Senior Research Nurse-Research & Development

Our mission

Providing high-quality, compassionate care for our communities

To be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service

We want our staff to believe in, demonstrate and live our values in everything we do. Our values are:

We value the diversity and experience of our community colleagues and partners, creating relationships and climates that provide an opportunity to share, collaborate and grow together.

We create a safe environment where we are curious of the lived experience of others, seek out best practice and are open to listening and hearing new ideas.

We are committed to consistently delivering excellent services and continuously looking to improve through a creative workforce that feels empowered to act in service of our shared purpose.

We are recruiting two Senior Research Nurse to join the Research & Development Team, who shares our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients.

Here at Mount Vernon Cancer Centre, our Research Nurses recruit patients to studies via multiple local DGH teams as well as from within the Cancer Centre.

As well as promoting studies to our referral hospitals and recruiting and coordinating the care of our trial participants, you will also administer some of the research drugs.

You 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.

We are extremely committed to providing the best possible treatments for our patients and to progressing the field forward.

In addition, you will receive a High-Cost Area Supplement of 15% of your basic salary, subject to a minimum payment of £4,870 and a maximum payment of £6,137 per annum pro rata.

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

The post holder will coordinate and manage a clinical research portfolio, working collaboratively with the NIHR Clinical Research Network/ENHT and multidisciplinary teams to support patients participating in clinical trials. Responsibilities include screening and identifying eligible patients, maintaining detailed knowledge of study protocols, supporting recruitment in outpatient and inpatient settings, monitoring patient progress, and collecting accurate clinical trial data.

The role also involves acting as a key contact for patients and families by providing information, support, and advocacy to help patients make informed decisions regarding participation in research. Patients may also be referred to appropriate professionals or agencies where necessary.

In addition, the post holder will support research governance activities by assisting with ethics and approval submissions, contributing to protocol reviews, advising on specialised equipment and resources, and ensuring ethical standards are maintained throughout the research process.

The role includes responsibility for the safe administration of experimental treatments and monitoring patients for expected and unexpected side effects.

This position offers the opportunity to work within a supportive research delivery team in a Trust committed to research and innovation to improve patient care and outcomes.

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…