The closing date is 30 October 2026
Salary: £39,959 to £48,117 a year per annum/pro rata
Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the research team within Women & Children’s initially based at The Princess Royal Hospital, Telford (PRH), however this will change with the Hospital Transformation programme as the service will move to The Royal Shrewsbury Hospital (RSH).
This Band 6 role involves working with the team to deliver trials to our Shrewsbury and Telford Hospitals (SaTH) population, giving them the opportunity to participate in developing novel and innovative treatments and interventions.
No two days will look the same as you work on new trials, follow ups, screening and recruiting patients while guiding them through their research journey.
We are looking for an experienced paediatric nurse, ideally the post holder will have recent experience of working in Clinical Research or the ability demonstrate a real passion for research. You must be flexible and hard working with the ability to manage your workload effectively to cope with tight deadlines and conflicting demands.
Visits to the department are highly encouraged prior to shortlisting.
Your base will be either The Royal Shrewsbury Hospital or The Princess Royal Hospital.
Main duties of the job
The focus of this role will be to support the recruitment and follow up of patients in studies, both academic and industry sponsored.
The role will involve identifying, screening, consenting, recruiting and conducting follow up with patients into many national clinical studies, as well as entering data onto spreadsheets and data collection forms.
The successful post holder will have overall day-to-day responsibility for the delivery of clinical protocols into non-interventional as well as more complex interventional academic and industry studies.
Some cross site working may be incorporated with this role.
Person Specification
Qualifications & registration
Essential
- Relevant Professional registration
- Significant post-registration clinical experience in relevant clinical area
- Evidence of continuous personal, professional and academic development
Desirable
- Accredited NIHR GCP training
- Evidence of enhanced communication skills training
Skills and experience
Essential
- Ability to demonstrate a sound understanding of clinical research in practice
- Knowledge and experience of handling complex relationships
- Recent substantial Paediatric clinical experience
Desirable
- Enhanced IT skills
- Exposure/experience of working on SaTH current paediatric research
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.
Certificate of Sponsorship
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UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).