delivery Network. This role will involve engaging with stakeholders to promote research activity, site identification, set up and associated governance across wider care settings.Ongoing professional development will be provided. This is an excellent opportunity for someonewith a healthcare background who is eager to build a career in research with a focus on wider care settings.

Main duties of the job

You’ll work as part of a flexible, multidisciplinary team, supporting the set up and delivery of studies across multiple organisations and care environments, helping to make high quality research accessible to patients and participants across the region.
The post is hosted by Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust, with an operational base in either Kent, Surrey or Sussex.

There may be occasions where you will contribute to activities across the three counties to support wider network priorities and ensure flexible study set up and delivery across the region.

As this role involves travel, access to a car and a full driving licence is preferred. Travel expenses will be reimbursed in line with the Trust’s expenses policy.

If you’re passionate about improving healthcare through research and want to be part of a supportive, forward-thinking team that works flexibly across care settings, we encourage you to apply.

Please refer to the attached job description for full details of the role.

Working for our organisation

Royal Surrey is a compassionate and collaborative acute and community Trust. Recognising that our 5000 colleagues are our greatest strength, we offer a comprehensive health and wellbeing program along with a commitment to developing and advancing your career. Our diverse and welcoming Royal Surrey family will ensure you that you feel valued from your initial interview through your entire tenure.

We are clinically led and provide joined up care by bridging the gap between hospital and community services alongside regional specialist cancer care. Our main acute hospital site is in Guildford with community hospital sites at Milford, Haslemere and Cranleigh. We provide adult community health services in homes across Guildford and Waverley.

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) have given us an overall rating of Outstanding.

Royal Surrey has a strong reputation and history to build on. We are proud of our achievements and we are investing in our colleagues through our commitment to supporting professional development as well as investing more than £45 million in our physical environment and new equipment in the next few years. There has never been a better time to join us.

Although it isn’t the Trusts normal practice, adverts may close early, so you are encouraged to submit an application as soon as possible.

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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The focus for this role is to lead the delivery and/or set-up of National Institute for Health and Care 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. 

This post has a dual function and the post holder will either lead on research delivery and/or research support for wider care settings dependent upon regional need. 

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

Research support will involve engaging with stakeholders to promote research activity, site identification, set up and
associated governance. 

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 (Clinical) Manager.

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.