Clinical Research Midwife | East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Colchester Hospital University NHS Foundation Trust; Ipswich; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS organization in Ipswich is seeking a Midwife to join their Generic Research Team. The role involves supporting a landmark national programme focused on maternal and reproductive health, coordinating care for participants, and ensuring compliance with clinical standards. Ideal candidates will have excellent interpersonal and organizational skills, alongside a passion for maternity research. This fixed-term position offers 30 hours per week until the end of 2026, with a competitive benefits package.

Benefits

Generous pension scheme

27 days annual leave

Access to NHS discounts

Qualifications

• Compassionate Midwife with a strong interest in maternity research.
• Experience with clinical research protocols and Good Clinical Practice (GCP).

Responsibilities

• Lead and support recruitment into the Generation Study.
• Coordinate own caseload of clinical research participants.
• Provide ongoing information and support to clinical trial participants.
• Attend multi-disciplinary meetings for participant recruitment.
• Conduct trial-specific investigations and maintain documentation.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Organisational skills

Job description

Overview

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

You will support participants throughout the study pathway, coordinating care, leading recruitment, and ensuring all activities comply with Good Clinical Practice (GCP) and Trust research governance standards. This is a fixed term/secondment position until 31 December 2026, 30 hours per week.

Responsibilities

• Lead and support recruitment into the Generation Study.
• Co-ordinate your own caseload of clinical research participants; act as a primary contact point for clinical trial and research participants in collaboration with the relevant clinical specialists. Refer to other specialist areas as required for optimal patient care.
• Provide ongoing information, education, and support to participants (and their significant others) regarding clinical trials and research.
• Attend multi-disciplinary meetings and appropriate clinics to screen and recruit new participants.
• Ensure trial-specific investigations are undertaken as required by the trial protocol; establish eligibility and safety to enter the trial and meet protocol requirements during the follow-up phase.
• Assist with, and when appropriate be responsible for, consent and randomisation procedures.
• 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 to the trial co-ordinator/Chief Investigator and local Principal Investigator/regulatory authorities.

About ESNEFT

We provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients’ homes. We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, flexible working options, a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offers a variety of services. Time Matters is our philosophy across the Trust, focusing on reducing time delays for staff and patients.

What we offer

Time Matters partnership with Epic electronic patient record (EPR) supplier as part of a digital transformation to bring leading EPR capabilities to ESNEFT.

If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, we want to hear from you. Find out about living and working here (note: no external links in this description).

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

This advert closes on Sunday 14 Dec 2025.