Clinical Research Facility Team Lead (Mental Health) - Oxford
At a glance
- Band
- Band 7
- Contract
- Fixed-term
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Posted
- 14/09/2026
- Closes
- 27/09/2026
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Role summary
This role seeks a passionate leader, a registered nurse or allied health professional, to manage the NIHR Oxford Health Clinical Research Facility (OH CRF) team. You will oversee research delivery operations, support staff development, and ensure studies meet high standards of research governance. The position involves hands-on experience in clinical trials and working autonomously to support team development. It's a fixed-term post based at Warneford Hospital, Oxford, focusing on mental health and neuroscience research.
Essential criteria
- Educated to degree-level or equivalent in relevant field
- Good Clinical Practice (GCP) trained.
- Professional Registration (NMAHP)
Desirable criteria
- Postgraduate training - PhD, MSc, MA in health sciences field
- Postgraduate teaching or mentorship qualification
- Leadership/Management qualification
- Recent, relevant clinical experience of working with people with physical or mental health problems
- Experience of clinical research delivery in a healthcare setting.
- Experience of managing or leading people, with evidence of leadership skills.
- Experience of audit and quality initiatives
- Evidence of teaching and mentoring
- Previous experience of mental health services or mental health research
- Awareness of obligatory regulations and legal requirements of Clinical Research in NHS settings.
- Evidence of managing the clinical research environment
- Knowledge of Research Governance
- Awareness of application of evidence-based practice
- Educated to degree-level or equivalent in relevant field
- Good Clinical Practice (GCP) trained.
- Professional Registration (NMAHP)
- Postgraduate training - PhD, MSc, MA in health sciences field
- Postgraduate teaching or mentorship qualification
- Leadership/Management qualification
- Recent, relevant clinical experience of working with people with physical or mental health problems
- Experience of clinical research delivery in a healthcare setting.
- Experience of managing or leading people, with evidence of leadership skills.
- Experience of audit and quality initiatives
- Evidence of teaching and mentoring
- Previous experience of mental health services or mental health research
- Awareness of obligatory regulations and legal requirements of Clinical Research in NHS settings.
- Evidence of managing the clinical research environment
- Knowledge of Research Governance
- Awareness of application of evidence-based practice
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 7 at £46,148 – £52,809 a year, across England.
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Oxford Health NHS Trust
Clinical Research Facility Team Lead (Mental Health) - Oxford
The closing date is 27 September 2026
Job summary
Are you a passionate leader with experience of clinical research? We are seeking a highly motivated registered nurse or allied health professional to provide leadership and management for our established research delivery team within the NIHR Oxford Health Clinical Research Facility (OH CRF) on a fixed term post
The OH CRF supports a diverse portfolio of research studies, ranging from observational research and experimental medicine through to complex interventional studies and commercial clinical trials. Research takes place across a range of mental health and neuroscience specialities, including dementia, depression, psychosis and bipolar disorder.
As CRF Team Lead, you will oversee research delivery operations, support staff development and work closely with investigators, sponsors and research partners to ensure studies are delivered safely, efficiently and to the highest standards of research governance.
This role would suit someone with hands-on experience of clinical trials or research delivery who is confident working autonomously and supporting the development of others. The main CRF base is at Warneford Hospital in Oxford, with activity also delivered across satellite and community research settings.
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