Job summary
- Main area
- Maternity
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time - 22.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 382-R&D11-26
- Employer
- Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Town
- Blackpool
- Salary
- £39,959 - £48,117 per annum/pro-rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 08/10/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Research Midwife
NHS AfC: Band 6
Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is situated on the west coast of Lancashire, with services covering the local authority areas of Blackpool, Fylde and Wyre. The Trust is part of the Lancashire and South Cumbria Integrated Care System (ICS) supporting a population of around 1.6 million people.
We have three main hospitals providing acute services to around 330,000 local residents. The organisation also provides specialist tertiary care for cardiac and haematology services, delivers community health services to over 445,000 residents including those in North Lancashire and hosts the National Artificial Eye Service across England. Plus, we provide urgent and emergency care services to an estimated 18 million people who visit the seaside resort each year. We employ over 7000 people from 68 different countries.
We welcome and encourage application from anyone with protected characteristics, as well as supporting reservists and Veterans who are looking for a rewarding and challenging career within the NHS.
Blackpool Teaching Hospitals encourages flexible working in all our roles to support staff in maintaining healthy home-life balance. Working patterns such as: part time working, self-rostering, compressed hours, annualised hours, term time, reverse term time and flexitime working can be explored.
Job overview
The Research midwife is a facilitator and collaborator within a team working on Commercial and NIHR portfolio studies within a number of clinical areas within Midwifery. The post holder holds responsibility for the co-ordination in the recruitment, care and monitoring of research subjects at the Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. The recruitment, care and monitoring of research subjects is carried out in accordance with research governance and regulations. The post holder will work closely with the clinical lead in the completion of comprehensive documentation required by the Ethics Committees – local and national, for ethical review and approval of the research study. The post holder adheres to Departmental, Trust and National Institute for Health Research policies, established health professional procedures and practices.
Main duties of the job
1. The Research midwife plans and supports programmes for screening, recruitment, monitoring and retention of research subjects in accordance with protocol and International Conference on Harmonisation (ICH) Good Clinical Practice standards covering a 24 hour, 7 day service.
2. The Research midwife is responsible for the planning and implementation of protocols in accordance with research parameters as set out by the Chief and Principal Investigators.
3. The Research midwife establishes appropriate data collection systems for patient data and monitoring data, in accordance with the research protocol. This includes the creation and maintenance of databases for study progression.
4. The Research midwife maintains complete source documentation and Site Investigators File for Chief and Principal Investigators and Regulatory Bodies.
5. The Research midwife maintains liaison on a regular basis with the Chief Investigator for the duration of the study. In addition he/she may be required to attend ongoing presentations
Working for our organisation
Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is situated on the west coast of Lancashire, and offers a full range of district hospital services and community health services to a population of 1.6 million in Lancashire and South Cumbria. The Trust provides services to the 440,000 residents of Blackpool, Fylde & Wyre and North Lancashire, as well as specialist tertiary care for Cardiac and Haematology services across the wider region.
We employ more than 6,500 staff, with a turnover in excess of £370m in 2014/2015 and have approximately 900 beds.
Our main activities are:
- Cardiovascular care at our Cardiac centre
- Accident and Emergency at Blackpool Teaching Hospital
- Community Midwifery and Women and Children’s Services.
- Clinical research with an 80-strong team of nurses and doctors.
- Community nursing and school nursing.
- Recovery and rehabilitation for a variety of conditions including brain injury, stroke and elderly care.
- Sexual health and family planning services.
- End of life and palliative care.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
1. To have specialist knowledge of clinical research, underpinned by degree level education and/or experience and ICH Good Clinical Practice Qualifications.
2. To work within professional Guidelines relating to Code of Conduct, Confidentiality, Accountability and Scope of Professional Practice.
3. To provide a high standard of evidence based care to patients whilst attending patients in the community and within the hospital.
4. To work as an autonomous practitioner having a flexible approach to workload schedules.
5. To facilitate effective communication: written, verbal and electronic.
6 To act as the patient’s advocate
7. To liaise with the multidisciplinary team as appropriate in the delivery of support and care to the patients.
8. To co- ordinate the planning, implementation and development of protocols in accordance with research parameters as set out by the Chief and Principal Investigators.
Person specification
Education and Qualification
Essential criteria
- First degree level or equivalent experience
- Registered midwife qualification
Desirable criteria
- Post graduate qualification in research/clinical practice/management
- Have attended GCP (Good Clinical Practice Training) within the last 18 months
Experience and Knowledge
Essential criteria
- At least 2 years experience working in relevant clinical service/research.
Desirable criteria
- Experience of facilitating clinical research studies in an acute setting
Skills and Ability
Essential criteria
- Specialist knowledge of specialty - midwifery
- Written and oral communications skills, including the preparation of formal reports and making presentations
- Understanding of the impact of their own behaviour on others and ability to adapt behaviour as appropriate to ensure satisfactory outcomes when dealing with others
- Able to develop, and implement work programmes.
- Experience of implementing change within clinical teams.
- Demonstrates a collaborative working style.
- Confident and competent working with IT. Good working knowledge of MS Office.
- Car driver for community visits and working on studies across hospital sites if required
- Ability to work flexible shift patterns 24/7
- Ability to travel and stay overnight at conferences/training
Desirable criteria
- Able to teach and facilitate small and large groups.
- Clinical skills to include venepuncture, cannulation, IV drug administration, ILS
- Knowledge of research including
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Stephen Preston
- Job title
- Research Nurse Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01253951514
- Additional information
For an informal visit please contact reception on 01253 951514
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