Senior Research Nurse-Research & Development

East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust (Enherts-TR); United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 49,000 - 57,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

High Cost Area Supplement

Job summary

East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust seeks a Senior Research Nurse to join the Research & Development Team at Mount Vernon Cancer Centre. The role involves coordinating trials, recruiting participants, and ensuring safe administration of study medications.

You will work across local DGH teams and the Cancer Centre, supporting governance activities and data collection, while upholding ethical standards and patient safety. A 15% High Cost Area Supplement applies.

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse with current registration.
• Postgraduate qualification or equivalent experience in research.
• Willingness to undertake role-specific training.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate and manage a clinical research portfolio with NIHR CRN ENHT and multidisciplinary teams.
• Screen and identify eligible patients and support recruitment in outpatient and inpatient settings.
• Monitor patient progress and collect accurate trial data.
• Ensure safe administration of experimental treatments and manage side effects.

Skills

Clinical coordination

Patient screening

Research governance

Education & mentorship

Phlebotomy / cannulation

Education

Registered Nurse

Postgraduate qualification in research

CPD / PDP maintenance

Job description

NHS AfC: Band 7

Main area Research Grade NHS AfC: Band 7 Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week (9am-5pm) Job ref 361-8018446-B

Site Mount Vernon Cancer Centre Town Northwood Salary £49,387 - £56,515 per annum, plus 15% High Cost Area Supplement Salary period Yearly Closing 30/09/2026 23:59

Here at East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust
Our mission is:
Providing high-quality, compassionate care for our communities

Our vision to 2030 is:
To be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service

Our values - We want our staff to believe in, demonstrate and live our values in everything we do. Our values are:

Include
We value the diversity and experience of our community colleagues and partners, creating relationships and climates that provide an opportunity to share, collaborate and grow together.

Respect
We create a safe environment where we are curious of the lived experience of others, seek out best practice and are open to listening and hearing new ideas.

Improve
We are committed to consistently delivering excellent services and continuously looking to improve through a creative workforce that feels empowered to act in service of our shared purpose.

Job overview

We are recruiting two Senior Research Nurse to join the Research & Development Team, who shares our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients.

Here at Mount Vernon Cancer Centre, our Research Nurses recruit patients to studies via multiple local DGH teams as well as from within the Cancer Centre.

As well as promoting studies to our referral hospitals and recruiting and coordinating the care of our trial participants, you will also administer some of the research drugs.

You may be required to take responsibility for the safe administration of experimental drugs and for monitoring the expected and unexpected side effects of drugs and other treatment modalities.

We are extremely committed to providing the best possible treatments for our patients and to progressing the field forward.

In addition, you will receive a High-Cost Area Supplement of 15% of your basic salary, subject to a minimum payment of £4,870 and a maximum payment of £6,137 per annum pro rata.

At the heart of everything we do are our core values:Include,Respect, andImprove. We encourage you to embrace these values throughout the recruitment process and in your role with us.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will coordinate and manage a clinical research portfolio, working collaboratively with the NIHR Clinical Research Network/ENHT and multidisciplinary teams to support patients participating in clinical trials. Responsibilities include screening and identifying eligible patients, maintaining detailed knowledge of study protocols, supporting recruitment in outpatient and inpatient settings, monitoring patient progress, and collecting accurate clinical trial data.

The role also involves acting as a key contact for patients and families by providing information, support, and advocacy to help patients make informed decisions regarding participation in research. Patients may also be referred to appropriate professionals or agencies where necessary.

In addition, the post holder will support research governance activities by assisting with ethics and approval submissions, contributing to protocol reviews, advising on specialised equipment and resources, and ensuring ethical standards are maintained throughout the research process.

The role includes responsibility for the safe administration of experimental treatments and monitoring patients for expected and unexpected side effects.

This position offers the opportunity to work within a supportive research delivery team in a Trust committed to research and innovation to improve patient care and outcomes.

Working for our organisation

At East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general and specialist services we provide and our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible and innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.

We run the following hospitals:

• The Lister Hospital, Stevenage
• New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City
• Hertford County, Hertford

We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation and our staff and patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.

We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. This means that any employee is entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns and we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made and considered formally, and will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification applicant pack for further detailed information regarding this role.

ENHT is seeking to maintain and expand the Mount Vernon Cancer Centre staff as we move to an exciting new future.

We welcome applications from those who would relish the opportunity to be part of new and developing cancer service, building on the excellent reputation, research and patient experience the Cancer Centre already delivers.

Person specification

Qualifications / Training

• Registered Nurse
• Post graduate level qualification/courses or equivalent experience within research and /or a related field
• Evidence of CPD and maintenance of PDP.
• Willingness to undertake training as appropriate for role

Previous Experience

• Experience of formal/informal teaching of patients and staff
• Experience of being a mentor for junior nurses/CTP’s
• Experience in delivering evidence-based practice
• Experience of explaining complex concepts to patients in a clear and simplified manner
• Experience of phlebotomy, cannulation and management of central lines
• Experience of radiation protection procedures
• Experience of running concurrent research studies in a healthcare setting with minimal supervision/clinical trials experience
• Experience related to information retrieval and research application

Skills

• Proven effectiveness as working as part of a multidisciplinary team
• Demonstrates ability to prioritise workload
• Demonstrates ability to work under own initiative
• Demonstrates evidence of professional development
• Demonstrates understanding of the importance of audit/quality
• Proven ability to communicate effectively in writing and verbally
• Proven ability to work effectively under pressure

Knowledge

• Governance Framework
• Advanced level of specialist knowledge within specialist area of work.
• International conference on harmonisation/good clinical practice certificate (ICH/GCP)
• Knowledge of research
• Knowledge of current issues within acute healthcare.

Other Requirements

• Experience and evidence of engagement around equality, diversity and inclusion issues in relation to policy, service development and service delivery in respect of both services to users and the management of staff
• Role model our Trust values every day

Please note we do not offer visa sponsorship for roles unless clearly stated in our adverts. This means even if you have the right to work currently but will require a new sponsorship to work for our Trust your application will not be considered.

Vacancies may close earlier than the advertised closing date where a high volume of applications are received. We therefore encourage you to submit your application as soon as possible to avoid missing out on the opportunity to join the Trust or develop your career with us.

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Secondments/Fixed term

Where a vacancy is advertised as a temporary position, the duration will be specified in the advert. If the vacancy becomes permanent towards the end of the specified duration, the successful applicant may not be required to re-apply and can be slotted into the role on a permanent basis if appropriate.

If you are an internal applicant applying for a temporary working arrangement, please see the attached notes on secondments.

Committed to our Community

East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust is committed to equality, diversity and inclusion for all job applicants, staff, patients and the wider community. We want to create a workforce which represents the communities we serve. We are on a journey to become a more inclusive organisation and we welcome applications from everyone regardless of their background. In particular we encourage applications from candidates with disabilities, and candidates from Black, Asian and Minority ethnic (BAME) backgrounds who are currently under-represented in various parts of our workforce .

We understand the importance of balancing work and home life. We are committed to support flexible working for our staff wherever possible and all our employees are given the opportunity to discuss potential for flexible working.

We are proud to be a Disability Confident employer and achieved our status in 2019.

We will remove barriers that prospective candidates might face at any stage of our recruitment process. If you have a disability and would like the advert in an alternative format, or would like to talk about how we can adjust the interview process to best support you, please contact us by emailing [e-mail]

We are also proud to support our UK armed forces by supporting Reservists, Cadet Instructors, Veterans and military spouses/partners into employment and offering supportive policies that value their contribution to the community and to our Trust.

We are committed to being a carer-friendly environment, addressing the complex needs of families with caring responsibilities. In partnership with Carers in Hertfordshire, all our working carers have access to support from recruitment. We are also a member of Carers UK, providing resources to make balancing work and caring easier. Our approach is inclusive, recognizing diverse challenges and creating a supportive environment where carers feel valued.

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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.