Senior Research Nurse/AHP
Posted 4 hours 17 minutes ago by NHS
Closing date: 25 November 2025
We are seeking a dynamic Senior Research Nurse or Allied Health Professional to join our research team. This maternity cover role offers a unique chance to work across a range of specialties, contributing to innovative clinical research and making a real impact on patient care.
As a senior member of staff, you will lead high quality research delivery across multiple clinical specialties. You will be responsible for recruiting patients into clinical trials and for collecting their clinical data needed for research purposes. A key part of the role will be to liaise with all members of the clinical multi disciplinary team, so the successful candidate will need to have excellent interpersonal skills.
This is an excellent opportunity to gain experience in a growing area of clinical research at a senior level.
Main duties of the job- Have an understanding of the clinical research team objectives and contribute to their achievement.
- Manage research performance and study timelines of relevant studies.
- Be responsible for the delivery of a clinical trial portfolio relevant to the specialty.
- Be responsible for the care of research participants within the relevant sphere of practice and use opportunities to provide health promotion and patient education.
- Work as part of the multidisciplinary team and contribute to the ongoing development of the department.
- Have an awareness of the income stream relevant to Clinical Trials and work within, local and Trust wide financial and budgetary guidelines.
The clinical research delivery team recruits participants from across the organisation into commercial and non commercial clinical trials and research. We work across the organisation, supporting research in a variety of clinical specialties and departments.
We provide clinical research expertise from setting up studies with the clinical service through to informed consent, trial treatments and interventions and study follow up. We use a range of clinical database systems to ensure high quality clinical data collection.
The team supports the safe conduct of research in accordance with the Research Governance Framework and Good Clinical Practice guidelines and provides assurance that the rights, safety and well being of trial participants are protected.
Job responsibilitiesFull vacancy details can be found on the attached job description and person specification.
Please refer to your suitability to the post in your supporting information from the role requirements or person specification.
Person Specification Qualifications- Registered Nurse or Healthcare Professional
- Evidence of continued professional development
- Research Training (e.g. GCP, degree module, informed consent)
- Post graduate qualification in teaching or equivalent
- Management or leadership qualification
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.
Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust
£38,682 to £46,580 a year pro rata