Research Nurse
At a glance
- Band
- Band 6
- Contract
- Fixed-term
- Pattern
- Part-time
- Posted
- 28/08/2026
- Closes
- 10/09/2026
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 Clinical Research Nurse within the Research and Development Department, focusing on enhancing clinical research delivery and supporting the Trust's research strategy. The post holder will coordinate various studies, requiring a self-motivated and clinically-experienced nurse with a keen interest in research. Responsibilities include patient suitability assessment, screening, recruitment, consent, study procedures, and data management. The role involves working across different clinical divisions to ensure high-quality NIHR portfolio research.
Essential criteria
- Proven clinical knowledge linked to area of specialty, and excellence in care delivery
- Proven knowledge of safety issues through clinical governance and risk management
- Proven supervisory and deputising skills in clinical area
- Excellent communication skills with patients, relatives, staff and external contacts, including in challenging situations, demonstrating respect and kindness.
- Knowledge of current challenging and issues in nursing
Desirable criteria
- Ability / experience of managing change personally and as a facilitator
- Knowledge of budgets
- Experience of data collection for quality monitoring / audit
- Experience of risk management / assessment
- Trust Values
- Putting patients first
- Responsive to, and supportive of, patients and staff
- Open, welcoming and honest
- Unfailingly kind, treating everyone with respect, compassion and dignity
- Determined to develop our skills and continuously improve the quality of care
- Education and Qualifications
- Registered Nurse (Adult or child as appropriate)
- Post registration qualification relevant to area of specialty or equivalent experience
- Teaching / mentorship qualification
- First degree (BSc/BA)
- Master's degree or working towards
- Diploma in Higher Education
- Relevant post reg. experience at Band 5 level
- Wide variety of practical clinical experience, preferably both ward and clinic based.
- Experience of teaching and supporting learners / new staff etc.
- Experience working in ITU
- Some experience of working on or supporting clinical trials
- Experience of clinical supervision and leadership
- Effective role model, demonstrating values of safety, respect kindness and excellence
- Enthusiastic and motivated
- Effective team member
- Self-starter and able to work on own initiative
- Able to remain calm under pressure
- Able to act as a patient's advocate
- Approachable, respectful, supportive adaptable, and assertive
- Professional and impartial at all times
- Skills and knowledge
- Proven clinical knowledge linked to area of specialty, and excellence in care delivery
- Proven knowledge of safety issues through clinical governance and risk management
- Proven supervisory and deputising skills in clinical area
- Excellent communication skills with patients, relatives, staff and external contacts, including in challenging situations, demonstrating respect and kindness.
- Knowledge of current challenging and issues in nursing
- Ability / experience of managing change personally and as a facilitator
- Knowledge of budgets
- Experience of data collection for quality monitoring / audit
- Experience of risk management / assessment
- Trust Values
- Putting patients first
- Responsive to, and supportive of, patients and staff
- Open, welcoming and honest
- Unfailingly kind, treating everyone with respect, compassion and dignity
- Determined to develop our skills and continuously improve the quality of care
- Education and Qualifications
- Registered Nurse (Adult or child as appropriate)
- Post registration qualification relevant to area of specialty or equivalent experience
- Teaching / mentorship qualification
- First degree (BSc/BA)
- Master's degree or working towards
- Diploma in Higher Education
- Relevant post reg. experience at Band 5 level
- Wide variety of practical clinical experience, preferably both ward and clinic based.
- Experience of teaching and supporting learners / new staff etc.
- Experience working in ITU
- Some experience of working on or supporting clinical trials
- Experience of clinical supervision and leadership
- Effective role model, demonstrating values of safety, respect kindness and excellence
- Enthusiastic and motivated
- Effective team member
- Self-starter and able to work on own initiative
- Able to remain calm under pressure
- Able to act as a patient's advocate
- Approachable, respectful, supportive adaptable, and assertive
- Professional and impartial at all times
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 6 at £37,338 – £44,962 a year, across England.
This advert: £47,951 – £56,863 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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Job summary
The Research and Development Department is looking for Clinical Research Nurse to enhance the delivery of clinical research to ensure the delivery of the Trust research strategy. In order to co-ordinate the various studies that the Trust undertakes you will need to be a self-motivated and passionate clinically-experienced ITU Nurse, with a keen interest in clinical research. You will be part of a dynamic team helping to support the delivery of high quality NIHR portfolio research.
PLEASE NOTE: For this post, previous and current experience of NIHR and commercial research studies is desirable as the post holder will be running several on-going studies.
On a daily basis you will be responsible for all aspects of the research process including: assessing patient suitability for trials; screening and recruiting patients; obtaining informed consent, performing study procedures and managing study data.
The key elements of our R&D strategy include: to increase the number of UK CRN portfolio studies, increase patient participation in clinical studies and ensure that studies recruit to time and target.
You will work under the management of the Lead Research Midwife & Delivery Manager, and will need to have excellent organisational skills. It is also essential that you can plan and prioritise your workload in order to meet performance targets and deadlines.
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