Job summary
- Main area
- Research Nursing
- Grade
- Band 7
- Contract
- 12 months (fixed term)
- Hours
- 0.2 hours per week (Part Time / Flexible working hours may be considered)
- Job ref
- 180-R&D-257240
- Employer
- Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Addenbrookes Hospital-Division R&D
- Town
- CAMBRIDGE
- Salary
- £47,810 - £54,710 p.a. pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 23/10/2025 23:59
- Interview date
- 28/10/2025
Employer heading
Thyroid Endocrine Research Nurse
Band 7
Job overview
A part-time, Band 7 Nurse, with substantial previous experience of both academic-led and industry-sponsored clinical endocrine research in children and adults, is sought to coordinate and manage studies, led by an Institute of Metabolic Science investigator which are being conducted in the NIHR Cambridge Clinical Research Facility
Main duties of the job
The post holder will coordinate and manage thyroid and endocrine research studies from academic, non-commercial and commercial sources, and will be responsible for a number of different research studies and/or centres (where the studies are taking place).
Main responsibilities include:
• Planning, coordinating and managing a range of specialist thyroid and endocrine research studies including recruitment of participants, liaison with local PIs sponsors and management of clinical study team.
• Preparing and adhering to protocols and Standard Operating Procedures
• Providing care and undertaking specialist research interventions to patients / participants together with ongoing information & support.
• Maintaining study documentation, including databases and preparation of material for publication or presentation.
• Monitoring/auditing progression of studies and preparing reports for funders & sponsors
• Maintaining professional development and presenting research to professional peer groups, funders and patient support groups.
Working for our organisation
Come Nurse with us…
Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest teaching Trusts in the country. It comprises Addenbrooke’s Hospital and the Rosie Hospital. We provide accessible high-quality healthcare for the local people of Cambridge and regional and national specialist services. It’s a great place to nurse, work and live.
You will work on a vibrant hospital campus with a friendly community feel; we have excellent facilities to practise your skills and abilities to support your career pathway and development. Our values of Together – Safe, Kind, Excellent support the delivery of outstanding care. We have a fully electronic patient record system that is improving health-care quality; this is transforming services, improving patient safety and clinical outcomes.
Why choose Cambridge University Hospitals?
• Our values and reputation for outstanding care
• Opportunities to experience a range of specialities
• Career and development opportunities
• Preceptorship and mentoring programmes delivered by a dedicated clinical education support team
• Research experience and opportunities
• Lovely location and quality of life
• Excellent schools/colleges and transport links (road, rail and air)
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached Applicant Information Pack (combined Job Description and Person Specification) for key duties and responsibilities.
Please note:- Internal applicants on permanent contracts can apply for this post as a secondment or fixed term contract. For secondments, you must have the approval of your line manager before applying. If you are an internal applicant
Due to Home Office immigration rules, a full time permanent vacancy cannot be filled by individuals on a Student visa. Therefore, please be advised that if you are a Student visa holder, we will not be able to offer you a full time permanent contract unless you have:
- applied for a Graduate visa
- or you will have successfully completed your course and have applied for a Graduate visa before the anticipated start date of your employment
- or the Trust has agreed that they will Sponsor you as a Skilled Worker and you will complete your studies within 3 months of the anticipated start
For NHS Cambridgeshire and Peterborough based roles, all applicants from NHS Cambridgeshire and Peterborough who have identified that they are at risk of redundancy will be prioritised over those not at risk. However, interviews cannot be guaranteed.
This vacancy will close at midnight on 28th October 2025
Interviews are due to be held on 11th November 2025
Benefits to you
At Cambridge University Hospitals, we want to do all we can to support good working days. We offer development opportunities and a wide range of benefits, including on-site leisure facilities, shopping concourse and day nurseries. Our good work programme currently includes providing reduced cost Stagecoach bus travel to and from Cambridge University Hospital site. Park and Ride bus journeys between Babraham Road and Trumpington sites are free, as is the route to and from Cambridge train station and our hospitals. We also subsidise the cost of parking on site for eligible staff.
On CUH campus, hot food is available 24/7 and at a reduced cost for colleagues. Recently we launched the first of our staff pod break spaces. Located in the Deakin Centre, we have a purpose-created colleague-only café, with free tea and coffee, a break space and private outside area for colleagues to rest, refuel and recharge. Just one of the ways we are working hard to support good working days at CUH.
CUH is committed to assisting employees in achieving a good work-life balance irrespective of role or personal circumstances. Flexible arrangements may include, but are not limited to, part-time working, job-share, term-time working and flexible start and finish times.
Please note if you would like to discuss the required hours of this role further, you should approach the contact given. In some cases, alternative working hours will be considered.
We welcome applications from the Armed Forces.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Registered Adult and Paediatric Nurse educated to Degree level or willingness to undertake
- Evidence of continuous professional development
Desirable criteria
- Research Module
- Masters Degree
- Post registration qualification in speciality
- Teaching qualification
Experience
Essential criteria
- Considerable Band 6 or above experience in experimental medicine and early phase clinical research trial delivery in specialist patient groups with rare, genetic thyroid or endocrine disorders
- Experience of delivering and managing experimental medicine studies and trials conducted in adults and children
- Previous experience of nursing within a research environment
Desirable criteria
- Experience of formal/informal teaching
- Writing standard operating procedures
- Risk assessment & inspection
- Working with adults & children with disabilities
- Working in a Clinical Research Facility
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Knowledge of and experience in the specialist area of thyroid and endocrine disorders
- Understanding of evidence-based practice
- Understanding of Clinical Governance
- Knowledge of clinical research infrastructure in the UK and relevant Research Governance legislation & regulations
- Understanding of the requirements of Good Clinical Practice & possession of GCP Certificate
- Knowledge of the role of the clinical research nurse and principles of informed consent for participation in research
- Knowledge of health research methodology
Desirable criteria
- International research regulations
- Current research nursing issues
- Thyroid and endocrine genetics
Skills
Essential criteria
- Good verbal and written communication skills
- Capable of working as an integral member of a small team
- Advanced clinical competence in venepuncture, cannulation, IV infusions
- Skilled in sample processing
- Flexible and adaptable to changing situations due workload and colleagues’ needs
- Ability to undertake teaching of staff and patients
- Leadership Skills
- Ability to work unsupervised and manage own workload; effective time-management
- Effective interpersonal skills
- Commitment to multidisciplinary working
- Demonstrate analytical and judgmental skills
Desirable criteria
- Advanced Communication Skills
- Presentation skills
- Ability to initiate own research
Additional Requirements
Essential criteria
- Capable of developing liaisons with other practice areas/academic institutions
- To act in a professional manner at all times in accordance with NMC Code of Conduct
- The ability to understand and behave at all times, towards patients, visitors and colleagues according to the Trust values of safe, kind, excellent
Desirable criteria
- Knowledge of broader issues related to specialty – political and Trust
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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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
- Anne Elmer
- Job title
- CRF Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01223 254200
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