Research Nurse

Grade UE06N: £34,610 - £39,906 per annum, pro rata

Institute for Neuroscience and Cardiovascular Research / Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences

Part-time: 21 hours per week

Fixed-term: 36 months

Together we can do great things. Be part of something bigger. Make a meaningful impact

Here, you can continue to make a difference in everything around you. Take on new challenges, grow your career, and be recognised for your contributions. Be part of something bigger — where your work has real impact and your development matters. There are so many reasons to take your next step with us.

The University of Edinburgh is a world-class organisation. We are a large University covering a wide range of activities. In Professional Services, we support the University’s research and teaching, offering many career and role specialisms.

The postholder will coordinate and deliver clinical research activities at the Glasgow site for the Scotland-wide multiple sclerosis (MS) research study, FutureMS, led by the Anne Rowling Clinic at the University of Edinburgh. This will include scheduling visits, answering questions, acting as an advocate for the study to encourage participants to re‑engage, collection of clinical data, and data entry. The postholder will be largely based in Glasgow, but will be part of the wider Anne Rowling Clinic team at the University of Edinburgh and support delivery of research studies within the Clinic’s portfolio.

Our people are at the centre of the University community and everything we do. We value colleagues with drive, determination and a passion for what they do. We are a place where everyone is welcome and offer a range of policies and benefits designed to support you in building the right meaningful flexibility that works for you.

A career with us has a range of other benefits that can be tailored to your lifestyle:

• Responsibility and autonomy
• Interesting work
• Excellent benefits and support

• A competitive salary.
• An exciting, positive, creative, challenging and rewarding place to work.
• To be part of a diverse and vibrant international community.
• Comprehensive Staff Benefits, including generous annual leave entitlement, a defined benefits pension scheme, a wide range of staff discounts, family‑friendly initiatives, and flexible work options. Check out the full list on our staff benefits page and use our reward calculator to discover the value of your pay and benefits.

The University of Edinburgh holds a Silver Athena SWAN award in recognition of our commitment to advance gender equality in higher education. We are members of the Race Equality Charter, and we are also Stonewall Scotland Diversity Champions, actively promoting LGBT equality.

Prior to any employment commencing with the University, you will be required to evidence your right to work in the UK. Further information is available on our right to work webpages.

On this occasion the University will not consider applicants requiring sponsorship for this role. International workers will therefore only be able to take up this role if they can demonstrate an alternative right to work in the UK.

The closing date for applications is 3 rd August 2026. Unless stated otherwise, the closing time for applications is 11:59 pm (UK time). If you are applying from outside the UK, the closing time shown on our adverts will automatically adjust to your browser’s local time zone.

As a world‑leading research‑intensive University, we are here to address tomorrow’s greatest challenges. Between now and 2030 we will do that with a values‑led approach to teaching, research and innovation, and through the strength of our relationships, both locally and globally.

School of Neurological and Cardiovascular Sciences

We host research and postgraduate training in neuroscience, cardiovascular, metabolic and psychiatric research. We are one of six schools in the College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine at the University of…