Assistant Clinical Research Practitioner

NHS; Ipswich; On-site; GBP 27,000 - 31,000; Full time

Job summary

A large NHS organization is seeking an Assistant Clinical Research Practitioner to join their team at Ipswich Hospital. In this role, you will support recruitment and data collection for a national study on newborn care. Candidates should possess NVQ Level 2 or completed Care certificate and confidence in clinical research tasks. The position is fixed-term until December 2026, with 18.5 hours of work per week, offering a salary between £27,485 and £30,162 pro rata.

Benefits

Flexible working options

27 days annual leave (pro rata)

Generous pension scheme

Qualifications

• Must have NVQ Level 2 or Care certificate.
• Ability to understand Good Clinical Practice (GCP).
• Experience with phlebotomy and confident with venepuncture.

Responsibilities

• Assist with recruitment, data collection, and study administration.
• Explain the study to families and assist with specimen handling.
• Provide organizational and administrative support.

Skills

Clinical Research experience

Confident in Microsoft Office

Good verbal and written communication

Organised and adaptable

Phlebotomy skills

Education

NVQ Level 2 / completed Care certificate

GCP certificate

Job description

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Assistant Clinical Research Practitioner

The closing date is 14 December 2025

Exciting Opportunity in Clinical Research at ESNEFT!

Are you caring, organised and enthusiastic about developing a career in clinical research?Would you like to be part of an exciting national study shaping the future of newborn care?

We are looking for an Assistant Clinical Research Practitioner to join our Generic Research team at the ESNEFT - Ipswich Hospital Site.

This is a fantastic opportunity for someone who enjoys working with people and is keen to gain experience in research delivery within the NHS. The Generation Study is a landmark national project offering whole-genome sequencing to newborn babies at birth - and you could play a key part in its success.

As an Assistant Clinical Research Practitioner, you will work under the supervision of the Study Lead and Research Midwives to support recruitment, data collection and study administration in line with Good Clinical Practice (GCP) and Trust policies.

You will help explain the study to families, collect and record study data accurately, and assist with specimen handling and other study tasks (full training will be provided).

Our Region is supported by the East of England Regional Research Delivery Network which is part of the National Institute for Health Research Clinical Research Network which supports research to make patients, and the NHS, better.

East of England | NIHR RDN

This is Fixed term/ Secondment contract until 31st December 2026, 18.5 hours per week.

Main duties of the job

• To assist with the acquisition and distribution of relevant study information.
• To provide organisational and administrative support to the Team delivering the Generation Study
• To discuss, promote and explain the study. This will include explaining relevant information to participants and undertaking consent for those wishing to take part
• To support with the administration of the study across ESNEFT. This will include checking recruitment status and ensuring that samples and data are collected.
• To have an understanding that all research must be conducted according to Good Clinical Practice and the Research Governance Guidelines and assist the team in upholding these.
• Develop and maintain effective communications to foster good working relationships with all key stakeholders, internal and external contacts.
• Deal sensitively and appropriately with all communications within the team, the trust, other trusts and external sponsors and patients

About us

We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients' own homes.

We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff.

We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options.

Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services.

Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.

We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what's widely regarded as the world's best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.

If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you.

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Job responsibilities

For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• NVQ Level 2 / completed Care certificate
• Ability to undertake and understand Good Clinical Practice (GCP)
• Phlebotomist/ Confident with Venepuncture skills
• GCP certificate

Experience

• Clinical Research experience
• Experience of managing data bases and creating organised workflows
• To have worked within a wider team
• Experience of Multi-tasking
• Have experience with problem solving whilst working independently
• Experience working in the maternity department (wards and/or out‑patient areas)
• Recent experience of supporting clinical research with the NHS

Knowledge and Skills

• Confident in the usage of Microsoft Office - particularly Outlook, Excel, Word, Teams
• Awareness of patient confidentiality and data protection/GPDR
• Health and Safety compliance and knowledge
• Organised, adaptable and conscientious
• Good verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to interact effectively with patients and staff at all levels
• Be methodical and time efficient
• Awareness of regulations covering clinical trials
• Be aware of the Informed consent process
• Be able to liaise with other teams via email in a confident manner

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

£27,485 to £30,162 a yearper annum pro rata