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Band 6 Research Nurse - Neurogastroenterology

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Manchester

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GBP 30,000 - 38,000

Full time

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Job summary

An exciting opportunity for a Band 6 Research Nurse at Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust to enhance the Neurogastroenterology Team. This role involves supporting in-house research activities, contributing to clinical trials, and mentoring junior staff within a collaborative environment focused on improving patient healthcare quality.

Qualifications

  • Registered Nurse Degree or Diploma required.
  • Experience in Gastroenterology/Endoscopy and clinical research is essential.
  • Good organisational and mentoring skills, and excellent written communication are critical.

Responsibilities

  • Support clinicians with in-house study design, ethics submissions, and recruitment.
  • Coordinate external sponsor-led clinical trials and manage data collection.
  • Participate in analysis, report writing, and presentations at scientific meetings.

Skills

Knowledge of Current nursing issues
Good Clinical Practice training
Strong IT and literacy Skills
Good organisational skills/time management
Excellent research and analytical skills

Education

Registered Nurse Degree or Diploma

Job description

Go back Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust

Band 6 Research Nurse - Neurogastroenterology

The closing date is 10 July 2025

An exciting opportunity has arisen at Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust for an enthusiastic, qualified, and experienced Band 6 Nurse to join the rapidly expanding Neurogastroenterology Team. Within this role you will be helping to deliver our extensive research programme.

Our Wythenshawe and Manchester Royal Infirmary sites have recently integrated services for GI Medicine, creating some incredible opportunities for us to work differently and more collaboratively across Manchester for the benefits of our patients.

The new position is designed to strengthen and support the Neurogastroenterology Research service

Main duties of the job

You would be expected to be involved in the unit's research programme supporting clinicians with in-house study design, ethics submissions, recruitment, data collection, analysis, report writing, submission to journals, presentations at scientific meetings and conferences as well as coordinating external sponsor led clinical trials.

Excellent written communication skills, the ability to organise a busy workload whilst remaining calm under pressure are essential qualities for this post. You must be flexible, self-motivated and able to motivate other team members to meet the needs and demands of the service. You also must demonstrate evidence of being a strong team player with plenty of initiative, imagination and determination to make a difference. Opportunities for development will be encouraged and supported

About us

MFT is one of the largest NHS Trust In England with a turnover of £2.8bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We're creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.

Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 28,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you'll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.

We've also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research, and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022.

We're proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What's more, we're excited to be embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.

Job responsibilities

To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience youll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the Supporting Documents heading. So that youre even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, youll need to take time to read the Candidate Essentials Guide that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how we care for you as you care for others. Most importantly, it also contains critical information youll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.

Diversity Matters

MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating, and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at resourcing@mft.nhs.uk.

Were looking forward to hearing from you!

Person Specification
Job Role
  • Registered Nurse Degree or Diploma
  • Knowledge of Current nursing issues
  • Knowledge of Clinical Governance and methodology
  • Good Clinical Practice training completed
  • Awareness of clinical audit
  • Strong IT and literacy Skills
  • Good organisational skills/time management
  • Knowledge and experience in Gastroenterology/Endoscopy
  • Evidence of research ethics submissions
  • Experience in collection, handling and storage of biological samples
  • Excellent research and analytical skills
  • Experience in mentoring Junior staff members
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.

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