Job requirements
Essential
6 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Skills and experience
Ability to demonstrate a sound understanding of clinical research in practice
- Skills and experience
Knowledge and experience of handling complex relationships
- Skills and experience
Recent substantial Paediatric clinical experience
- Qualifications & registration
Relevant Professional registration
- Qualifications & registration
Significant post-registration clinical experience in relevant clinical area
- Qualifications & registration
Evidence of continuous personal, professional and academic development
Desirable
4 listedAdditional qualities the employer would prefer.
- Skills and experience
Enhanced IT skills
- Skills and experience
Exposure/experience of working on SaTH current paediatric research
- Qualifications & registration
Accredited NIHR GCP training
- Qualifications & registration
Evidence of enhanced communication skills training
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the research team within Women & Children's initially based at The Princess Royal Hospital, Telford (PRH), however this will change with the Hospital Transformation programme as the service will move to The Royal Shrewsbury Hospital (RSH).
This Band 6 role involves working with the team to deliver trials to our Shrewsbury and Telford Hospitals (SaTH) population, giving them the opportunity to participate in developing novel and innovative treatments and interventions.
No two days will look the same as you work on new trials, follow ups, screening and recruiting patients while guiding them through their research journey.
We are looking for an experienced paediatric nurse, ideally the post holder will have recent experience of working in Clinical Research or the ability demonstrate a real passion for research. You must be flexible and hard working with the ability to manage your workload effectively to cope with tight deadlines and conflicting demands.
Visits to the department are highly encouraged prior to shortlisting.
Your base will be either The Royal Shrewsbury Hospital or The Princess Royal Hospital.
Main duties of the job
The focus of this role will be to support the recruitment and follow up of patients in studies, both academic and industry sponsored.
The role will involve identifying, screening, consenting, recruiting and conducting follow up with patients into many national clinical studies, as well as entering data onto spreadsheets and data collection forms.
The successful post holder will have overall day-to-day responsibility for the delivery of clinical protocols into non-interventional as well as more complex interventional academic and industry studies.
Some cross site working may be incorporated with this role.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For full duties and responsibilities please refer to the attached document entitled Job Description.
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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This advert is for Paediatric Research Nurse/AHP with Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust in Telford, England. It is listed as a Band 6 Allied health professionals role. The advertised salary is £39,959 - £48,117 per annum/pro rata. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 30 Oct 2026.
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