Senior Clinical Research Nurse - Stroke

Job overview

We are looking to recruit a Band 7 Senior Research Nurse, to co-coordinate and delivering stroke research trials at Charing Cross Hospital.

Your primary responsibility will be managing a portfolio of research projects and providing outstanding leadership and line management for the Stroke research team, in the delivery of high-quality research.

The team leader role requires sound knowledge of research and patient pathways within the stroke speciality, to support the team in growing and delivering the portfolio, working collaboratively with the multidisciplinary team to ensure participant safety and successful delivery of projects.

The successful candidate will be high profile and visible, leading by example. They will be excellent at engaging with new clinicians in research and will require excellent communication skills to nurture and maintain key relationships across the NHS trust, Imperial College, sponsors and the commercial organisations.

The role is essential to sustain the team’s operational performance, particularly in meeting the national 150‑day target for study set‑up and first‑patient recruitment. The role includes ensuring that key milestones such as feasibility reviews, regulatory approvals, site initiation, and participant recruitment are tracked and progressed efficiently.

This role requires the successful candidate to be patient facing, including receiving consent, obtaining samples from patients, and delivery of medications.

Main duties of the job

• To be responsible for assessing and managing the care pathways for patients and carers participating in clinical trials.
• To act as an expert resource to provide an in-depth knowledge on aspects pertinent to acquiring and maintaining informed consent.
• To facilitate the informed consent process and contribute to the monitoring of consent procedures.
• To ensure the processes and procedures for participant confidentiality are developed and adhered to.
• To be responsible for the delivery team’s compliance of data ensuring study data is collated and transferred in a timely manner, and any data queries are learnt from and remedied promptly.
• To ensure robust processes for accurate reporting of research activity, including uploads of activity to local databases, and ensuring consistency with external data sources (i.e. NIHR portfolio).
• To manage the implementation of preventative and corrective action plans arising from research audits, and in the conduct of regular informal study spot checks to ensure regulatory standards are met.
• To prepare and deliver reports as requested on study feasibility, recruitment to time and target and any necessary actions required to ensure a study is delivered successfully.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required.

For both overviews please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert.

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.