Job summary
- Main area
- 317 RRDN Agile Research Delivery Team
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- Fixed term: 12 months (from date of appointment)
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 317-2026-21-038
- Employer
- The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Trustwide
- Town
- 317 Trustwide
- Salary
- £39,959 - £48,117 pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 14/06/2026 23:59
- Interview date
- 01/07/2026
Employer heading
Agile Research Delivery Team Senior Nurse
Band 6
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, we’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.
Job overview
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.
Are you a registered nurse with extensive experience of supporting commercial research activity and working within a clinical research delivery environment?
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?
- Interview Date Wednesday 01 July 2026
- 37 Hours 30 Minutes/Week (Part Time/Flexi Working Considered)
- You will be redirected to Trac to apply for the vacancy. Please expand the job details section and read all of the information before applying for the vacancy
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Main duties of the job
Our Agile Research Delivery Team is a group of dedicated staff based in our Regional Research Delivery Networks (RRDNs) across England. They are skilled, multi-disciplinary staff who can work flexibly across a variety of different locations to support research delivery in health and social care.
Our regional teams can support studies at various stages as needed. Examples include:
- supporting the set-up of research
- co-ordinating commercial research trial delivery
- providing study information to potential participants
- facilitating the consent process & follow up visits in line with study protocols
- ensuring high standards of data collection & management
One of our key aims is to ensure that everyone across the country has the opportunity to take part in research that might be suitable for them. Delivering health and social care research in places where people already access a wide variety of services, helps us to do that.
Through our flexible and multi-disciplinary study support and Agile Research Delivery Team, we can help to deliver research in a wide range of settings.
These include:
- GP surgeries
- hospices
- care homes
- sheltered accommodation
- schools
- community hubs
- places of worship
- prisons
- people’s homes
Working for our organisation
As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
With around 2 million contacts with patients every year, we deliver care from:
- Royal Victoria Infirmary (RVI)
- Freeman Hospital
- Newcastle Dental Hospital
- Cramlington Manor Walks
- Urgent treatment centres
- Newcastle Fertility Centre
- Northern Centre for Cancer Care, North Cumbria
- Northern Genetics Service
These include a range of flagship services which deliver cutting-edge care (supported by state-of-the-art diagnostic services in both radiology and pathology) and are a catalyst for innovation to support pioneering clinical practice in the NHS.
We also have offices at Regent Point in Gosforth and community sites.
Please see attached information on what Staff Benefits we have to offer at our Trust under ‘Documents to download’ or ‘Supporting documents’.
For further information on The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust please visit: Careers | Newcastle Hospitals | NHS | Newcastle Hospitals and Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The North East and North Cumbria Regional Research Delivery Network (RRDN) is hosted by The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and we are seeking a motivated and enthusiastic Senior Research Nurse to join our RRDN Agile Research Delivery Team.
You will join an established team of multi-disciplinary research delivery staff who work collaboratively to facilitate and support the successful delivery of research across a variety of regional settings and specialties.
We welcome applications from colleagues who have experience of working in a diverse range of care backgrounds with particular interest in the areas of commercial research delivery, mental health care provision and primary care.
This role requires regular travel between premises across the geographical footprint of the North East and North Cumbria RRDN. In view of our current establishment the likely focus will be upon the eastern side of our region with the successful post holder being based at either our Regent Point, Gosforth or James Cook University Hospital locations.
Working hours are predominantly Mon-Fri but there will be the requirement to work alternative shifts and weekends as dictated by service need.
There is 1x full-time position available which is fixed term for an initial period of 12 months from the date of appointment. There are opportunities for part-time and flexible working which will be considered on an individual basis.
Person specification
Education and Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Educated to degree level in science or health related discipline or in another field with experience of research trials or equivalent relevant experience/training and educated or working towards postgraduate degree level
- Registered Nurse, Midwife or AHP on relevant part of the professional register (NMC, HCPC)
- Evidence of ongoing professional development
Desirable criteria
- Has completed or is undertaking a course in management / leadership
Knowledge and Experience
Essential criteria
- Leadership management experience in a health care setting
- Knowledge of the governance and legislative framework for conducting clinical research studies, including UK Policy Framework for Health and Care Research, UK Clinical Trials Regulations
- Knowledge of the clinical trial and health and care research lifecycle including experience of the set up of clinical research studies in a health and care setting
- Experience of the care of patients/participants enrolled in research studies
- Knowledge and experience of data interpretation, verification and reporting to local and national centres
Skills and Abilities
Essential criteria
- Good IT skills, particularly in the use of Web applications, MS Office and/or Google Hub applications
- Excellent planning and organisational skills
- Excellent interpersonal, communication and leadership skills
- Ability to work autonomously and to motivate self and others
- Ability to plan and coordinate multidisciplinary activities associated with the management of research study(ies) including, where relevant, work allocation, deployment and supervision of staff to ensure smooth running of the research study(ies)
- Ability to facilitate collaborative working relationships including with the public, research participants, carers and members of multidisciplinary teams
- Understanding of personal accountability
- Ability to travel for work
Desirable criteria
- Current Driving Licence
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Fiona Yelnoorkar
- Job title
- ARDT Senior Clinical Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07852351384
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