Clinical Research Practitioner Agile Team - B5

Join the South East Regional Research Delivery Network (SE-RRDN) and start your career in research delivery!, We are excited to offer an opportunity for a Band 5 Clinical Research Practitioner to join our Agile Research Delivery Team (ARDT), supporting the delivery of high-quality research across the South East region. This post is based at the Sussex Innovation Centre.

Whether you are looking to take your first step into research or build on existing experience, this role offers a fantastic opportunity to develop within a supportive and forward-thinking team. No prior research experience is required--comprehensive training and supervision will be provided.

About the role

As part of our innovative ARDT model, you will play a key role in delivering research across a variety of settings, including primary care, community services, residential care, and hospitals. Working alongside Research Nurses, Clinical Research Practitioners, Allied Health Professionals, and Research Facilitators, you will:

- Support the set-up and delivery of NIHR portfolio studies

- Engage with sites to facilitate research activity

- Identify, recruit, and consent participants

- Support data collection and participant follow-up in line with study protocols

We are seeking enthusiastic and motivated individuals with a passion for healthcare and research. You will be adaptable, organised, and able to work across different environments as part of a multidisciplinary team. A driving licence and access to a car are essential, as you will be required to travel across the region. Travel expenses will be reimbursed in line with Trust policy.

The Agile Research Delivery Team is a dynamic and flexible workforce designed to transform how research is delivered across Kent, Surrey, and Sussex. With three teams operating across the region, we pride ourselves on a "one team, one workforce" approach, collaborative, inclusive, and focused on delivering research that makes a difference to patient care., 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.