Senior Research Nurse (XR07)

NHS; Leeds; On-site; GBP 46,000 - 53,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Senior Research Nurse to join their innovative team at the Leeds Motor Neurone Disease Centre. This exciting full-time role offers the chance to coordinate and deliver vital clinical trials, ensuring high-quality patient care and compliance with research protocols. You will work alongside a dedicated team of clinicians and researchers, driving forward the research agenda for Motor Neurone Disease. If you are a proactive and motivated nursing professional with a passion for research and patient care, this is the perfect opportunity to make a significant impact in the field of clinical research.

Qualifications

• Advanced knowledge of research delivery and clinical governance.
• Experience in clinical research, especially in neurology.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate and deliver clinical trials within the research portfolio.
• Establish and manage a dedicated research delivery team.

Skills

Clinical Research Delivery

Interpersonal Skills

Problem Solving

Leadership

Communication Skills

Flexibility and Adaptability

Education

Registered Nurse (RN Adult or RN Child)

Degree or Equivalent Professional Experience

Recognised Post-registration Qualification in Speciality

Teaching/Assessing Qualification

Tools

Clinical Database Management Systems

Job description

Job summary

Leeds Teaching Hospitals are proud recipients of a Motor Neurone Disease Association Research Nurse grant. The Research and Innovation Department is offering an exciting opportunity for a motivated, experienced Senior Research Nurse to join our expanding research team.

Based at The Leeds Motor Neurone Disease (MND) Centre, Seacroft Hospital (working cross-site as needed), this full-time, 4-year fixed-term post involves working with MND clinicians, nurse specialists, and external partners to build and deliver a research portfolio for MND patients.

Key responsibilities include:

1. Coordinating and delivering commercial and non-commercial trials within the Neurosciences extensive research portfolio.
2. Establishing a dedicated research delivery team.
3. Developing a portfolio of clinical trials accessible to MND patients.

The post holder will support care delivery both in hospital and at home, promoting a culture of inclusive research. Ensuring high standards of care, patient satisfaction and safety, compliance with Trust policy, protocols, local/national guidance and legislation is essential.

For an informal discussion about this post, please contact the recruiting manager.

Main duties of the job

We are looking to recruit a proactive and self-motivated senior research nurse with a keen interest in research to work within The MND Centre.

The postholder will have advanced knowledge of research delivery to ensure that appropriate quality, financial and clinical governance is embedded and to play a key role in the development, management and implementation of our research delivery objectives. The postholder will be required to become an integrated member of the Leeds MND Team, acting as an ambassador for promoting research and best practice ensuring the best possible care for their patients attending clinics in hospital and community.

The successful candidate will have a background in clinical research delivery. Experience in the field of neurology, ideally Motor Neurone Disease, is highly desirable. The postholder will be responsible for establishing dedicated research nurse led clinics to deliver the portfolio of studies, overseeing the staffing requirements for this, ensuring the research workforce is competent and has capacity to deliver a portfolio of both commercial and non-commercial research.

The post holder will be required to work alongside industry partners, the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Clinical Research Network (CRN) Yorkshire and Humber (Y&H) and colleagues in neighbouring establishments, attending regional and national meetings as required.

About us

Research is at the heart of our Trust. Leeds Teaching Hospitals is involved in research at all levels, developing and trialling new treatments for patients. We believe that being involved in cutting-edge research helps us provide better care to our patients.

Over the next 5 years, we aim to be the best Trust to deliver high-quality clinical research and to champion research amongst our staff. We also aim to support and grow our world-class clinical infrastructure and assets for research and innovation.

We have a very proactive Research Academy. It offers an extensive programme of education and training tailored to meet the needs of individuals, teams involved in clinical research delivery in Health and Social Care.

Our five Trust values are part of what make us different. They have been developed by our staff. They are:

1. Patient-centred
2. Collaborative
3. Fair
4. Accountable
5. Empowered

Leeds Teaching Hospitals is committed to our process of redeploying 'at risk' members of our existing workforce to new roles. As such, all our job adverts are subject to this policy and we reserve the right to close, delay or remove adverts while this process is completed. If you do experience a delay in the shortlisting stage of the recruitment cycle, please bear with us while this process is completed, and contact the named contact if you have any questions.

Date posted: 22 April 2025

Pay scheme: Agenda for change

Band: Band 7

Salary: £46,148 to £52,809 a year

Contract: Fixed term

Duration: 4 years

Working pattern: Full-time, Flexible working

Reference number: C9298-DRI-0212

Job locations: Seacroft Hospital, York Road, Leeds, LS14 6UH

Job description Job responsibilities

The post holder will be responsible for the co-ordination of the clinical research within the Research and Innovation (R&I) department. Additionally, where appropriate, they will provide professional, clinical, managerial leadership and supervision for the research delivery team. In collaboration with the immediate and broader multidisciplinary team (MDT), be responsible for ensuring that high standards of clinical care planning, delivery, safety and patient satisfaction is to a very high standard, compliant with Trust policy, study protocol requirements, local and national guidance and legislation.

Working effectively and proactively with senior colleagues, the MDT and agreed external agencies and collaborative partners, the individual will adhere to agreed study pathways and processes to derive accurate and robust data capture, of observational and interventional studies, and ensure pharmacovigilance is maintained. The post holder will be involved in ensuring that research undertaken within the department safeguards the wellbeing of patients and is conducted within the confines of ICH Good Clinical Practice (GCP) Guidelines for Research, EU directive, UK Governance Framework and other relevant UK legislation pertaining to the conduct and delivery of research.

The post holder will be instrumental in implementing team objectives to enhance the performance and development of the Research Nurses/Midwives, Allied Health Professional(AHPs), and Academy for Healthcare Science (AHCS) registered and other research delivery staff. They will act as a role model developing the research team, ensuring effective management of the department. During exceptional times of need, you will contribute to clinical service, as agreed with the Matron for the Clinical Service Unit (CSU) and in line with the Trusts escalation policy.

Person Specification Experience Essential

• Insight into clinical speciality
• Understanding and experience of the research process and clinical research specific issues
• Standards of professional practice
• Extensive post registration experience
• Evidence of managing staff and performance management strategies
• Evidence of clinical audit, service development or facilitation of change management
• Experience of computer database and administration

Desirable

• Budgetary management experience
• Experience of recruitment and selection process

Skills & behaviours Essential

• Insight into clinical speciality
• Understanding and experience of the research process and clinical research specific issues
• Standards of professional practice
• Professional and patient focused
• Flexible, adaptable, innovator capable of lateral thinking
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Ability to manage and identify stress in others
• Able to deliver feedback effectively
• Assertive/self-confident to motivate self and others
• Able to work independently and as part of a team
• Ability to communicate complicated information effectively within a multi-disciplinary team
• Demonstrates influencing and negotiation skills
• Displays high motivation and commitment to success
• Demonstrates problem solving and analytical skills
• Ability to prioritise workload and meet deadlines whilst paying attention to detail

Desirable

• Ability to work under pressure
• Education, training and appraisal skills

Qualifications Essential

• Registered Nurse (RN Adult or RN Child or Midwife for Childrens areas)
• Degree, or working towards, or equivalent professional experience
• Recognised post-registration qualification in speciality
• Recognised teaching/assessing qualification
• Evidence of effective professional and leadership development

Desirable

• Non-Medical Prescribing (in some specific roles this may be an essential requirement)

Additional Requirements Essential

• Able to fulfil Occupational Health requirements for the post

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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details Employer name

Leeds Teaching Hospitals

Address

Seacroft Hospital

York Road

Leeds

LS14 6UH

Employer's website

https://www.leedsth.nhs.uk/