Clinical Research Midwife

Candino CA; Ipswich; On-site; GBP 31,000 - 39,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare organization is seeking an enthusiastic Band 6 Research Midwife to join their team in Ipswich. This role focuses on supporting maternity research and coordinating clinical research participants for the Generation Study. Applicants should possess excellent interpersonal skills and a keen interest in maternity research. The position offers a chance to contribute to groundbreaking studies while supporting patient care and ensuring trial compliance.

Benefits

Wide range of training and development opportunities

Flexible working options

Qualifications

• Enthusiastic and compassionate individual with excellent interpersonal skills.
• Interest in maternity research.
• Ability to coordinate a caseload of clinical research participants.

Responsibilities

• Lead and support recruitment into the Generation Study.
• Coordinate personal caseload of clinical research participants.
• Provide ongoing information and support to participants regarding clinical trials.

Job description

Overview

Exciting Opportunity in Clinical Research at ESNEFT! Are you an enthusiastic and compassionate Midwife with excellent interpersonal and organisational skills and an interest in maternity research? We are seeking a Band 6 Research Midwife to join the Generic Research Team at Ipswich Hospital, supporting the Generation Study – a landmark national programme exploring maternal and reproductive health and offering whole genome sequencing for newborn babies.

Responsibilities

• To lead and support recruitment into the Generation Study
• To coordinate your own caseload of clinical research participants. To act as a primary contact point for clinical trial & research participants in collaboration with relevant clinical specialists. To refer to other specialist areas as required for optimal patient care.
• To provide ongoing information, education, and support to participants (and their significant others) regarding clinical trials & research.
• To attend multi-disciplinary meetings, and appropriate clinics, to screen and recruit new participants.
• To ensure that trial specific investigations are undertaken as required by the trial protocol, to establish eligibility and safety to enter the trial and to meet trial protocol requirements during the follow up phase.
• To assist and, when appropriate, be responsible for consent and randomisation procedures.
• To maintain accurate documentation of patient events in nursing/medical notes and accurately document data collected into the case report forms (CRF) in paper and electronic format.
• Record and report adverse events that occur whilst participants are in a clinical trial to the relevant personnel and act as required.
• Record and report serious adverse events that occur whilst the patient is in the clinical trial to the trial co‑coordinator/Chief Investigator and the local Principal Investigator/regulatory authorities.

About ESNEFT

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