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ROLE OF THE NIHR RESEARCH DELIVERY NETWORK
From October 2024, the current NIHR Clinical Research Network will be changing to become the NIHR Research Delivery Network (RDN). The RDN will build on the successes of the CRN in  supporting the effective and efficient initiation and delivery of funded research across the health and care system in England for the benefit of patients, the health and care system and the economy. The RDN will support:
●    Clinical trials and other well-designed health and social care research studies (including studies that are delivered outside of an NHS setting);
●    Public health studies that require the recruitment of individuals within an NHS setting (that is, acute, ambulance, mental health, community or primary care) or an episode of care which involves contact with the NHS.

The RDN is a new organisation with new structures, governance and ways of working. Study delivery in England will be supported through 12 NIHR Regional Research Delivery Networks (RRDNs). These will work with the national Coordinating Centre (RDNCC) and the Department of Health and Care to provide a joint RDN leadership function via the RDN Board, so that the NIHR RDN as a whole functions as a single, transparent organisation with a shared vision and purpose. The Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust will be the Host Organisation for the South East RRDN region.

The NIHR RRDNs will have three key roles which it will fulfill via new models of service delivery and functions, to:

●      provide support to research sites to enable the effective and efficient initiation and delivery of funded research across the health and care system in England;
●      enable the strategic development of new and more effective research delivery capability and capacity. This will include bringing research to under-served regions and communities with major health and care needs;
●      work jointly with the Coordinating Centre in the strategic oversight of the NIHR RDN.  This will ensure that the Portfolio is maintained as a cohort of high-quality, fully-funded, viable and deliverable studies. It will also ensure that the NIHR RDN as a whole serves the research delivery needs of investigators and R&D teams and is responsive to the changing domestic and global environment for health and care, life sciences and health research.

The NIHR RRDNs will need to develop excellent relationships with the organisations commissioning and providing health and social care across their regions, which are mapped onto NHS regions and Integrated Care Systems. They will help support research undertaken by those providers and at sites across the region, and promote research meeting the needs of local populations. NIHR RRDNs will work together with an RDN Coordinating Centre to support health and care research delivery for the benefit of patients, the health and care system and the economy as a whole.he Administrator is part of a directorate team and is responsible for administrative support to one of the three RRDNSouth EAst Hubs. Responsibilities include providing a range of administrative support for  the directorate ,office, diary management and including:
●    researching and arranging venues and catering for meetings and events 
●    assisting with preparation of meeting papers, taking and disseminating minutes and papers in line with agreed process
●    setting up and maintaining systems and databases, dealing with issues, concerns and clarifications, creating documents, spreadsheets and presentations and making travel arrangements for staff.  
●    collation and maintenance of financial records / income and expenditure, managing the RRDN purchase order process in line with RRDN Host (RSH) processes and in liaison with RRDN Finance Manager and Finance officer Preparing contracts.