Senior Research Nurse-Research & Development
At a glance
- Band
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Posted
- 09/09/2026
- Closes
- 30/09/2026
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Role summary
This role involves coordinating and managing a clinical research portfolio, supporting patients in clinical trials, and administering research drugs. The Senior Research Nurse will recruit patients, monitor their progress, collect data, and act as a key contact for patients and families. The position also includes supporting research governance and ensuring ethical standards are maintained. It offers an opportunity to work within a supportive research delivery team committed to improving patient care.
Key responsibilities
- Coordinate and manage a clinical research portfolio, collaborating with multidisciplinary teams.
- Screen and identify eligible patients for clinical trials.
- Maintain detailed knowledge of study protocols and support recruitment in various settings.
- Monitor patient progress and collect accurate clinical trial data.
- Act as a key contact for patients and families, providing information, support, and advocacy.
- Safely administer experimental treatments and monitor patients for side effects.
Essential criteria
- Registered Nurse
- Post graduate level qualification/courses or equivalent experience within research and /or a related field
- Evidence of CPD and maintenance of PDP.
- Experience of formal/informal teaching of patients and staff
- Experience of being a mentor for junior nurses/CTP's
- Experience in delivering evidence-based practice
- Experience of explaining complex concepts to patients in a clear and simplified manner
- Proven effectiveness as working as part of a multidisciplinary team
- Demonstrates ability to prioritise workload
- Demonstrates ability to work under own initiative
- Demonstrates evidence of professional development
- Demonstrates understanding of the importance of audit/quality
- Proven ability to communicate effectively in writing and verbally
- Proven ability to work effectively under pressure
- Computer literacy
- Governance Framework
- Advanced level of specialist knowledge within specialist area of work.
- International conference on harmonisation/good clinical practice certificate (ICH/GCP)
- Knowledge of research
- Knowledge of current issues within acute healthcare.
- Experience and evidence of engagement around equality, diversity and inclusion issues in relation to policy, service development and service delivery in respect of both services to users and the management of staff
- Role model our Trust values every day
Desirable criteria
- Willingness to undertake training as appropriate for role
- Experience of phlebotomy, cannulation and management of central lines
- Experience of radiation protection procedures
- Experience of running concurrent research studies in a healthcare setting with minimal supervision/clinical trials experience
- Experience related to information retrieval and research application
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 7 at £46,148 – £52,809 a year, across England.
This advert: £49,387 – £56,515 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust
Senior Research Nurse-Research & Development
The closing date is 30 September 2026
Job summary
We are recruiting two Senior Research Nurse to join the Research & Development Team, who shares our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients.
Here at Mount Vernon Cancer Centre, our Research Nurses recruit patients to studies via multiple local DGH teams as well as from within the Cancer Centre.
As well as promoting studies to our referral hospitals and recruiting and coordinating the care of our trial participants, you will also administer some of the research drugs.
You may be required to take responsibility for the safe administration of experimental drugs and for monitoring the expected and unexpected side effects of drugs and other treatment modalities.
We are extremely committed to providing the best possible treatments for our patients and to progressing the field forward.
In addition, you will receive a High-Cost Area Supplement of 15% of your basic salary, subject to a minimum payment of £4,870 and a maximum payment of £6,137 per annum pro rata.
At the heart of everything we do are our core values:Include,Respect, andImprove. We encourage you to embrace these values throughout the recruitment process and in your role with us.
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