Job summary
- Main area
- Corporate Nursing
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- 12 months (Secondment – 12 months (Jan 26-Jan 27))
- Hours
- Full time
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 360-E-10506
- Employer
- West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Watford General Hospital
- Town
- Watford
- Salary
- £40,617 - £48,778 pa inc HCA
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 15/09/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Band 6 - Research Nurse/Midwife
Band 6
Job overview
This is a secondment post which is open to qualified midwives or nurses, who will be responsible for operational research delivery within Women’s and Children’s Services, maximising recruitment into research studies within the Trust. This will involve leading research studies, establishing study feasibility, pre-trial setup, recruitment of participants, education and monitoring of research patients and the collection and documentation of accurate data. The post holder will ensure that any research undertaken safeguards the well-being of research participants and is conducted to Good Clinical Practice.
Please note interviews will be held in person at Watford General Hospital on the 1st October 2025
Prior to the interview you will be invited to a pre-interview Excel based assessment. This will be conducted on 29th September 2025 remotely through MS teams and will use MS Excel. Please ensure you have access to a computer with both of these applications available. We will be in touch on the email provided to arrange the pre-interview Excel based assessment.
Core hours Monday to Friday, occasional requirements for working outside core hours based on service needs
Main duties of the job
Clinical activities to be performed initially under supervision, with expectation increasing level of autonomy and independent working
• Attend multidisciplinary team meetings, helping to identify patients eligible for clinical trials.
• Assist with recruitment of patients to clinical trials using trial eligibility criteria on studies running in maternity.
• Assist in the smooth running of clinics by obtaining results and scans to be seen prior to patients’ appointments.
• Book investigations as directed by medical, nursing, midwifery staff and clinical trial assistants.
• Assist patients with quality of life and other questionnaires as necessary.
• Deal with telephone queries from patients and their carers with the support of the research nurse/midwife. Refer queries to other to another member of the multidisciplinary team as required.
• Be involved in the administration of experimental and/or unlicensed intravenous investigational medicinal products.
• Perform phlebotomy, including cord blood extractions and heel prick testing.
• Assist in the safe handling, storage and shipping of bloods, histology specimens and other body fluids required for research purposes.
• Learn to become the patient’s guide and advocate through the complex decision-making process involved in considering participation in trials. Enable patients to articulate reasons for trial participation or refusal
• Learn how to communicate sensitive disease and diagnostic information and be able to deal with the emotional impact of bad news.
• Reporting to research midwife/research nurse on research delivery outputs and escalation of concerns.
Working for our organisation
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
• Understand international, national, and local policies and legislation relating to clinical trials.
• Learn to prepare for external inspections (eg MHRA) and internal audits
• Register/randomise patients into trial protocols
• Learn to extract clinical data from patients’ casenotes and transfer the data into the trial Case Report Forms
• Assist in accurate and complete data collection, updating and maintenance of databases and computerised systems.
• Take responsibility for filing and safe storage of clinical trials data sheets and for sending to Clinical Trials Units as appropriate
• Help to deliver, and manage clinical trials, establishing and maintaining channels of communication amongst staff and departments to ensure policies and protocols are understood and adhered to.
• Understand the role of clinical trials units and liaise with units as necessary
• Attend and participate in unit meetings and seminars
• Adequate training to Level 3 safeguarding
• To facilitate the informed consent process and
• Liaise with clinical research study personnel outside the hospital as necessary
• Communicate effectively with participants, the research team and other professional as appropriate to ensure that the trials protocol and SOPs are adhered to
• To facilitate the informed consent process to ensure the potential research participant (and family) fully understands the nature of the clinical trial/study.
• To co-ordinate the care of your own caseload of clinical research study participants
• To comply with and participate in the Trust’s framework of clinical governance within the ward or department area, seeking advice or guidance where necessary
• To ensure that clinical research study recruitment records are accurately maintained, and staff informed of the progress of clinical studies
• Able to travel to other sites
Person specification
Education and Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Registered Nurse/Registered Midwife with NMC Pin
- Level 3 safeguarding
- Preceptorship competition
Desirable criteria
- GCP trained with understanding of Research Governance procedures/ ICH-GCP.
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Knowledge and understanding of evidence-based practice
- A keen interest in research
- Venepuncture and cannulation including cord blood extractions and neonatal heel prick testing
Desirable criteria
- Understanding of a pregnant women’s maternity journey and birth experience
- Understanding of Genomics medicines service
- Knowledge of Research Governance Framework
- Understanding of research networks and clinical trials processes
Experience
Essential criteria
- Post registration experience of working within the NHS in an acute or research setting
Desirable criteria
- Experience of working in a clinical research environment.
- Experience of engagement and recruitment of participants from diverse ethnic and social backgrounds
- Experience of teaching, supervising and mentoring junior staff.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
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.
Application numbers
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Jasmin Kaur Pandhal
- Job title
- Lead Research Nurse
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01923217854
If you have problems applying, contact
- Address
-
Watford General Hospital
Vicarage Road
Watford
Hertfordshire
WD18 0HB
- Telephone
- 01442 365234
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