Head of Clinical Trial Recruitment & Workforce
Core
Strategic and operational lead driving clinical trial recruitment and workforce capacity within the UK NHS R&D infrastructure and commercial life sciences sector.
Role type
Senior leadership (Head of) clinical trial operations and workforce management
Builds
National recruitment improvement workstreams, shared capacity models, and reinvestment principles for clinical research workforce
Domain
Healthcare / Clinical Research / Life Sciences
Required skills
Strategic leadership, operational change management, workforce capacity planning, clinical-trial lifecycle navigation, performance analytics, stakeholder consultation, financial recovery analysis, regulatory landscape knowledge
Preferred skills
Large-scale operational scaling, ATMP/oncology trial expertise, decentralized clinical trial knowledge
Technologies
Operational dashboards, NIHR Research Delivery Network systems, HRA/MHRA regulatory systems
Responsibilities
Develop and implement national recruitment improvement workstreams, act as a consultant linking NIHR/NHS with commercial sponsors, analyze recruitment performance patterns and resolve site-level blockages, identify workforce constraints and introduce shared capacity models, analyze research income recovery and distribution across Trusts
Seniority
Senior, strategic leadership