Research Nurse

NHS

  • Stevenage, Hertfordshire
  • £31,049-37,796 per year
  • Contract
  • Full-time
  • 1 day ago
We are recruiting for a Research Nurse who will share our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients.You will be part of the Research Team delivering new and innovative treatments to patients at the Trust. You will work closely with the team led by the senior research nurse as well as the multi-disciplinary team.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.Main duties of the jobThe successful candidate will work with clinicians and other specialists recruiting patients to clinical trials and other NIHR research studies.You will take responsibility for the coordination and management of clinical research projects, collaborating with key personnel throughout the network to ensure continued care and support for patients involved in clinical trials.The post holder 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.You will be expected to have sufficient skills to enable patients to make informed choices concerning their involvement in the clinical trials by providing advice and information and acting as the patients advocate.About usAt East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general and specialist services we provide and our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible and innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.We run the following hospitals:
  • The Lister Hospital, Stevenage
  • New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City
  • Hertford County, Hertford
  • Mount Vernon Cancer Centre (MVCC), Northwood
We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation, and our staff and patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. This means that any employee is entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns and we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made and considered formally, and will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.DetailsDate posted02 September 2025Pay schemeAgenda for changeBandBand 5Salary£31,049 to £37,796 a year per annumContractFixed termDuration12 monthsWorking patternFull-timeReference number361-7425319Job locationsLister HospitalCoreys Mill LaneStevenageSG1 4ABJob descriptionJob responsibilitiesPlease see the attached Job Description and Person Specification applicant pack for further detailed information regarding this role.Job descriptionJob responsibilitiesPlease see the attached Job Description and Person Specification applicant pack for further detailed information regarding this role.Person SpecificationQualifications/TrainingEssential
  • Registered Nurse
  • Post graduate level qualification/courses or equivalent experience.
  • Evidence of CPD and maintenance of PDP
  • Willingness to undertake training as appropriate for role
Previous ExperienceEssential
  • Experience of working with patients and families within relevant clinical areas.
Desirable
  • Experience of teaching, and mentoring.
SkillsEssential
  • Excellent organisational and time management skills
  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
  • Ability to work cross boundaries integrating with multidisciplinary staff
  • Ability to make clinical judgments regarding patient needs where appropriate
  • Computer literate with Microsoft Office software. (including word, Excel)
KnowledgeEssential
  • Awareness of GCP (Good Clinical Practice)
Desirable
  • Awareness of research governance issues
Person SpecificationQualifications/TrainingEssential
  • Registered Nurse
  • Post graduate level qualification/courses or equivalent experience.
  • Evidence of CPD and maintenance of PDP
  • Willingness to undertake training as appropriate for role
Previous ExperienceEssential
  • Experience of working with patients and families within relevant clinical areas.
Desirable
  • Experience of teaching, and mentoring.
SkillsEssential
  • Excellent organisational and time management skills
  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
  • Ability to work cross boundaries integrating with multidisciplinary staff
  • Ability to make clinical judgments regarding patient needs where appropriate
  • Computer literate with Microsoft Office software. (including word, Excel)
KnowledgeEssential
  • Awareness of GCP (Good Clinical Practice)
Desirable
  • Awareness of research governance issues

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