CRF Senior Clinical Research Nurse
At a glance
- Band
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Posted
- 28/08/2026
- Closes
- 13/09/2026
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Role summary
This role is for an experienced senior research nurse to join the Clinical Research Facility (CRF) team. You will provide clinical leadership for an expanding research portfolio, manage junior research delivery staff, and ensure high-quality research delivery. Responsibilities include managing your team's research portfolio, reviewing protocols, and line management duties such as staff recruitment, training, and mentoring. The position requires a registered adult nurse with a strong clinical background and experience in clinical research within the NHS.
Essential criteria
- NMC Level One Registration - RN Adult
- Your professional knowledge acquired at degree level will be supplemented by specialist training, experience and/or short courses
- ICH GCP certificated
- Substantial experience in clinical trials, teaching and mentoring as demonstrated by your individual portfolio.
- Knowledge and understanding of current UK clinical trial regulations, good clinical practice and the Declaration of Helsinki 1996
- Experience delivering specialised programmes of care, and provide highly specialised advice for patients and healthy volunteers who are participating in clinical trials
- Experience facilitating and undertaking R&D activities as major job component and undertake research, lead clinical audit in own area.
- Knowledge and experience of handling complex relationships
- Demonstrable managerial/ team leader experience
- Experience of mentoring and developing staff
- Experience of collaborating with other agencies
Desirable criteria
- Experience of planning and delivery of training and associated resources
- Able to provide and receive complex, sensitive information, communicating this highly sensitive information to patients using empathy and reassurance, gain cooperation where required and overcome barriers to understanding by possessing excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Able to plan and organise complex activities and programmes, requiring formulation and adjustment as necessitated
- You will recruit to, support and develop a specialist nursing service provision
- You will have the dexterity and coordination needed for undertaking venepuncture, intramuscular, skin punch biopsies and accuracy required for e.g. intravenous injections, syringe pumps and infusions
- You will possess basic laboratory skills such as centrifugation and sample separation
- You will be able to teach/deliver core training of individual clinical trial/study protocols to junior members of staff
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Ability to work autonomously and as a member of a small team, as well as part of the wider multidisciplinary team
- Ability to set direction and lead a team of research professionals
- Ability to work across boundaries, integrating with multidisciplinary staff in relation to research trials
- SACT accreditation
- Knowledge/Qualifications
- NMC Level One Registration - RN Adult
- Your professional knowledge acquired at degree level will be supplemented by specialist training, experience and/or short courses
- ICH GCP certificated
- Substantial experience in clinical trials, teaching and mentoring as demonstrated by your individual portfolio.
- Knowledge and understanding of current UK clinical trial regulations, good clinical practice and the Declaration of Helsinki 1996
- Experience delivering specialised programmes of care, and provide highly specialised advice for patients and healthy volunteers who are participating in clinical trials
- Experience facilitating and undertaking R&D activities as major job component and undertake research, lead clinical audit in own area.
- Knowledge and experience of handling complex relationships
- Demonstrable managerial/ team leader experience
- Experience of mentoring and developing staff
- Experience of collaborating with other agencies
- Experience of planning and delivery of training and associated resources
- Able to provide and receive complex, sensitive information, communicating this highly sensitive information to patients using empathy and reassurance, gain cooperation where required and overcome barriers to understanding by possessing excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Able to plan and organise complex activities and programmes, requiring formulation and adjustment as necessitated
- You will recruit to, support and develop a specialist nursing service provision
- You will have the dexterity and coordination needed for undertaking venepuncture, intramuscular, skin punch biopsies and accuracy required for e.g. intravenous injections, syringe pumps and infusions
- You will possess basic laboratory skills such as centrifugation and sample separation
- You will be able to teach/deliver core training of individual clinical trial/study protocols to junior members of staff
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Ability to work autonomously and as a member of a small team, as well as part of the wider multidisciplinary team
- Ability to set direction and lead a team of research professionals
- Ability to work across boundaries, integrating with multidisciplinary staff in relation to research trials
- SACT accreditation
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 7 at £46,148 – £52,809 a year, across England.
This advert: £58,133 – £65,261 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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Job summary
We are looking for an exceptional senior research nurse to join the clinical research facility (CRF) research team. This post will provide clinical leadership for our expanding research portfolio, manage junior research delivery staff and support the team to deliver high-quality research.
You will be responsible for the management of your team's research portfolio, reviewing protocols, amendments and identifying resource implications. You will have line management responsibilities and will actively be involved with staff recruitment, training, supporting and mentoring of all team members.
Applicants must be a registered adult nurse with evidence of continuing professional development. You should have good experience in clinical research within the NHS, a strong clinical background and desire and willingness to learn and develop others. Essential skills are excellent communication and interpersonal skills, the ability to prioritise and meet tight deadlines, the ability and initiative to work independently and manage a patient caseload across a variety of research studies.
The post holder is expected to work on shift patterns necessary to ensure patient safety and timely delivery of clinical trials. Work patterns will include day shifts, regular late and some night duties and weekends as required by trial protocols.
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