ARDT Clinical Research Practitioner

Transformationunitgm; Newcastle upon Tyne; On-site; GBP 31,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent NHS institution is looking for a Clinical Research Practitioner to support high-quality research delivery across various settings in the Northeast region. This full-time role requires excellent interpersonal, organizational, and IT skills for managing research studies and patient interactions. The successful candidate will work in a collaborative environment, ensure compliance with protocols, and help improve health outcomes. You will be expected to maintain accurate data records and actively contribute to participant recruitment and support handling within healthcare contexts.

Benefits

Flexible working arrangements

Ongoing professional development opportunities

Qualifications

• Must have experience in delivering clinical research trials.
• On or working towards accredited registration with the AHCS.
• Evidence of ongoing professional development required.

Responsibilities

• Support all aspects of study delivery from set-up through to follow-up.
• Ensure compliance with research protocols and good clinical practices.
• Manage workload autonomously and build relationships with participants.

Skills

Excellent interpersonal skills

Good IT skills

Organizational skills

Ability to work autonomously

Education

Degree in science or health-related discipline

Tools

MS Office

Web applications

Google Hub applications

Job description

Main area 317 RRDN Agile Research Delivery Team Grade Band 5 Contract Fixed term: 4 years (until 31 March 2030) Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week Job ref 317-2025-47-026

Employer The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Regent Point/James Cook University Hospital Town 317 Trustwide Salary £31,049 - £37,796 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 19/01/2026 23:59 Interview date 05/02/2026

ARDT Clinical Research Practitioner/Officer

Band 5

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, w e’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

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?

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.

• Interview Date Thursday 05 February 2026
• 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.

NO AGENCIES PLEASE

Main duties of the job

The Northeast and North Cumbria Regional Research Delivery Network (RRDN) is hosted by The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

We have an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic and motivated Band 5 Clinical Research Practitioner to join our Agile Research Delivery Team.

The successful post holder will work as an integral member of the RRDN Agile Research Delivery Team to deliver NIHR portfolio-adopted research studies. This role requires flexible working across the region at various health and social care sites, covering all settings and specialties.

The post holder will need excellent interpersonal skills to facilitate collaborative working relationships across a breadth of stakeholders and will be required to forge strong, positive relationships with staff, patients, participants, carers and members of the public.

We welcome applications from colleagues who are on or working towards CRP accredited registration with the AHCS. Previous experience of research delivery is required, alongside knowledge and experience of the research process and research data entry. Applicants must have good IT skills regarding Microsoft Office, Web applications and Google Hub. You should be enthusiastic, able to demonstrate ability to work autonomously and take accountability for your work. The post-holder must have excellent attention to detail and team working skills, and can work flexibly and under pressure.

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:

• Northern Centre for Cancer Care, North Cumbria

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

NB. This is a participant/patient facing research delivery role and not research support.

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 settings.

Key Duties include but are not limited to:

• Support all aspects of study delivery from set-up through to correct identification (screening), recruitment and on to follow-up and closedown across all specialties and settings in the NENC region.
• Delivery of research must be in accordance to the relevant research protocols; Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and adhere to regulations and Good Clinical Practice (GCP).
• Working flexibly and providing agility to meet the needs of the service – this will be for a variety of studies according to demand.
• Working as a member of the ARDT to provide participant centered care in a variety of locations in line with trust policy, procedure and guidelines and in line with study protocols and governance requirements.
• Work autonomously to manage own workload.
• CRP will perform and record a range of participant assessments and physiological measurements required, according to personal competencies and the study requirements. 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 and elevate any adverse events or issues appropriately to senior team members of the ARDT if required.
• Ensure accurate data collection and maintenance of all research records and results in line with local SOPs and study protocols.
• Assist with audit/monitoring and inspection visits.
• Identify potential and actual barriers to participant recruitment, raise awareness of this with Senior Agile Research Delivery team.
• Develop relationships with staff and individuals at different sites and settings in the Northeast to ensure people from varied populations can be offered opportunities to take part in research.

Our regional agile team can support studies at various stages as needed. Examples include:

• supporting the set-up of research
• helping with screening
• receiving consent from participants
• recruitment to studies
• data management and follow-up

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.

Person specification

Education and Qualifications

• 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

Knowledge and Experience

• 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 Abilities

• 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 workCurrent driving licence

Important note on completion of reference section of Application Form

All references from current and previous employers will be sought and must cover a minimum of 3 years employment. Therefore, when completing the reference section of your application form, please give the address, telephone number and work email address of each of your current/previous line managers that cover 3 years employment. Failure to complete this section may result in your application not being processed.

Please note it is a requirement of The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust that all successful candidates who require a DBS for the post they have been offered pay for their DBS certificate. The method of payment is a salary deduction from your first month’s pay.

Candidates who are shortlisted for interview will be contacted by e-mail. You should check your SPAM folders as well as your inbox. If you have not been contacted within 4 weeks of the closing date you should assume your application has been unsuccessful.

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