Research Delivery Practice Educator
At a glance
- Band
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Part-time
- Hours / week
- 22
- Posted
- 08/09/2026
- Closes
- 17/09/2026
Sponsorship verdict
This contract type is not eligible for Skilled Worker sponsorship.
NHS Trusts cannot issue a Certificate of Sponsorship for part-time, bank, locum, zero-hours, job-share or short fixed-term (under 12 months) contracts under current Home Office rules. This applies even when the wider Trust holds a Skilled Worker licence.
Role summary
This role is for a Research Delivery Practice Educator within the NIHR South West Peninsula Regional Research Delivery Network (SWP RRDN). You will support research delivery skills and learning opportunities, working with the Agile Research Delivery Team to ensure clinical skills training is current and responsive. The position involves enhancing research delivery skills and clinical competence, providing relevant education, and improving research and clinical skills for staff. You will also work with partners to identify and address skills gaps through training program design.
Essential criteria
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Desirable criteria
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- General Requirements
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- See job description text above, and (where applicable) you can download a copy of the full job description
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 7 at £46,148 – £52,809 a year, across England.
This advert: £49,387 – £56,515 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Research Delivery Practice Educator
The closing date is 17 September 2026
Job summary
As a Research Delivery Practice Educator for the NIHR South West Peninsula Regional Research Delivery Network (SWP RRDN), you will work alongside the Workforce and People Senior Manager and the Learning and Development Facilitator, supporting research delivery skills, and learning and development opportunities. This role will work with the SWP RRDN Agile Research Delivery Team to ensure that our research delivery clinical skills training offering is current, responsive and tailored for real world needs. You will be part of a team that champion the Research Delivery Networks research learning strategies both within our organisation and across the wider Health and Social Care setting within our region. If you thrive in inspiring others, building strong networks and bridging the gap between research theory and research delivery please contact us to discuss further.
Main duties of the job
For more detail about the main duties of this role, please see the job description section below. As a key member of the Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, you will be joining an exceptional team working together to help our patients to stay healthy, when they need it most.
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