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Job overview
We have a unique opportunity for a dedicated Team Lead (registered nurse or Trials Practitioner) to join the Aerodigestive, HPB and Head and Neck Cancer Clinical Trials team and be at the forefront of cutting-edge research within the Cambridge Cancer Trials Centre (CCTC).
We seek someone with excellent leadership, diplomacy and organisational skills to steer and develop our specialised research team. A proactive and strategic mind-set will be crucial in driving the development and expansion of Aerodigestive oncology clinical trials within CUH. Aerodigestive oncology includes lung, upper GI and lower GI.
This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to life-changing research in the complex and rewarding field of oncology clinical trials.
Main duties of the job
The Clinical Research Nurse / Practitioner Team Lead will be a member of the Cambridge Cancer Trials Team. The post-holder will co-lead this team and have a specific focus on the AD portfolio. They will also work closely with the Senior Research Lead, investigators and the wider hospital support departments and associated multidisciplinary team to set up and deliver high quality clinical trials and CUH. They will lead a team recruiting and supporting patients into this very exciting portfolio - offering both complex therapies and crucial translational research to this patient group. They will line manage a team of research nurses, practitioners and data managers, providing excellent leadership and management, as well as collaborating with internal and external stakeholders, such as commercial and academic trial sponsors. You will be proactively part of the wider CCTC management team supporting other team leads and being involved in projects across the department.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached Applicant Information Pack (combined Job Description and Person Specification) for key duties and responsibilities.
Please note:- Internal applicants on permanent contracts can apply for this post as a secondment. For secondments you must have the approval of your line manager before applying. If you are an internal applicant currently on a fixed term contract you are able to apply for this as a fixed term position.
This vacancy is for Registered Nurses with full NMC registration. If you are an internationally trained nurse that has not passed their OSCE (objective structured clinical examination), you will not be considered for this role and will be automatically rejected, so please do not apply.
This vacancy will close at midnight on 02 Aug 2026
Interviews are due to be held in the week commencing 17 Aug 2026
Benefits to you
At Cambridge University Hospitals, we want to do all we can to support good working days. We offer development opportunities and a wide range of benefits, including on-site leisure facilities, shopping concourse and day nurseries. Our good work programme currently includes providing reduced cost Stagecoach bus travel to and from Cambridge University Hospital site. Park and Ride bus journeys between Babraham Road and Trumpington sites are free, as is the route to and from Cambridge train station and our hospitals. We also subsidise the cost of parking on site for eligible staff.
On CUH campus, hot food is available 24/7 and at a reduced cost for colleagues. Recently we launched the first of our staff pod break spaces. Located in the Deakin Centre, we have a purpose-created colleague-only café, with free tea and coffee, a break space and private outside area for colleagues to rest, refuel and recharge. Just one of the ways we are working hard to support good working days at CUH.
CUH is committed to assisting employees in achieving a good work-life balance irrespective of role or personal circumstances. Flexible arrangements may include, but are not limited to, part-time working, job-share, term-time working and flexible start and finish times.
Please note if you would like to discuss the required hours of this role further, you should approach the contact given. In some cases, alternative working hours will be considered.
We welcome applications from the Armed Forces.
Person specification
Skills
Essential
- Good verbal and written communication skills.
- Capable of working as an integral member of a small team.
- Adaptable to changing situations due workload and colleagues’ needs.
- Ability to undertake teaching of staff and patients.
- Leadership skills.
- Ability to work unsupervised and manage own workload; effective time management.
- Effective interpersonal skills.
- Commitment to multidisciplinary working.
- Demonstrate analytical and judgmental skills.
- Ability to quickly appraise situation and act accordingly
- Competent in the use of standard PC packages (Windows, MS Excel, Access etc)
Desirable
- Advanced communication skills.
- Presentation skills
- Ability to initiate own research
Knowledge
Essential
- Understanding of evidence-based practice.
- Understanding of Clinical Governance.
- Knowledge of clinical research infrastructure in the UK and relevant Research Governance legislation & regulations
- Understanding of the requirements of Good Clinical Practice & possession of GCP Certificate
- Knowledge of the role of the clinical research nurse / Clinical Research Practitioner and principles of informed consent for participation in research
- Knowledge of health research methodology
Experience
Essential
- Significant relevant experience in the Specialty and ability to demonstrate expert nursing/ practitioner skills.
- Previous experience of nursing/ research practitioner within a research environment
- Accept personal accountability for own practice.
Desirable
- Experience of formal/informal teaching.
- NHS Experience
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Nurse / Clinical Research practitioner educated to Degree level or willingness to undertake
- Evidence of continuous professional development.
- Teaching qualification.
Desirable
- Research Module.
- Masters Degree
- Post registration qualification in speciality
Additional Requirements
Essential
- To act in a professional manner at all times in accordance with NMC Code of Conduct.
- Capable of developing liaisons with other practice areas/academic institutions.
- The ability to understand and behave at all times, towards patients, visitors and colleagues according to the Trust values of safe, kind, excellent.
Desirable
- Knowledge of broader issues related to specialty – political and Trust.
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This advert is for Clinical Research Nurse/Practitioner Team Lead with Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in Cambridge, East of England, England. It is listed as a Band 7 Nurse practitioner role. The advertised salary is £47,810 - £54,710 p.a. pro rata. The contract type is 1 year (Fixed Term). The application deadline is 02 Aug 2026.
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