• Job Description

  Req#: C9298-MDI-187?language=en&page=36&sort=publicationDateDesc

  Job summary

  Are you ready for a new challenge? Do you want to work in a variety of settings across different organisations? The Agile Research Delivery Team (ARDT) is looking for Clinical Research Practitioner (CRP) to join a dynamic mobile team, with a number of posts available in all of the 3 subregions of Yorkshire and Humber. This advert is for the posts available in the Humber and North Yorkshire Region.

  The ARDT works across Secondary Care, Primary Care and Wider Care settings, delivering a variety of Commercial and Non-Commercial research studies and trials. The Clinical Research Practitioner post would ideally suit someone who has experience of delivering research in a dynamic environment and/or experience of community based practice.

  These posts will be employed through Leeds Teaching Hospitals with the operational base being Humber Teaching Hospital NHS Trust Or York for the Humber and North Yorkshire Region.

  The ARDT CRP will be required to travel throughout the Humber and North Yorkshire region delivering all aspects of clinical and non-clinical research.

  The following areas of expertise are advantageous however not essential, Commercial Research Delivery, Mental Health, Community or District Nursing, Supporting those living with Dementia and Prisons.

  Main duties of the job

  The role will mainly be responsible for

  Awareness of professional codes of conduct/standards for the CRP role.

  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.

  Using appropriate manual and computerised systems, ensure accurate collection and maintenance of all research records and results, ensuring that all data can be verified.

  Manage multiple concurrent projects and research sites, requiring flexibility and adjustment according to demand.

  Where appropriate and in line with training competencies the post holder may be required to support multiple aspects of study delivery including; screening, recruitment (including taking informed consent) delivering interventions, follow ups, data management, sample collection and processing as required, across all specialties and settings.

  Manage your own workload seeking guidance from peers when necessary.

  Act in accordance with current legislation, including Good Clinical Practice, research governance legislation, and the Data Protection Act.

  About us

  The NIHR RRDNs have three key roles.

  First, to provide support to research sites to enable the effective and efficient initiation and delivery of funded research across the health and care system in England.

  Second, to enable the strategic development of new and more effective research delivery capability and capacity. This includes bringing research to under-served regions and communities with major health and care needs.

  Third, to work jointly with the Coordinating Centre in the strategic oversight of the NIHR RDN. This ensures that the Portfolio is maintained as a cohort of high-quality, fullyfunded, viable and deliverable studies. It also ensures that the NIHR RDN as a whole serves the needs of researchers and R&D teams and is responsive to the changing domestic and global environment for health and care, life sciences and health research.

  Leeds Teaching Hospitals is committed to our process of redeploying 'at risk' members of our existing workforce to new roles. As such, all our job adverts are subject to this policy and we reserve the right to close, delay or remove adverts while this process is completed. If you do experience a delay in the shortlisting stage of the recruitment cycle, please bear with us while this process is completed, and contact the named contact if you have any questions.

  Details

  Date posted

  20 March 2026

  Pay scheme

  Agenda for change

  Band

  Band 5

  Salary

  £32,073 to £39,043 a year

  Contract

  Permanent

  Working pattern

  Full-time, Flexible working

  Reference number

  C9298-MDI-187

  Job locations

  St. James's University Hospital

  Beckett Street

  Leeds

  LS9 7TF

  
  

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  STRATEGIC LEADERSHIP

  Act as a liaison between various stakeholders to ensure effective communication and alignment of objectives.

  Awareness of professional codes of conduct/standards.

  INFORMATION & ADMINISTRATION FOR RESEARCH DELIVERY:

  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.

  Ensure that relevant approvals are in place prior to commencing a study.

  Using appropriate manual and computerised systems, ensure accurate collection and maintenance of all research records and results, ensuring that all data can be verified.

  Provide timely information and reports to reflect recruitment of patients including timely entry to Local Project Management Systems (LPMS).

  Raise awareness of problems relating to IT and software systems, and work with the Senior Agile Research Delivery Nurse/ AHP/ CRP and IT departments to resolve them e.g. problems with online data submission forms.

  OPERATIONAL MANAGEMENT

  FOR RESEARCH DELIVERY:

  Manage multiple concurrent projects and research sites, requiring flexibility and adjustment according to demand.

  Where appropriate and in line with training competencies the post holder may be required to support multiple aspects of study delivery including; screening, recruitment (including taking informed consent) delivering interventions, follow ups, data management, sample collection and processing as required, across all specialties and settings.

  Manage your own workload seeking guidance from peers when necessary.

  Assist with research related monitoring visits and inspections.

  LIFE SCIENCES INDUSTRY

  Understand RDN Life Science Industry research and the importance and contribution of industry to health and care.

  Support business development activities, including: sourcing / signposting to relevant regional clinical research expertise and knowledge to support optimal research delivery.

  COMMUNICATION & STAKEHOLDER MANAGEMENT (NHS AND NON-NHS)

  Engage with, recruit and support participants from a broad spectrum of diverse communities.

  Develop relationships with research naive sites and settings enabling reach and facilitating equity of access to research.

  Facilitate effective communication of complex research study information with all relevant research personnel and research participants.

  Communicates in a way which recognises differences and ensures that research participants/ people feel included and their individual communication needs are met.

  Maintains confidentiality of information at all times.

  Attends, participates and contributes to Agile Research Delivery Team meetings.

  Liaises with others to discuss and negotiate issues relating to the delivery of research studies.

  Respond to queries from partners and customers to help them navigate and best utilise the networks offer, internally flagging potential issues that may arise.

  ENSURING PATIENT, CARER AND PUBLIC INFORM AND INFLUENCE DELIVERY OF RDN STRATEGY

  Demonstrate knowledge of the regional participant, carer and public impact on the research landscape.

  Ensure through professional conversations, the positive impact of patient and public involvement and engagement on the design, delivery and dissemination of research.

  Ensure all opportunities for patient, participant, carer and public feedback are optimised.

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  STRATEGIC LEADERSHIP

  Act as a liaison between various stakeholders to ensure effective communication and alignment of objectives.

  Awareness of professional codes of conduct/standards.

  INFORMATION & ADMINISTRATION FOR RESEARCH DELIVERY:

  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.

  Ensure that relevant approvals are in place prior to commencing a study.

  Using appropriate manual and computerised systems, ensure accurate collection and maintenance of all research records and results, ensuring that all data can be verified.

  Provide timely information and reports to reflect recruitment of patients including timely entry to Local Project Management Systems (LPMS).

  Raise awareness of problems relating to IT and software systems, and work with the Senior Agile Research Delivery Nurse/ AHP/ CRP and IT departments to resolve them e.g. problems with online data submission forms.

  OPERATIONAL MANAGEMENT

  FOR RESEARCH DELIVERY:

  Manage multiple concurrent projects and research sites, requiring flexibility and adjustment according to demand.

  Where appropriate and in line with training competencies the post holder may be required to support multiple aspects of study delivery including; screening, recruitment (including taking informed consent) delivering interventions, follow ups, data management, sample collection and processing as required, across all specialties and settings.

  Manage your own workload seeking guidance from peers when necessary.

  Assist with research related monitoring visits and inspections.

  LIFE SCIENCES INDUSTRY

  Understand RDN Life Science Industry research and the importance and contribution of industry to health and care.

  Support business development activities, including: sourcing / signposting to relevant regional clinical research expertise and knowledge to support optimal research delivery.

  COMMUNICATION & STAKEHOLDER MANAGEMENT (NHS AND NON-NHS)

  Engage with, recruit and support participants from a broad spectrum of diverse communities.

  Develop relationships with research naive sites and settings enabling reach and facilitating equity of access to research.

  Facilitate effective communication of complex research study information with all relevant research personnel and research participants.

  Communicates in a way which recognises differences and ensures that research participants/ people feel included and their individual communication needs are met.

  Maintains confidentiality of information at all times.

  Attends, participates and contributes to Agile Research Delivery Team meetings.

  Liaises with others to discuss and negotiate issues relating to the delivery of research studies.

  Respond to queries from partners and customers to help them navigate and best utilise the networks offer, internally flagging potential issues that may arise.

  ENSURING PATIENT, CARER AND PUBLIC INFORM AND INFLUENCE DELIVERY OF RDN STRATEGY

  Demonstrate knowledge of the regional participant, carer and public impact on the research landscape.

  Ensure through professional conversations, the positive impact of patient and public involvement and engagement on the design, delivery and dissemination of research.

  Ensure all opportunities for patient, participant, carer and public feedback are optimised.

  Person Specification

  Experience

  Essential

  • Knowledge of the governance and legislative framework for conducting clinical research studies, including ICH Good Clinical Practice.
  • Knowledge of the clinical trial and health and care research lifecycle including experience of the set up and delivery of research studies in a health and care setting.
  • Experience of the care of patients/participants enrolled in research studies or a customer focussed role.
  • Knowledge and experience of data systems, data entry, data interpretation, verification and reporting to local and national centres.

  Skills and Behaviours

  Essential

  • Good IT skills, particularly in the use of Web applications, MS Office and/or Google Hub applications.
  • Good planning and organisational skills.
  • Good interpersonal and communication skills.
  • Ability to work autonomously
  • Ability to plan and coordinate multidisciplinary activities associated with the management and delivery of research study(ies)
  • Understanding of personal accountability.
  • Ability to travel for work

  Desirable

  • Current driving licence

  Qualifications

  Essential

  • Educated to degree level in science or health related discipline or in another field with experience of delivering clinical research trials or equivalent experience/training
  • CRPs should be on, or working towards accredited registration with the AHCS
  • Evidence of ongoing professional development.

  Person Specification

  Experience

  Essential

  • Knowledge of the governance and legislative framework for conducting clinical research studies, including ICH Good Clinical Practice.
  • Knowledge of the clinical trial and health and care research lifecycle including experience of the set up and delivery of research studies in a health and care setting.
  • Experience of the care of patients/participants enrolled in research studies or a customer focussed role.
  • Knowledge and experience of data systems, data entry, data interpretation, verification and reporting to local and national centres.

  Skills and Behaviours

  Essential

  • Good IT skills, particularly in the use of Web applications, MS Office and/or Google Hub applications.
  • Good planning and organisational skills.
  • Good interpersonal and communication skills.
  • Ability to work autonomously
  • Ability to plan and coordinate multidisciplinary activities associated with the management and delivery of research study(ies)
  • Understanding of personal accountability.
  • Ability to travel for work

  Desirable

  • Current driving licence

  Qualifications

  Essential

  • Educated to degree level in science or health related discipline or in another field with experience of delivering clinical research trials or equivalent experience/training
  • CRPs should be on, or working towards accredited registration with the AHCS
  • Evidence of ongoing professional development.

  Disclosure and Barring Service Check

  This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

  Certificate of Sponsorship

  Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

  From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

  Additional information

  Disclosure and Barring Service Check

  This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

  Certificate of Sponsorship

  Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

  From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

  Employer details

  Employer name

  Leeds Teaching Hospitals

  Address

  St. James's University Hospital

  Beckett Street

  Leeds

  LS9 7TF

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://www.leedsth.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

  Employer details

  Employer name

  Leeds Teaching Hospitals

  Address

  St. James's University Hospital

  Beckett Street

  Leeds

  LS9 7TF

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://www.leedsth.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

• About the company

  National Health Service (NHS) is the umbrella term for the publicly-funded healthcare systems of the United Kingdom (UK). The founding principles were that services should be comprehensive, universal and free at the point of delivery—a health service based on clinical need, not ability to pay. Each service provides a comprehensive range of health services, free at the point of use for people ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom apart from dental treatment and optical care.

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