Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust

Agile Research Delivery Officer - B5

The closing date is 12 April 2026

Job summary

Are you ready to take on a new and exciting challenge?
Do you thrive in dynamic environments and enjoy working across a variety of healthcare settings?
Are you looking to develop new skills and contribute to improving patient care through research?
If so, we'd love to hear from you.
The Agile Research Delivery Team (ARDT) is seeking an enthusiastic and motivated individual to join our innovative and mobile research team. You will play a key role in research support for wider care settings supporting the set up and delivery of a diverse portfolio of Commercial and Non-Commercial research studies and clinical trials across the South East Research Delivery Network. This role will involve engaging with stakeholders to promote research activity, site identification, set up and associated governance across wider care settings.
Ongoing professional development will be provided.

Main duties of the job

The focus for this role is to provide support to the setup of National Institute for Health and Care Research Delivery Network (NIHR RDN) Portfolio studies across varied health and care settings. This will require flexible autonomous working across disciplines and the Regional RDN (RRDN) region. The post holder will contribute to research support for wider care settings. Research support will involve engaging with stakeholders to promote research activity, site identification, set up and associated governance. The post holder will need interpersonal and leadership skills to facilitate collaborative working relationships across a breadth of stakeholders to maximise engagement opportunities. This post may contribute to line management for a team of research delivery staff working autonomously in a variety of specialties and settings.

About us

Royal Surrey is a compassionate and collaborative acute and community Trust. Recognising that our 5000 colleagues are our greatest strength, we offer a comprehensive health and wellbeing program along with a commitment to developing and advancing your career. Our diverse and welcoming Royal Surrey family will ensure you that you feel valued from your initial interview through your entire tenure.

We are clinically led and provide joined up care by bridging the gap between hospital and community services alongside regional specialist cancer care. Our main acute hospital site is in Guildford with community hospital sites at Milford, Haslemere and Cranleigh. We provide adult community health services in homes across Guildford and Waverley.

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) have given us an overall rating of Outstanding.

Royal Surrey has a strong reputation and history to build on. We are proud of our achievements and we are investing in our colleagues through our commitment to supporting professional development as well as investing more than £45 million in our physical environment and new equipment in the next few years. There has never been a better time to join us.

Although it isn't the Trusts normal practice, adverts may close early, so you are encouraged to submit an application as soon as possible.

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Date posted

24 March 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

£33,677 to £40,996 a year per annum including HCAS High Cost Area Supplement

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

384-AR-EMF19729

Job locations

Royal Surrey Foundation Trust

Egerton Road

Guildford

GU2 7XX

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please refer to the full Job description / person spec

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 SUPPORT FOR WIDER CARE SETTINGS:

Understand complex information and data to support decisions and plans relating to the Agile Research Delivery Team .

In collaboration with the Study Support Service, facilitate implementation of Information Governance best practice within systems supporting the operation of the Agile Research Delivery Team and wider care settings.

Ensure data integrity within relevant RDN systems, identifying potential concerns and patterns, and advising RDN customers and partners in resolving issues.

Undertake the processes required to continually ensure high quality and integrity of data within the portfolio management systems.

Support the use of digital innovations including data visualisation tools/dashboards and digital recruitment services to inform study and process decision making.

Actively contribute to activities and service processes that support wider care settings, study sponsors, funders and investigators to access data to enable them to effectively manage the delivery of their studies (and enable them to request support from the RDN as required).

Utilise operational activity data for cost attribution and allocation of studies, ensuring accurate data support for regional wider care organisations.

In collaboration with the Study Support Service, ensure compliance with the DHSC RDN Portfolio Policy that the process, procedure and monitoring of studies enables sponsors / delegates, research delivery sites and funders to understand and adhere to their roles and responsibilities. For example, this may include satisfying the Eligibility Criteria for NIHR support before they are included on the portfolio and subsequently adhering to the expected actions and requirements set out in the NIHR RDN Portfolio Terms and Conditions.

Contribute to the oversight of the RDN wider care settings portfolio to proactively identify potential issues and opportunities, working as an active partner to resolve and action follow-up activity.

Support relevant Study Sponsors and delegates in the utilisation of the Sponsor Engagement Tool to secure visibility of real-time research activity data and help identify capacity in the health and care research system to deliver research quickly and efficiently.

Actively contribute to the coordination of the National Specialty and Setting Groups (e.g. arranging meetings, taking notes).

Provide administrative support (e.g. note-taking and action tracking) to facilitate operational and project delivery and to capture learnings and knowledge for national network benefit.