Head of Research Delivery and Support for Wider Care Settings B8b
| Posting date: | 09 October 2025 |
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| Salary: | £66,653.00 to £77,094.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £66653.00 - £77094.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 22 October 2025 |
| Location: | Guildford, GU2 7XX |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | C9384-25-0789 |
Summary
The contractual base is the Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust in Guildford with regular travel to local and regional offices required and some national travel. The Royal Surrey is one of many regional NHS delivery organisations that SE RRDN works with to support the successful delivery of high-quality research. Act as a senior leader within the RDN, providing strategic direction and guidance Work as part of a community of senior leaders across the national network, exercising shared leadership and promoting the consistency of experience across a nationally-harmonised Agile Research Delivery Teams and study support services for wider care settings Co-develop and lead on national projects as required Collaborate with National and RRDN Specialty and Settings Leaders to align regional operational activities with national strategic objectives Offer strategic leadership to research delivery sites, contributing to strategic planning (including the development of three-year strategies) and proactively tackling operational challenges as an active partner Lead the implementation and cascade of a range of national strategic directives within the region and the local RRDN, reporting on local learnings, successes and challenges Contribute to collective national business planning for the Agile Research Delivery (all settings) and Study Support and Partner Liaison services for out of hospital settings Contribute to coordinating, reviewing, evaluating and approving research site delivery plans, and have delegated responsibility for periodically performance monitoring against those plans to ensure that RDN funding is being used appropriately and effectively Lead on regional business planning for the Agile Research Delivery Team and Study Support Service, ensuring effective implementation and reporting Full details of the role are within the job description.