Senior Clinical Research Practitioner

Cardiff and Vale University Health Board; Wales; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A large integrated health board in the United Kingdom seeks a Senior Clinical Research Practitioner to manage participant recruitment for clinical trials. The candidate will ensure the delivery of high-quality research and clinical care across multiple hospital sites, supporting the largest surgical trial in the UK. This role requires significant experience in clinical research and excellent communication skills. The ideal applicant is enthusiastic, motivated, and capable of mentoring junior staff. The position is a fixed-term contract of 12 months.

Qualifications

• Significant experience in clinical research delivery including managing own portfolio.
• Experience mentoring and supervising junior staff in clinical settings.
• Knowledge of handling complex relationships.

Responsibilities

• Drive and support recruitment for the ROSSINI-Platform trial.
• Manage caseload of participants ensuring duty of care.
• Participate in informed consent process and engage with patient participation groups.

Skills

Excellent communication and interpersonal skills

Ability to provide highly specialist advice

Up to date knowledge of clinical research

Ability to organise, prioritise and coordinate work

Education

Educated to master's level and/or relevant clinical experience

Post graduate teaching qualification

Job description

Cardiff and Vale University Health Board

Senior Clinical Research Practitioner

The closing date is 23 December 2025

An exciting opportunity has arisen for you to join us as a Senior Clinical Research Practitioner. We are looking for an enthusiastic and motivated individual who is keen to develop their research experience. This is a great opportunity for the successful applicant to be part of the largest surgical trial in the UK and to expand their professional network both within the Trust and nationally.

Funded through the Birmingham trials unit, the post holder will be working to support multiple hospital sites which will be opening and recruiting patients (participants) to the ROSSINI‑Platform trial throughout the UK. They will need to drive and support the recruitment and roll‑out of the ROSSINI‑Platform trial with the responsibility for delivering high quality research and clinical care within an innovative, multi‑arm multi‑stage (MAMS) trial.

Based at the University Hospital of Wales within the Research Delivery team, the post holder will support the work of the Major Lower Limb Amputations (MLLA) Pillar and will link closely with the Lead Consultant for the pillar Mr David Bosanquet as well as the trials team in Birmingham.

If you would like to hear more about this role, please contact [e-mail] for information.

This post is fixed‑term/secondment for 12 months due to meet the needs of the service. If you are interested in applying for the secondment position, you must obtain permission from your current linemanager prior to applying for this post.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be working across hospital sites which will be opening and recruiting patients (participants) to the ROSSINI‑Platform trial in the UK. They will need to drive and support the recruitment and roll‑out of the ROSSINI‑Platform trial with the responsibility for delivering high quality research and clinical care within an innovative, multi‑arm multi‑stage (MAMS) trial. The post holder will:

• Review trial documentation
• Support trial uptake
• Support hospital sites in the UK to open including training and compliance
• Dissemination of best practice: pathways, recruitment and use of the digital wound hub
• Engagement with trainee‑centric research collaboratives including training, obtaining GCP, maintaining site delegation logs
• Attending and contributing to the running of the trial through attendance and contribution to the pillar Trial Management Group and the Executive Trial Management Group: Improving the interface between sites

In addition, this role is clinical and managerial: the post holder will effectively manage their time to fulfil key responsibilities such as reviewing protocols, identifying resource implications, participating in meetings, proposing actions for poor recruiting sites, training, supporting and mentoring other members of staff, and autonomously managing a caseload of participants. The post holder will be responsible for ensuring excellence in research delivery and participant experience.

About us

Cardiff and Vale University Health Board is one of the largest Integrated Health Boards in the UK, employing over 17,000 staff and providing over 100 specialist services. Working across six hospital sites, we offer a diverse range of career opportunities. We serve over 500,000 people living in Cardiff and the Vale, focusing on the health and care needs of our local population while working with partners to develop regional services. We are committed to improving health outcomes for everyone, delivering excellent care and support.

Our mission is "Living Well, Caring Well, Working Together", and our vision is that every person's chance of leading a healthy life should be equal. Our 10‑year transformation and improvement strategy, Shaping Our Future Wellbeing, is our chance to work collaboratively with the public and our workforce to make our health board more sustainable for the future.

Job responsibilities

Clinical and Communication Responsibilities

• Work autonomously to manage a large caseload of participants, ensuring duty of care to the participants and their families.
• Work within relevant regulations and ICH GCP ensuring that the clinical research protocol is adhered to at all times.
• Devise, implement and evaluate strategies to identify eligible participants for the ROSSINI‑Platform, including attending appropriate clinical meetings, disseminating knowledge and awareness of the trial amongst peers and relevant parties nationally.
• Support multiple sites to implement those strategies.
• Participate in the informed consent process acting as a resource and support to both sites and participants and their families.
• Participate and support coordination of the relevant patient participation groups. Review and act on or feedback to the pillar and core teams relevant feedback from groups.
• Coordinate the research participant pathway from screening for recruitment through to study closure.
• Actively work to achieve study site and patient recruitment targets, engaging with the research team and site clinical teams to overcome barriers to participant enrolment and providing motivational support.
• Liaise with the clinical team to organise and ensure that study‑specific investigations are undertaken according to the protocol, obtaining and documenting the results.
• Deal with concerns raised by participants and visitors in a proactive manner and take appropriate remedial action as necessary.
• Responsible for accurate and timely completion of Clinical Report Forms (CRFs) and for ensuring that all data queries are dealt with promptly and efficiently.
• Communicate and liaise with the central trial team to support reporting and information collection requirements.
• Report to the pillar and central governance teams any clinical incidences and follow up to conclusion.
• Act as a role model for excellence in research delivery.

Portfolio Management and Development

• Review study protocols and identify resource implications for the sites.
• Liaise with the medical team/sponsor organisation and coordinate follow‑up of participants where necessary.
• Liaise with sites to ensure all site trial set‑up actions have been completed.
• Process amendments and disseminate information to sites.
• Ensure participant recruitment data is being collected in a timely and accurate manner across sites.
• Build strong professional relationships with other sites and the Birmingham Trials Unit to promote a good working environment and foster collaboration.
• Educate appropriate medical and nursing personnel and departments of the ROSSINI‑Platform and protocol‑specific requirements.
• Participate in the presentation of research findings and represent the ROSSINI‑platform within Cardiff and Vale UHB and Wales in collaboration with Health and Care Research Wales, across sites and in relevant national specialty forums.
• Monitor patient recruitment and data collection week by week, reviewing local and national recruitment figures and alerting the lead research staff and Principal Investigators to any problems with recruitment.
• Provide a monthly report of study activity and dissemination activity and other core information requirements for the central team.

Team Management and Leadership

• Act as a role model for excellence in research delivery.
• Lead and support the team as an expert resource, demonstrating tenacity, drive, professional integrity, balance and perspective.
• Implement and work within the Trusts HR policies on all staffing matters, including sickness, capability and disciplinary issues, taking corrective measures if indicated in liaison with Human Resources and the Management Team.
• Be aware of all Trust procedures and policies and collaborate with other health care professionals to ensure that these are observed.
• Innovate and contribute to the development of Network‑wide clinical and research policies and procedures.
• Maintain the high profile of Cardiff & Vale UHB Research and Development and the ROSSINI‑platform.
• Work with the management team to ensure that Cardiff and Vale UHB is meeting the accrual targets for the ROSSINI‑Platform and act to address any shortfalls.
• Attend and contribute to central team meetings to include research practitioner meetings and eTMGs.
• Implement strategies and systems for quality assurance and actively contribute to internal and external audits and inspections.
• Attend investigator meetings and conferences when required acting as an ambassador for the ROSSINI‑platform and the Trust.

Education and Professional Development

• Attend the training programmes and other relevant education and training days as agreed in your development plan.
• Act in accordance with care certificate framework standards at all times.
• Take personal responsibility for own professional growth and keep up to date with professional development and research.
• Maintain a record to reflect any training carried out pertaining to the post and ensure direct reports maintain training files.
• Prepare posters/research papers for meetings, conferences and publications.
• Mentor and support other members of the team.

Other responsibilities

• Act always in a manner which promotes positive working relationships and maintains the professional image of the Trust.
• Responsibly manage the control of equipment, resources and stock through the adherence of research policies and clinical trials budgets.
• Actively seek to develop the role to take account of changing requirements of the service.
• Implement and adhere to relevant regulatory requirements related to study conduct.
• Work collaboratively with colleagues across the Trust and the ROSSINI‑platform to facilitate the achievement of objectives and shared learning.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Evidence of CPD
• Educated to masters level and/or relevant clinical experience
• Post graduate teaching qualification

Experience

• Significant experience in clinical research delivery including managing own portfolio
• Experience mentoring, developing and supervising junior staff in clinical setting
• Knowledge and experience of handling complex relationships
• Demonstrable managerial / team lead experience

Skills

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills and ability to deal with complex and sensitive situations.
• Able to provide highly specialist advice to participants and clinical teams
• Up to date knowledge relevant to clinical research and good clinical practice
• Ability to organise, prioritise and co‑ordinate work of self and others
• Ability to carry out audit

Personal Qualities

• Flexible and positive approach to work
• Enthusiastic and highly motivated within field of research

Other

• Willingness and ability to attend external meetings and/or make site visits pertaining to ROSSINI‑Platform
• Ability to speak Welsh

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.

Cardiff and Vale University Health Board