# Research Nurse - Huntingdon and Peterborough > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/research-nurse-huntingdon-and-peterborough/87a1803d-a0e2-4f14-8435-b0d290c91292 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/research-nurse-huntingdon-and-peterborough/87a1803d-a0e2-4f14-8435-b0d290c91292.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** Hinchingbrooke Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Research nurse - **Grade:** Band 5 - **Salary:** £32,073 - £39,043 per annum - **Contract type:** 12 months (fixed term/secondment until 25th October 2027) - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-09-15T22:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-09-01T10:23:29.724Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Cambridgeshire/Huntingdon/North_West_Anglia_NHS_Foundation_Trust/SurgeryUrgent_Emergency_Care_Medicine/SurgeryUrgent_Emergency_Care_Medicine-v8256431 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8256431?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.nwangliaft.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview Are you an experienced and innovative NMC Registered Nurse? Would you like to apply your knowledge and skills to a research setting? This is a unique opportunity for an enthusiastic NMC Registered Nurse to join our Research team and help us deliver high-quality research. Our team consists of both clinical and non-clinical staff, local clinicians, and research groups. As workload dictates, cross clinical divisions will be required. This is a maternity cover post (fixed term/secondment) role. You will be required to work across both Hinchingbrooke Hospital and Peterborough City Hospital. If applying for a secondment post please ensure that you have sought permission from your manager before applying. You will demonstrate excellent communication and interpersonal skills, along with attention to detail. Your research skills and knowledge acquired through proven CPD will be valuable to our research team. Training will be provided; however, you will be familiar with GCP. You will collaborate with local R&D members to assess capacity and capability for research studies, working with members of the research teams to inform potential participants of relevant projects. We are committed to ensuring that you achieve your full potential and have a rewarding career in research. ### Main duties of the job You will be working effectively within our clinical research team across the Trust supporting the staff, manage caseload of patients. You will maintain effective communication with patients, carers and professionals to ensure service delivery. You will provide research information to patients and their relatives, and act as a resource and support to them, explaining practical aspects of clinical research. Patients’ consent in research is very important. Therefore, you facilitate the informed consent process, in compliance with Good Clinical Practice (GCP), ensuring that the patient and relatives fully understand the nature of the research. A main responsibility of your role will be ensuring that the study-specific investigations are undertaken as required by the research protocol, to ensure safety of study participants safety to enter the study. As part of your research duties, you will monitor treatment toxicity/side effects and ensure changes to treatment as required by the research protocol. You will arrange collection of blood and any other research samples required as part of the clinical research, and ensure safe and appropriate storage of specimens in conjunction with local clinical and nursing teams, phlebotomy and laboratory staff. *Please Note the advert may close sooner than the date advertised due to levels of interest, closing of the advert will happen with no notice* ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities The post holder will assist with participant identification and recruitment, obtaining informed consent from patients and will have responsibility for organising patient visits, collection and processing of patient samples, completion of case report forms and maintenance of study documentation according to Good Clinical Practice (ICH -GCP). You will have experience of working within the Trust Divisions. Clinical research experience within the NHS is desirable but full training and mentoring will be provided. Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for further details. ### 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. ## Person Specification ### Key Skills **Essential** - Experience of working effectively both independently and as part of a team - Excellent organisational skills, including the ability to prioritise a caseload and manage time effectively. - Effective communication skills with participants, carers and families - Effective communications skills, both written and oral with the ability to explain complex concepts to colleagues, participants, carers and relatives. - Demonstrates commitment to the principles of clinical governance and clinical supervision - Phlebotomy skills or willingness to undertake **Desirable** - Experience in managing data with meticulous attention to detail and accuracy in data collection skills. - Demonstrated skills in a range of disciplines - Presentation skills - Competent with database applications and data presentation ### Knowledge & Experience **Essential** - Minimum of 1-year Clinical experience in a healthcare setting - Articulates understanding of prioritising clinical issues - Explaining complex concepts to patients/participants - Experience of using MS Office and Excel spreadsheet - Experience working within the within the UEC, Medicine, or surgical speciality **Desirable** - Experience of working in clinical research, participant recruitment or research delivery in any healthcare setting. - Awareness of or willingness to undertake ICH Good Clinical Practice (GCP) - Collaborating with other agencies - Role of Ethics, HRA, R&D legislation, and the consent process in clinical research ### Education and Qualifications **Essential** - NMC registered Adult Nurse - Evidence of continuous personal and professional development and a clear vision of their academic pathway **Desirable** - Good Clinical (GCP) Practice Certification or working towards completion of this training. - Evidence of relevant post registration qualifications ## Documents - [staff benefits (pdf, 576.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2886) - [living our values (pdf, 260.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1865) - [we are team nwangliaft (pdf, 8.3mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2745) - [information for candidates (pdf, 5.7mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2788) - [band 5 research nurse maternity cover jd (pdf, 384.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10569537) - [band 5 research nurse maternity cover ps (pdf, 360.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10569536) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.