Paediatric Research Nurse

Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust; Greater London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 48,000; Part time

Job summary

Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust is seeking a Paediatric Research Nurse to coordinate NIHR portfolio studies across University Hospital Lewisham and Queen Elizabeth Hospital Woolwich. The role is part-time (17 hours per week) and Band 6, permanent, with pro rata salary.

You will work with a multidisciplinary team to recruit participants, obtain consent, and support study visits, ensuring GCP compliance and data integrity across site trials.

Qualifications

• Experience in children’s services and clinical research recruitment.
• Ability to coordinate multiple studies across sites.
• Proven track record in recruitment to NIHR/portfolio studies.
• Knowledge of ICH GCP guidelines.
• Strong collaboration with multidisciplinary teams.

Responsibilities

• Manage day-to-day portfolio of studies at the Trust.
• Promote and facilitate research activity within the trust.
• Support the R&D Delivery Manager and supervise Clinical Trial Co-ordinators.
• Implement recruitment plans across sites.
• Ensure patient safety and data protection in all research activities.
• Represent Research & Development at meetings with external sponsors and monitors.

Skills

Team collaboration

Child health

Research recruitment

Data integrity

GCP awareness

Education

Degree in health related field

Registered nurse (paediatric or adult)

GCP trained

Clinical Research Qualification

Job description

Step into a place where exceptional care, patients, culture, and careers come together.

Explore our current vacancies and take your first step toward making a real difference.

Join us. Make a difference. Be part of Team LGT.

Main area Paediatric Research Grade Band 6 Contract Permanent Hours Part time - 17 hours per week (Tues, Thurs and/or Fri) Job ref 197-RF8690

Site University Hospital Lewisham Town London Salary £39,959 - £48,117 per annum pro rata plus HCAS Salary period Yearly Closing 22/09/2026 23:59

Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust, (LGT), is a community-focused provider of local and acute care, delivering high-quality services to over one million people living across the London boroughs of Lewisham, Greenwich, and Bexley. We provide whole-life care and are here to support our communities to live healthier lives as well as taking care of them when they need us the most.

Employing almost 7,500 colleagues, affectionately known as Team LGT, we provide services at Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Woolwich, University Hospital Lewisham, and at over a dozen community settings in Lewisham. We also provide some services at Queen Mary’s Hospital in Sidcup.

We have recently launched our new vision and values to mark the LGT10 – the tenth anniversary of our Trust forming in 2013. Our trust vision is to be exceptional. In the quality of our patient care; our support for colleagues; and in the difference we make through our partnerships and in our communities.

Our hospitals and community sites provide a wide range of inpatient and outpatient services, as well as emergency and planned care. The Trust is rated as “good” or “outstanding” in over three-quarters of the services inspected by the Care Quality Commission.

Every year our work includes performing 10,000 procedures in our theatres; bringing seven and a half thousand new lives into the world; carrying out 570,000 visits to patients in their homes or communities and providing emergency care for more than 300,000 patients arriving in our busy Urgent and Emergency Departments.

LGT is a centre for the education and training of medical students enrolled with King’s College London’s GKT School of Medical Education. We are a training centre for nurses, midwives and allied health professionals. We are pioneering new roles that will support the changing needs of our patients and are one of the largest employers of physician associates in the country.

We are committed to working with our partners to deliver the best outcomes for our local communities. This means playing an active role in the South East London Integrated Care System (ICS), and in formal partnerships including the South East London Acute Provider Collaborative, provider partnerships with our local mental health trusts and borough-based boards of the IIS in Bexley, Greenwich and Lewisham.

Job overview

Are you interested in Research?

Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust is a research-active organisation with a proven track-record in clinical research. We are committed to developing our research portfolio and to enable this we are strengthening our research infrastructure.

This role involves working cross-site at University Hospital Lewisham and Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Woolwich and the successful candidate would be managed jointly between the Paediatric and R& D teams.

We are currently looking for a nurse with an interest in Children’s research to be part of our team in Children’s Services to coordinate the multiple research studies that we have enrolled in alongside the Consultant with an interest in research and the research department.

You will be a part of a friendly, passionate and supportive Research and Development team working together to support the delivery of NIHR portfolio studies and Commercial research studies. It is important that the applicant is self-motivated and has a keen interest in clinical research. Prior experience of working in paediatrics is essential for this role but having research experience is desirable.

Main duties of the job

The role involves working closely alongside the multi-disciplinary team and the research participants and their families. Central to the role is recruitment- undertaking all aspects of a clinical research trial including screening and assessing patient eligibility for the trial, obtaining informed consent, carrying out study procedures, entering study data, undertaking study follow ups in accordance with study protocol. The successful applicant will be responsible for ensuring that any research undertaken within the department safeguards the well-being of the patients and is conducted within ICH Good Clinical Practice Guidelines for Research.

Working for our organisation

Our people are our greatest asset. When we feel supported and happy at work, this positivity reaches those very people we are here for, the patients. Engaged employees perform at their best and our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) initiatives contribute to cultivate a culture of engagement. We have four staff networks, a corporate EDI Team and a suite of programmes and events which aim to insert the 5 aspirations:

• Improving representation at senior levels of staff with disabilities, from black, Asian, and ethnic minorities background, identify as LGBTQ+ and women, through improved recruitment and leadership development
• Widening access (anchor institution) and employability
• Improving the experience of staff with disability
• Improving the EDI literacy and confidence of trust staff through training and development
• Making equalities mainstream

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The post holder will:

• be responsible for the day to day management of a portfolio of studies at the Trust,
• work with colleagues to promote and facilitate research activity within the trust
• support the R&D Delivery Manager in achieving the team objectives to develop and extend the range of research undertaken
• support and supervise the trust Clinical Trial Co-ordinators and work with the network delivery staff
• Work with colleagues to implement the recruitment plans

Key Result Area 1 – Service Management:

• Support the R&D Delivery Manager in delivery of recruitment into clinical trials, including assisting investigators to determine recruitment targets during study set-up and feasibility assessment
• Evaluate clinical trial protocols in close liaison with Principal Investigators and research managers, identifying implications for service support, changes in treatment and completing feasibility assessments
• Develop and maintain relationships with the trust staff in Service Support departments ( e.g. Pharmacy, Radiology and Laboratory services)
• Ensure a study site master file is set up and properly maintained for each trial
• Identify patients suitable for entry into trials by attending clinics, screening notes, attending multi-disciplinary team meetings and using clinical databases
• Ensure patients are fully informed prior to entry in any clinical trial and provide them with reassurance and support
• Assist in consenting, randomising and allocating of treatment of patients
• Collect biological samples e.g. blood required as part of the protocol and ensure safe and appropriate storage and shipment of specimens
• Co-ordinate the accurate completion of Case Report Forms (CRFs) in conjunction with the Clinical Trial Co-ordinators
• Assisting investigators in the timely completion of clinical research files and resolution of data queries
• Ensure the study recruitment figures are reported weekly onto the EDGE database in accordance with local and national requirements
• To supervise the patient follow-up process and provide supportive care
• Support the trust in meeting national R&D standards including the Research Governance Framework, Good Clinical Practice (GCP), Information Governance, Data Protection Act etc;
• Prioritise patient safety and the well-being of clinical trial participants at all times
• Represent Research & Development and the trust at meetings with external organisations including sponsors and monitors as required
• Develop plans and monitor trial recruitment and develop suitable interventions for under-recruiting studies;
• Ensure that patient data is protected according to the Data Protection Act 1998
• Support the R&D Delivery Manager in investigating any concerns around the conduct of clinical trials and escalating within the Senior Management team, Clinical Director and sponsor as appropriate

Person specification

Experience

• Experience of effective multidisciplinary team working
• Significant experience of working within Children’s Services
• Experience of patient care and follow-up within research studies
• Experience of managing staff
• Experience of working in a research role
• Experience of setting up research projects and facilitating recruitment to them

Qualifications and Training

• Educated to degree level in a health related or social sciences discipline or equivalent experience
• Registered Paediatric Nurse, or registered Adult Nurse
• GCP trained
• Clinical Research Qualification

Please note: Information provided during recruitment and pre‑employment checks must be accurate. Misrepresentation may be investigated as fraud and could lead to withdrawal from the process, professional sanctions, or criminal action.

Please note: that sponsorship under the Skilled Worker route is subject to Trust allocation and UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI) approval.

Use of AI in recruitment: We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support the initial review of applications against the essential criteria for this role. Where AI is used, it will support rather than replace human decision-making, and applications will remain subject to appropriate human review.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.