Research Delivery Manager
| Posting date: | 17 March 2026 |
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| Salary: | £39,767.00 to £47,290.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £39767.00 - £47290.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 31 March 2026 |
| Location: | Wakefield, WF2 7PJ |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | A0430-26-0025 |
Summary
Specific Role Responsibilities a) Wider Care Settings delivery Maintain strong engagement with existing research active practices and support additional practices to become research ready, including induction, processes and basic governance. Promote the Conexus research offer across the engaged practices and other potential sites, ensuring study information and opportunities are communicated clearly and in a timely way. Work with the Performance team to run SystmOne searches to identify eligible patient cohorts at scale, supporting feasibility assessments and recruitment plans for NIHR portfolio and commercial studies. Coordinate a pipeline of suitable studies (observational, interventional and commercial) for delivery within primary and community care, ensuring that available research nurse and GP PI capacity is used efficiently and that studies meet recruitment and data quality targets. Liaise with NIHR Agile Research Delivery Team / ARDT to draw in additional delivery resource when demand exceeds inhouse capacity. Monitor Wider Care Settings funding usage linked to this role and associated delivery staff, providing regular activity and financial reports to Conexus and partners. b) CRDC / Conexus MYTT commercial collaboration Work with GP research leads, MYTT research teams and the CRDC to coordinate feasibility for commercial trials, including digital searches, practice selection and patient cohort mapping across Conexus practices. Support regular joint meetings with MYTT to review new commercial opportunities, track feasibility requests and agree which trials to progress to setup. Oversee the logistics of primary care input into commercial trials, including practice engagement, clinic scheduling, staff deployment and referral pathways into MYTTs CRIB facility where required. Work with MYTT research governance teams to ensure contracts, approvals, information governance and SOPs are in place for collaborative trials, escalating risks or delays where needed. Coordinate with Conexus finance colleagues to track commercial trial income and expenditure related to primary care activity, ensuring accurate invoicing and reporting, and supporting planning for future cost recovery/business cases. c) Wakefield Research Hub programme management Coordinate the Wakefield Research Hub work plan so that activities directly support the Hubs aims to increase NIHR portfolio recruitment, expand commercial delivery, connect NIHR infrastructure and widen participation for under served communities across Wakefield. Establish and maintain practical cross partner processes for feasibility, study selection and workforce portability (e.g. shared EOI coordination, standardised feasibility templates, agreed deployment pathways), and track their impact on setup times and recruitment. Produce clear performance reports and dashboards for the Hub Steering Group, covering recruitment across partners, commercial and NIHR portfolio activity, inclusion metrics, and progress against the Hub bids SMART objectives. Lead delivery of agreed cross Hub projects such as patient pathway mapping, the community engagement programme and the Wakefield Research Showcase event, ensuring they are delivered on time, within budget and with partner ownership. Act as the operational link between Hub partners and NIHR infrastructure (CRDC, HDRC, RRDN/Agile teams), making sure that HDRC insights inform engagement plans and that Hub learning and best practice guidance are shared regionally. Support planning for sustainability by collating data on activity, income and impact from Hub projects, and using this to inform future funding bids and business as usual proposals. d) Leadership, management and governance Line manage the Conexus Research Nurse and provide day to day leadership to the wider research nurse bank, ensuring safe staffing, supervision and support for delivery across sites. Hold responsibility for ensuring studies delivered through Conexus meet required regulatory, information governance and data quality standards, working with organisational leads as needed. Champion inclusive research participation, with a focus on practices and neighbourhoods with higher deprivation and diverse populations, and support community facing engagement led by the Wakefield Research Hub. Embed continuous improvement, capturing learning from each study and partnership and using this to refine processes, templates and SOPs across primary and secondary care. Lead and coordinate all activities related to identifying, preparing and submitting applications for research infrastructure and strategic funding.