Job summary
- Main area
- 317 CR CRF 570430
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time - 30 hours per week
- Job ref
- 317-2025-33-034
- Employer
- The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Trustwide
- Town
- 317 Trustwide
- Salary
- £38,682 - £46,580 pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 14/09/2025 23:59
- Interview date
- 08/10/2025
Employer heading
Research Nurse
Band 6
Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the busiest and largest NHS foundation trusts in the country, with around 15,000 staff and an annual budget of £1.6 billion.
We have a long history of providing high quality care, clinical excellence, and innovation in medical research regionally, nationally and internationally.
We’re in the top five providers of specialised health services in the country, supporting people with a range of rare and complex medical, surgical and neurological conditions, cancers and genetic orders.
Our staff oversee around 6,500 patient contacts each day, delivering high standards of healthcare.
We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and recognise the benefit in providing an inclusive environment. We value and respect the diversity of our employees and aim to recruit a workforce which reflects the communities we serve, and is equipped to deliver the best service to our patients. We welcome all applications irrespective of people’s race, disability, sex, sexual orientation, religion or belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity and in particular those from under- represented groups.
Newcastle Hospitals are proud to be one of the exemplar organisations across the NHS on sustainability, with a long history of delivering Sustainable Healthcare in Newcastle (Shine) and the first healthcare organisation in the world to declare a climate emergency. Our strategy includes commitments to being Net Zero by 2030, for our direct carbon footprint, and Net Zero by 2040 for our footprint plus. Delivering these ambitions will not be possible without the help, support and action of every single member of our team.
Job overview
Are you an experienced registered nurse looking to expand your role into research? If so, then this opportunity is for you.
A rare opportunity has arisen to apply for the position of Research Nurse working across the NIHR Newcastle Clinical Research Facility (NCRF) based at the Royal Victoria Infirmary in the Directorate of Clinical Research.
The NCRF team specialise in the delivery of high-quality, cutting-edge experimental research and early phase clinical trials. In recent years the NCRF team have successfully recruited to gene therapy studies, rheumatology studies, respiratory studies, neurology studies and hepatology studies. Some of these studies have been First in Human.
Applications are welcomed from a registered adult nurse who has post registration experience working within a broad range of specialty areas and/or the clinical research delivery landscape.
The successful candidate will work as an integral member of the team to provide clinical care to research participants and their families. They will work as part of the clinical research delivery team to support the successful delivery of the study portfolio. This role requires an individual with excellent organisational and communication skills, effective time management, good IT skills, knowledge of data collection systems and the ability to work autonomously and as part of a team.
- Interview Date Wednesday 08 October 2025
- 30 Hours/Week
NO AGENCIES PLEASE
Main duties of the job
We are looking for an enthusiastic person who is able to:
- Ensure the provision of safe and effective patient care.
- Support the team to ensure environmental standards and cleanliness are maintained in line with national and Trust Standards in the Clinical Research Facility.
- Support and contribute to the delivery of research participant care and nursing practice within the unit, contributing to Trust projects and wider research delivery projects where required.
- Support the development of junior staff and students ensuring appropriate supervision and assessment is available.
- Lead on clinical trials whilst maintaining a high standard of care and have the skills such as venepuncture, cannulation, ECG – or be willing to obtain these skills.
- Be responsible for the safe custody of medication, including checking and administration.
- Ensure compliance with NUTH policies and procedures and adhere to the Clinical Governance framework and ICH Good Clinical Practice.
Working for our organisation
As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
Our staff oversee over 6,500 patient contacts every day, delivering high standards of healthcare from the following sites:
• Freeman Hospital
• Royal Victoria Infirmary (RVI)
• Health Innovation Neighbourhood (on the former Newcastle General Hospital and Centre for Ageing and Vitality site)
• Newcastle Dental Hospital
• Newcastle Fertility Centre
• Northern Centre for Cancer Care, North Cumbria
• Northern Genetics Service
• Cramlington Manor Walks
These include a range of flagship services which deliver cutting-edge care (supported by state-of-the-art diagnostic services in both radiology and pathology) and are a catalyst for innovation to support pioneering clinical practice in the NHS.
We also have offices at Regent Point in Gosforth and community sites.
Please see attached information on what Staff Benefits we have to offer at our Trust under ‘Documents to download’ or ‘Supporting documents’.
For further information on The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust please visit: Careers | Newcastle Hospitals | NHS | Newcastle Hospitals and Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
- To participate in the creation and maintenance of a high-quality clinical research environment.
- To initiate and manage nursing activities related to academic studies and clinical trials, from initiation to termination, according to ICH good clinical practice guidelines.
- Supervise junior members of the team.
You will be redirected to Trac to apply for the vacancy. Please expand the job details section and read all of the information before applying for the vacancy
Person specification
Qualifications & Education
Essential criteria
- Registered Nurse (appropriate to branch)
- Academic attainment at diploma level and prepared to undertake degree level study
- Meets Nursing and Midwifery council requirements for mentorship
Desirable criteria
- Current driving licence if relevant to role
- Academic attainment at degree/masters’ level
Knowledge & Experience
Essential criteria
- An understanding of the application of research in the clinical governance agenda
- An understanding of research governance and the research process
- Substantial post registration experience in clinical speciality area and/or clinical research delivery
- Evidence of research activity and ability to demonstrate research competency
Desirable criteria
- Experience of working within speciality
- Experience of supporting clinical research delivery
- Experience related to information retrieval and research application
- Experience of mentoring junior staff
- Evidence of current role expansion that can be applied to the role
- Experience of project management
Skills & Abilities
Essential criteria
- Excellent IT knowledge/skills
- Advanced interpersonal and communication skills
- Advanced clinical skills (i.e., venepuncture, cannulation, ECG)
- High level of organisation and time management skills
- Ability to work on own initiative
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
- Angela Bailey
- Job title
- Senior Research Sister
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01912821776
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