University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust
Head of Research Delivery and Support for Wider Care Settings
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Exciting Opportunity in East Midlands RRDN Leadership Team
An exciting opportunity has arisen to be part of our East Midlands RRDN leadership team, as the Head of Research Delivery and Support for Out of Hospital Settings. This is a job share to work alongside the current post holder. The opportunity to work between 22 to 24 hours a week over 3 days across Monday to Friday with normal office working hours.
About the Role
The Head of Research Delivery and Support for Out of Hospital Settings is a senior leadership role that has a focus on the strategic oversight, deployment and delivery capabilities of the RRDN’s Agile Research Delivery Team. The role leads a multi-professional team to deliver National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Research Delivery Network (RDN) Portfolio studies across various settings. This role leads a team of regionally based, flexible, multidisciplinary staff to support the delivery of NIHR RDN portfolio studies in diverse specialties and settings. The post has a dual function, managing and leading either research delivery and/or research support for wider care settings, dependent on regional need.
This role also involves working closely with key stakeholders within the region, across other regions and at a national level. The role involves working closely with the ARDT Senior Manager and reporting to the Operations Director.
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Key Responsibilities
- Work alongside the Head of Partner Liaison and Planning to co-lead the work of the Study Support Service Team with a focus on out of hospital settings.
- Provide strategic oversight, deployment and delivery capabilities of the RRDN’s Agile Research Delivery Team.
About East Midlands Regional Research Delivery Network
The NIHR RRDNs have three key roles:
- 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.
- 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.
- 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, fully-funded, 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.
About University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust
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- High-quality care for all,
- Being a great place to work,
- Partnerships for impact, and
- Research and education excellence
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Our strategy is underpinned by new values and we will work to ensure they are an everyday reality for all:
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- We are proud,
- We are inclusive, and
- We are one team
This is an exciting moment as we look to the future with clarity on what we already do well and where we need to focus our energies to make an even bigger difference for the people we serve.
About The University Hospitals Of Leicester NHS Trust
https://www.uhleicester.nhs.uk
For further details / informal visits contact:
Name: Daniel Kumar
Job title: Operations Director
Email address: daniel.kumar@nihr.ac.uk
Telephone number: 07960779693
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