Team Leader for Women and Childrens Research Delivery Team

East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust; Burnley; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare organization in Burnley seeks a Team Leader for the Women and Children’s Research Delivery Team. This role involves leading a team, ensuring high-quality research delivery and clinical care, and managing trials in Women and Children’s health. Ideal candidates are registered Nurses or Midwives with extensive experience in clinical research and team leadership.

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse or Midwife with significant clinical trials experience.
• Experience managing a portfolio of trials from initiation to closure.
• Ability to coordinate care pathways for patients involved in clinical research.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage a team of Research Nurses/Midwives.
• Deliver high-quality research and clinical care.
• Ensure adherence to research protocols and compliance with NHS policies.

Skills

Communication

Team Working

Organisational Skills

IT Skills

Cannulation Skills

Education

Current NMC registration as Nurse or Midwife

First Degree or relevant experience

Post-registration qualification or experience

Current ICH-GCP training

Job description

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Team Leader for Women and Childrens Research Delivery Team, Burnley

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Client:

East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust

Location:

Burnley, United Kingdom

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Posted:

29.06.2025

Expiry Date:

13.08.2025

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Job overview

Research is a rewarding and patient centred career! It gives you the opportunity to build on your clinical expertise & experience to make a real difference to the lives of our patients & their carers, but most importantly to make a difference to countless more people in the future! This is an opportunity to truly play a part in shaping future healthcare in this country & across the globe!

• Are you a registered Nurse /Midwife with a passion for research delivery?
• Experience/interest in Women and Children’s Health?
• Experience in Clinical Research Delivery at Band 6 level (or above)?
• Is it time for a new challenge in your career?

Answer yes to any of these questions and this could be the post for you.

We have a secondment opportunity for a dynamic, engaging, and self-motivated individual to join our team as a Senior Nurse/Midwife for the Women and Children’s Research Delivery Team.

The post will be a fixed term contract until 31/03/2028 at 0.2wte to support the secondment of the current post holder, working flexibly alongside them to undertake staff and portfolio management responsibilities.

It is essential that you obtain line management approval prior to submitting an application.

The post will be reviewed on an annual basis to ensure the required funding stream still applies. In case of withdrawal of funds the postholder will revert to their substantive role.

Main duties of the job

(please refer to Job Description)

You will be a registered Nurse/Midwife with current NMC registration, with proven relevant research and extensive post-registration experience or interest in Women and Children’s health.

The postholder will be leading and managing a team of Research Nurses and Midwives with the responsibility for delivering high quality research and clinical care and act as an expert resource for staff members.

You will liaise closely with other Team Leaders, Senior Managers and Support Office colleagues, promoting an open and team focused working environment.

The focus of the role will be split between line management duties (including team leadership such as appraisals, sickness/absence reporting and monitoring appropriate staffing levels and skills mix) and clinical research delivery such as attending meetings, reviewing protocols, contributing to departmental SOPs and action plans for poorly recruiting studies.

The post holder will need to work flexibly to meet the needs of the service and effectively manage their own time to fulfil these key responsibilities.

Working for our organisation

The Research Development and Innovation Department at East Lancashire Teaching Hospitals Trust works closely with Trust based clinicians, Universities, NHS and industry partners to give the local population of East Lancashire the opportunity to take part in research studies associated with their clinical conditions and the care and services they receive. We have developed a wide portfolio of studies & a growing reputation as a major player in clinical research. We are the first point of call for patients on research trials and no two days are the same.
Our Senior Research Management team fully support the ethos of compassionate leadership. We support flexible working and will consider all requests taking into account the needs of the service. You will have the opportunity to discuss this at interview.

The post will be based across both Burnley General Teaching and Royal Blackburn Hospitals as the team supports activity across both sites. However, there may be occasions where travel to other ELHT sites is necessary therefore flexibility is an essential attribute.

Most of the research activity is undertaken Monday to Friday within normal hours- however, times may also vary and early starts (7.30am onwards) and late finishes (after 5pm) may be required. There is also a possibility that you may support some studies where night/weekend working is needed, although this is not common at present.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

(Please refer to Job description for full details)

it will be the responsibility of the post holder to ensure studies are delivered in line with agreed targets within the Trust's RD&I department, ensuring appropriate timelines for study set-up, maintenance and closedown in accordance with local, national and international legislation.

The post holder will be strategically responsible for-

• Supporting the leadership of the Women and Childrens research Delivery Team- working flexibly alongside the existing Team Leader
• Ensuring the assessment of patients' suitability, consent and safety- undertaking patient assessments are performed in accordance with the study protocol, ICH-GCP and Trust Policies/SOPs
• All data is recorded, including adverse and serious adverse events in line wth ICH-GCP

Person specification

Qualifications

• Current NMC registration Nurse or Midwife
• First Degree or relevant experience
• Post registration qulaification or experience
• Current ICH-GCP recent training
• Teaching and Assessing

Experience

• Significant Clinical trials experience at band 6 or equivalent
• Experience managing own portfolio of trials, including co-ordinating clinical trials from initiation to closure including archiving
• Demonstrable experience of managing/leading a team
• Able to work autonomously and as part of a multi-disciplinary team. Ability to organise and prioritise own workload
• Experience of managing a commercial trial portfolio
• Experience of writing standards operating procedures for clinical research and individual protocols
• Experience of clinical audits both internal & external

Skills

• Highly effective communication skills
• Ability to organise, prioritise and coordinate work of self and others
• Effective team working across professional and organisational boundaries
• Good written and analytical skills. Involvement in informed consent process within scope of professional practice
• Co-ordinates care pathway for patients and carers participating in clinical research
• Manages, assesses and supports the physical and psychological needs of the patient and carer
• Able to manage work autonomously
• Training and leadership skills
• Demonstrable IT Skills able to use Word, PowerPoint, Excel and Outlook
• Intra-venous access and cannulation skills

Knowledge

• Knowledge of the clinical trial process from expression of interest to archiving
• Knowledge of the UK Policy for Health and Social Care Research
• Knowledge of professional and NHS issues and policy relating to specialist area
• Familiarity with recent NHS legislation and recommendations in the field of Women and Children’s health needs
• Awareness of changing trends and priorities within Women and Children’s health

Other

• Maintain professional development and have an awareness of current nursing/midwifery issues
• Motivation to develop the field of research at ELHT
• Ability to travel between Trust sites and around East Lancashire and other venues as required
• Ability to work flexibly to meet the needs of the service
• Willing to represent the team, department & trust at various meetings including conferences & study SIVs
• Prepared to travel longer distances on occasional basis, including overseas travel & overnight stays