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An established industry player is seeking an Expert Clinical Research Nurse to provide specialist support and leadership across NHS Lanarkshire. This role involves managing a diverse portfolio of clinical studies, ensuring adherence to protocols, and facilitating recruitment. The ideal candidate will possess advanced clinical knowledge, strong leadership abilities, and excellent communication skills. Join a supportive environment where your contributions will directly impact patient care and clinical research outcomes. This is a unique opportunity to further your career in a pivotal role within the healthcare sector.
Expert Clinical Research Nurse providing comprehensive advice and specialist support for clinical staff carrying out Clinical Research, operating across all parts of NHS Lanarkshire. The Research Nurse Manager will manage a Portfolio of Studies - supporting an allocated team* of Clinical Research Nurses, Data Managers and Administrators as their line manager working across a wide range of clinical specialties.
Provides expert professional and clinical leadership for the team in supporting the development and implementation of NHS Lanarkshire’s wider portfolio of Clinical Research Studies, facilitating recruitment into those Clinical Research Studies, maintaining adherence to Clinical Research Protocols, and ensuring, within their capacity, that Clinical Research is carried out in compliance with relevant EU and UK Clinical Trials Legislation.
The Clinical Research Nurse Manager role encompasses the duties of a practicing Senior Clinical Research Nurse supporting a portfolio of studies.
*NOTE:
The Research Nurse Manager will manage a team who will together, support a portfolio of studies – across a range of clinical areas. The team and the portfolio of studies will be allocated by the Lead Clinical Research Nurse.
The Lead Clinical Research Nurse will manage the Research Nurse Managers and their teams – the collective teams will be referred to as the ‘wider’ Clinical Research Team’- funded largely via the Board’s Support for Science allocation from the Chief Scientist Office.
Have you always wanted to work with NHS Lanarkshire? Then this might be the opportunity for you to join Team Lanarkshire!
Here at NHS Lanarkshire, we put the patient at the heart of everything we do. Each colleague within the organisation plays a key role in how we deliver our healthcare services.
We proudly serve a population of 655,000 across rural and urban communities in both North and South Lanarkshire. NHS Lanarkshire is comprised of Acute Services (which currently provide hospital based services over 3 main sites), Corporate & Property & Support Services, North and South Lanarkshire Health and Social Care Partnerships which provide integrated primary healthcare and social care services to local communities and surrounding areas.
This role will be based in the Research & Development Department within University Hospital Monklands
The working pattern for this role Mainly office hours with some flexibility.
Whilst this advertisement may be for a specific post(s) in a particular location, applicants who are shortlisted for interview may be considered for similar vacancies in alternative locations.
If you’re looking to find out more, then we would love to hear from you!
Please contact Tracy Baird, Clinical Research Nurse Manager on tracy.baird@lanarkshire.scot.nhs.uk
(Please remember to include the job title and reference number in your email)
For enquiries regarding the application form or recruitment process, please contact Tracy Watson, Recruitment Administrator on tracy.watson@lanarkshire.scot.nhs.uk
Join us and you will discover a supportive environment where you will have the chance to add to your skills and further your career.
Some of NHS Lanarkshire’s benefits include:
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Additional Information for Applicants
NHS Lanarkshire is dedicated to building a diverse workforce where everyone can thrive, develop, and succeed based on their skills, knowledge, and talent—regardless of race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, or care experience* or any other dimension that can be used to differentiate people from one another.
*Care experienced applicants include those who have lived with foster parents, kinship carers, or in residential/secure children’s settings.
Candidates should provide original and authentic responses to all questions within the application form. The use of artificial intelligence (AI), automated tools, or other third-party assistance to generate, draft, or significantly modify responses is strongly discouraged. By submitting your application, you confirm that all answers are your own work, reflect your personal knowledge, skills and experience, and have not been solely produced or altered by AI or similar technologies. Failure to comply with this requirement may result in your application being withdrawn from the application process.
Right to Work within the UK
NHS Lanarkshire has a legal obligation to ensure that it does not employ any worker who has not been granted the relevant permission to work in the UK.
We are required to check the entitlement to work in the UK of all prospective employees, regardless of nationality or job category. UK Visas & Immigration rules are available at www.bia.homeoffice.gov.uk.
Prospective applicants are encouraged to check eligibility in advance of applying for vacancies in NHS Lanarkshire.
Please note that all Band 1 and Band 2 posts are not eligible for sponsorship through the Skilled Worker route.