South Central RRDN - Research Specialty Leads

Job description

Job responsibilities

Specialty Leads must be facilitative, be able to work flexibly and effectively in a developing organisation. You will be able to motivate and support others to deliver measurable results that make the NIHR RDN vision a reality. As a senior leader within the RRDN, you will be able to act as an advocate and champion - showing credibility amongst peers by actively being involved in the recruitment of participants.

You will play a vital role in leading and supporting the successful delivery of high-quality research in your speciality area, as an active partner in the research system, to increase capacity and capability of the research infrastructure for the future. As a result, research will reach more people, address changing population needs, support the health and care system and the economy, and become a routine part of care - for the benefit of patients, the health and care system and the economy.

You will:

Be able to evidence clinical (includes all health professions), social care, or public health professional status and be an acknowledged local opinion leader within your relevant specialty, with a breadth of appropriate knowledge.

Have experience of leading regionally in your relevant specialty area, developing that specialty collaboratively with patients and the public, and other stakeholders and establishing and sustaining outstanding service and a high-performance management culture.

Bring knowledge of national and regional systems, structures and processes for supporting health and care research delivery.

Demonstrate highly developed communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to articulate priorities, and effectively engage and influence others at all levels internally and externally, including through presentations and public speaking.

We welcome applications from all relevant professional groups (across health and care) within each specialty. We are committed to providing a culture of inclusion, respect and equality of opportunity that attracts, supports, and retains the best students and staff from all backgrounds and from across the world. Whatever role we recruit for we are always striving to increase the diversity of our community, which each individual helps enrich and cultivate.

Additional Information

For a full list of specialities - and their national leads - please visit: https://sites.google.com/nihr.ac.uk/rdn/about-the-rdn/national-specialty-and-settings-leads

Please see the attached Candidate Brief for further information including the job description and person specification.

If you would like an informal conversation on the recruitment process, please contact jane.mccartney@uhs.nhs.uk in the UHS Senior Appointments Team

or Mark Dolman,Operations Director for South Central RRDN on mark.dolman@nihr.ac.uk

Alternatively, if youre ready to apply, please follow the link below. Please submit an Expression of Interest and a short CV setting out your skills and experience for the speciality area/s you wish to apply for.

Closing date is 11 February 2025

Interviews are planned for late February 2025.

Person Specification

Knowledge, Skills and Experience

Essential

• Be able to evidence clinical (includes all health professions), social care, or public health professional status, for example by being registered (if appropriate) on the GMC Specialist Register, GMC General Practice register, NMC register, HCPC UK register, Social Work England register or relevant professional register
• Be an acknowledged local opinion leader within the relevant specialty, with a breadth of appropriate knowledge.
• Experience of leading regionally in the relevant Specialty area, developing that Specialty collaboratively with patients and the public, and other stakeholders and establishing and sustaining outstanding service and a high-performance management culture.
• Experience of delivering research as an Investigator in the relevant Specialty area and excellent general research delivery expertise.
• Knowledge of national and regional systems, structures and processes for supporting health and care research delivery.
• Evidence of motivating, supporting and coaching colleagues.
• The ability to work collaboratively, with evidence of successfully developing and maintaining effective working relationships with a range of internal and external partners and stakeholders.
• Highly developed communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to articulate priorities, and effectively engage and influence others at all levels internally and externally, including through presentations and public speaking.
• Highly developed emotional intelligence and resilience and the ability to operate effectively in an ambiguous and uncertain environment.
• Strong team player with the ability to act as a good citizen within the network representing a diversity of views.
• Politically astute and sensitive to the priorities and dynamics of a complex organisation.

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).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

University Hospital Southampton NHS Trust

Address

Southampton General Hospital

Tremona Road

Southampton

SO16 6YD

Employer's website

https://www.uhs.nhs.uk/home.aspx (Opens in a new tab)