Agile Research Delivery Team Research Officer

Overview

To be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service. Our values are Include, Respect and Improve. We are recruiting for an Agile Research Delivery Team Research Officer who shares our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients. This role is based at the Lister Hospital and involves working in a range of non-hospital settings (e.g. primary care, community services, care homes, schools) to support and champion health and social care research.

The catchment area will be within Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes. The focus is to provide support to the delivery and/or set up of NIHR Delivery Network (NIHR RDN) Portfolio studies across varied health and care settings. The role may involve office-based work xible autonomous working across disciplines and the Regional RDN (RRDN) region is expected.

At the heart of everything we do are our core values:
Include, Respect, and Improve. We encourage you to embrace these values throughout the recruitment process and in your role with us.

The post has a dual function and the post holder will contribute to research delivery and/or research support for wider care settings depending on regional need. Travel across the locality and wider Eastern region is required.

Where a vacancy is advertised as temporary, the duration will be specified in the advert. If the vacancy becomes permanent, the successful applicant may be slotted into the role on a permanent basis if appropriate. Internal applicants should refer to the attached notes on secondments. We are committed to equality, diversity and inclusion and to supporting flexible working where possible. We are a Disability Confident employer and support the UK armed forces, carers, and other protected groups in recruitment.

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Hospitals in the trust include The Lister Hospital, Stevenage;
New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City;
Hertford County, Hertford;
Mount Vernon Cancer Centre (MVCC), Northwood.

We are proud of our 6,000+ staff delivering flexible and innovative care and are committed to a positive work-life balance and staff development.