East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust

Research Nurse

The closing date is 16 September 2025

Job summary

We are recruiting for a Research Nurse who will share our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients.

You will be part of the Research Team delivering new and innovative treatments to patients at the Trust. You will work closely with the team led by the senior research nurse as well as the multi-disciplinary team.

At the heart of everything we do are our core values:Include,Respect, andImprove. We encourage you to embrace these values throughout the recruitment process and in your role with us.

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will work with clinicians and other specialists recruiting patients to clinical trials and other NIHR research studies.

You will take responsibility for the coordination and management of clinical research projects, collaborating with key personnel throughout the network to ensure continued care and support for patients involved in clinical trials.

The post holder may be required to take responsibility for the safe administration of experimental drugs and for monitoring the expected and unexpected side effects of drugs and other treatment modalities.

You will be expected to have sufficient skills to enable patients to make informed choices concerning their involvement in the clinical trials by providing advice and information and acting as the patients advocate.

About us

At East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general and specialist services we provide and our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible and innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.

We run the following hospitals:

  • The Lister Hospital, Stevenage
  • New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City
  • Hertford County, Hertford
  • Mount Vernon Cancer Centre (MVCC), Northwood

We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation, and our staff and patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.

We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. This means that any employee is entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns and we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made and considered formally, and will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.

Details

Date posted

02 September 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

£31,049 to £37,796 a year per annum

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

12 months

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

361-7425319

Job locations

Lister Hospital

Coreys Mill Lane

Stevenage

SG1 4AB


Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification applicant pack for further detailed information regarding this role.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification applicant pack for further detailed information regarding this role.

Person Specification

Qualifications/Training

Essential

  • Registered Nurse
  • Post graduate level qualification/courses or equivalent experience.
  • Evidence of CPD and maintenance of PDP
  • Willingness to undertake training as appropriate for role

Previous Experience

Essential

  • Experience of working with patients and families within relevant clinical areas.

Desirable

  • Experience of teaching, and mentoring.

Skills

Essential

  • Excellent organisational and time management skills
  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
  • Ability to work cross boundaries integrating with multidisciplinary staff
  • Ability to make clinical judgments regarding patient needs where appropriate
  • Computer literate with Microsoft Office software. (including word, Excel)

Knowledge

Essential

  • Awareness of GCP (Good Clinical Practice)

Desirable

  • Awareness of research governance issues
Person Specification

Qualifications/Training

Essential

  • Registered Nurse
  • Post graduate level qualification/courses or equivalent experience.
  • Evidence of CPD and maintenance of PDP
  • Willingness to undertake training as appropriate for role

Previous Experience

Essential

  • Experience of working with patients and families within relevant clinical areas.

Desirable

  • Experience of teaching, and mentoring.

Skills

Essential

  • Excellent organisational and time management skills
  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
  • Ability to work cross boundaries integrating with multidisciplinary staff
  • Ability to make clinical judgments regarding patient needs where appropriate
  • Computer literate with Microsoft Office software. (including word, Excel)

Knowledge

Essential

  • Awareness of GCP (Good Clinical Practice)

Desirable

  • Awareness of research governance issues

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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Additional information

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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust

Address

Lister Hospital

Coreys Mill Lane

Stevenage

SG1 4AB


Employer's website

https://www.enherts-tr.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)


Employer details

Employer name

East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust

Address

Lister Hospital

Coreys Mill Lane

Stevenage

SG1 4AB


Employer's website

https://www.enherts-tr.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)


Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Lead Research Nurse

Carina Cruz

carina.cruz@nhs.net

07917534555

Details

Date posted

02 September 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

£31,049 to £37,796 a year per annum

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

12 months

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

361-7425319

Job locations

Lister Hospital

Coreys Mill Lane

Stevenage

SG1 4AB


Supporting documents

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