Clinical Research Practitioner

Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Stanton Hill; In loco; GBP 28.000 - 42.000; Tempo pieno

Descrizione del lavoro

Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Clinical Research Practitioner to support ongoing trials within the Research & Innovation Department. You will ensure data completeness and accuracy, assist with data entry, and help monitor trial progress in line with Good Clinical Practice guidelines.

In this NHS setting, you will provide clinical support to patients enrolled in trials, perform tasks such as sample collection and measurements as described in the protocol, and

Competenze

• Educated to Diploma level or equivalent
• Required to participate in CPD
• Understanding of the research process
• Proven verbal communication skills with different staff groups
• Study beyond GCSE

Mansioni

• Provide clinical support to patients enrolled in clinical trials
• Ensure completeness, accuracy and consistency of data for reporting to regulatory bodies
• Adhere to Good Clinical Practice guidelines in all trial activities
• Collaborate with portfolio research staff to monitor trial progress and data quality

Conoscenze

Clinical trials knowledge

GCP & governance

Patient eligibility assessment

Formazione

Diploma level or equivalent

CPD participation

Understanding of the research process

Strumenti

Medway

Case notes tracking

ORION

Care Flow

EDGE

Descrizione del lavoro

Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Clinical Research Practitioner

The closing date is 16 November 2026

The Research & Innovation Department at Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is a vital component of our commitment to delivering healthcare that is effective, efficient, and grounded in research. We are seeking a dedicated individual to join our team as a Clinical Research Practitioner.

As a Clinical Research Practitioner, you will play a crucial role in supporting the ongoing research efforts within our Trust. You will work closely with current portfolio research staff to ensure the completeness, accuracy, and consistency of data, adhering to the highest standards expected for reporting to regulatory bodies. Your responsibilities will include providing clinical support to patients enrolled in clinical trials, performing various tasks such as sample collection, tests, and physical measurements as outlined in the clinical trial protocol and in accordance with Good Clinical Practice guidelines.

Main duties of the job

To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.

About us

We are an award-winning NHS Foundation Trust working alongside health and social care colleagues across the county to provide acute and community healthcare services to more than 420,000 people across Mansfield, Ashfield, Newark and Sherwood, and parts of Derbyshire and Lincolnshire.

We put the patient at the heart of everything that we do and it is our aim to make sure that every patient is treated as we would want a member of our own family to be treated. At the same time, we expect our staff to be caring, kind and courteous to each other and to look out for each other. We believe that we are truly a clinically-led organisation.

We are proud that our Trust colleagues have voted us the best acute Trust to work for in the East Midlands for seven years running in the National NHS Staff Survey, while the Care Quality Commission has rated our Trust as 'outstanding' for care and our King's Mill Hospital as the only 'outstanding' NHS-run hospital in the East Midlands.

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Job responsibilities

To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.

Person Specification

Knowledge Requirements

• Knowledge of clinical trials
• Knowledge of GCP and Research Governance
• Ability to evaluate patient eligibility for entry into clinical trials against defined protocols

Qualifications

• Educated to Diploma level or equivalent level of experience
• Required to participate in CPD
• An understanding of the research process
• Proven verbal communication skills with different staff groups
• Study beyond GCSE

Further Training

• Hospital computer systems e.g. Medway, case note tracking, ORION

Experience

• Experience of working in an NHS setting
• Knowledge of clinical trials
• Hospital systems experience (Care Flow, EDGE)
• Practical Experience and competent in Microsoft Office (Note: this line may have missing closing tag in input; omitted for consistency.)
• Experience of working in a laboratory setting
• Cannulation and Phlebotomy Skills and ECG's
• Knowledge of GCP and Research Governance
• Experience of working within Clinical Trials
• NHS or healthcare related
• Experience in the clinical care of patients enrolled in research studies

Contractual Requirements

• Standard, as stated in Agenda for Change

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.

Employer name

Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust