Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust
NIHR Regional Research Delivery Network (RRDN) Director
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RRDN Director
The RRDN Director is the senior officer responsible for the overall leadership, delivery, and management of the RRDN. They oversee and drive the work of the RRDN Strategic Development, Operations, and Health & Care Research Directors.
Purpose of the RDN
The purpose of the RDN is to support the effective and efficient initiation and delivery of funded research across the health and care system in England for the benefit of patients and the public, the health and care system, and the economy. The RRDN Director is accountable for enabling this regionally by providing efficient, effective, and nationally consistent supporting services and activities in line with the requirements of the RDN Host Organisation Contract with the Department of Health and Social Care, with particular emphasis on addressing the needs of the life sciences industry (across both commercial contract and commercial collaborative research).
The NIHR RDNs 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 is to ensure 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.
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About Royal Surrey
Royal Surrey is a compassionate and collaborative acute and community Trust. Recognizing that our 5,000 colleagues are our greatest strength, we offer a comprehensive health and wellbeing programme alongside a strong commitment to developing your career. Our diverse and welcoming Royal Surrey family ensures you feel valued from your initial interview and throughout your time with us.
We are clinically led and provide joined-up care by bridging hospital and community services, alongside delivering regional specialist cancer care. Our main acute hospital site is in Guildford, with community sites at Milford, Haslemere, and Cranleigh, and services delivered in patients’ homes across Guildford and Waverley.
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We work in partnership with Ashford & St Peter’s Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust through a collaborative Group Model, supporting joined-up services, workforce flexibility, and development opportunities.
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has rated us as Outstanding. We are proud of our achievements and continue to invest in our people and infrastructure.
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To learn more about life at Royal Surrey, please watch our short video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R96pMboIYdo
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Contact Information
For further details / informal visits contact:
- Name: Dr Stephen Barnett
- Job title: NIHR Regional Research Delivery Network Director
- Email address: stephen.barnett@nihr.ac.uk
- Telephone number: 01483 571 122
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