Research Nurse

Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust; Chelmsford; On-site; GBP 31,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare organization in Chelmsford is seeking a Research Nurse (Band 5/6) to join their team. This role involves managing patient care in clinical trials, collaborating with various healthcare professionals, and ensuring compliance with research regulations. Candidates should be Registered General Nurses with clinical research experience. The position offers a salary of £31,049 per year.

Qualifications

• Registered General Nurse with valid ICH GCP and Informed consent certification.
• Experience in teaching and managing own workload.
• Previous clinical specialty experience, especially in Cancer, Burns and Plastics.

Responsibilities

• Manage care pathways for participants in research studies.
• Deliver participant care in line with clinical research protocols.
• Collaborate with multi-disciplinary research teams.

Skills

Registered General Nurse

Excellent written and verbal communication

Clinical Research Experience

Ability to work across specialties

Education

Completed/working towards Masters' degree

Job description

Overview

Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Research Nurse

The closing date is 12 October 2025

Here is an exciting opportunity for you to join us as a research nurse Band 5 or 6 based on your experience.

You will be part of a team of research nurses, clinical research practitioners and administrative staff providing a comprehensive clinical research support service specifically in Oncology / Burns and Plastics. The role will involve recruitment, education, and monitoring of research participants into various research studies, along with the collection and documentation of accurate data. The post holder will be expected to put in place clear recruitment and retention strategies for participants.

The Trust is part of the NIHR (National Institute for Health and Care Research) Research Delivery Network (RDN) within the East of England (EoE) and as a Research Nurse you will be responsible for managing the care pathways of participants, patients, and carers in research studies from the Trust's active research portfolio. You will also need to maintain good communication with other members of the team, hospital departments, trial sponsors and the RDN.

Main duties of the job

You will have responsibility for the delivery of direct and indirect participant care within your caseload, working collaboratively with members of the multi-disciplinary research teams and where applicable in accordance with the UK policy framework for health and social care, The Medicines for Human Use (Clinical Trials) Regulations 2004 and the International Conference on Harmonisation Good Clinical Practice Guideline (ICH-GCP).

The role involves using an in-depth knowledge of clinical research protocols and their application in practice, alongside a working knowledge and compliance with local, national and international research regulations to ensure effective running of research studies and the maintenance and compliance to appropriate research governance standards.

About us

Our ambition is to deliver excellent local and specialist services, to improve the health and wellbeing of our patients, and provide a vibrant place for staff to develop, innovate and build careers.

We aim to make the most of our skills and experiences so we can become the best we can be. As one organisation we will recruit the finest and retain more specialist staff due to more employment opportunities across our Trust

Job responsibilities

If you are interested in this post, for full details of the Vacancy, please refer the attached JD.

We look forward for your application.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Registered General Nurse
• Valid ICH GCP and Informed consent certificate
• Clinical Research Experience
• Experience of formal/informal teaching of patients/staff
• Ability to work across several different specialities to facilitate timely recruitment and ongoing study requirements
• Completed/working towards Masters' degree
• Experience of Research Nursing

Communication Skills

• Excellent written and verbal communication and interpersonal skills
• Experience of managing own workload as well as being able to work co- operatively as part of a team

Personal and People Development

• Experience of managing team and own development
• Able to show initiative and self-development
• Experience of being Nurse Principal Investigator

Experience

• Previous clinical speciality experience essential to the role eg Cancer, Burns and Plastics
• Additional Nursing qualifications eg NMP

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.

Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust

£31,049 a year Per Annum (Pro Rata for Part Time)