Job overview
This post is a part time ( hours per week) fixed term -months contract.
As a Clinical Trials Lead Nurse, you will provide operational leadership for the delivery of high‑quality clinical trials within the organisation. You will ensure that clinical trials are conducted safely, ethically, and in accordance with regulatory, governance, and Good Clinical Practice standards. This is a critical role to R&D in the Trust and will build on the solid foundations already established within the research infrastructure at CPFT.
The post holder will be based in one of our R&D bases in the Trust, either at the Windsor Research Unit in Fulbourn Hospital or the Cavell Centre in Peterborough. They will be expected to travel between sites and to others relevant to the role events.
Please note for this role you will need the ability to travel independently and in a timely manner across Cambridgeshire and Peterborough to meet strict time deadlines.
Main duties of the job
You will provide line management, peer support, training, supervision, and play a key role in developing of the skills and knowledge of the R&D research delivery workforce. You will ensuring robust processes to support the study setup efficiencies, participant experience, intervention delivery, and follow‑up across a portfolio of studies.
You will be working collaboratively with multidisciplinary teams, sponsors, investigators, and external partners; drive excellence in research delivery, promote a culture of evidence‑based practice, and enhance opportunities for patients to participate in clinical trials. The role is central to improving trial performance, expanding research capacity, and ensuring patients have equitable access to clinical trial opportunities.
You will work in close partnership with the Research Delivery Lead to determine service priorities and coordinate effective workforce allocation.
This role plays a key part in achieving national performance metrics by ensuring high‑quality, timely, and efficient delivery of the clinical trials research portfolio, contributing directly to the CPFT performance against national research delivery standards.
Working for our organisation
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust is a health and social care organisation dedicated to providing high-quality care with compassion to improve the health and wellbeing of the people we care for, as well as supporting and empowering them to lead a fulfilling life.
Our clinical teams deliver many NHS services, not only via inpatient and primary care settings, but also within the community. These services include children's, adult and older people's mental health, forensic and specialist mental health, learning disabilities, primary care and liaison psychiatry, substance misuse, social care, research and development.
To achieve our goal, we look to recruit high-calibre candidates who share our vision and values. As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage applications from all sectors of the community, particularly from under-represented groups including people with long term conditions and members of our ethnic minority and LGBTQ+ communities.
Please be advised we reserve the right to close adverts earlier than the closing date should we receive sufficient applications.
Regrettably, we cannot offer sponsorship for all our job roles. If you apply for a role that we cannot offer sponsorship for, unfortunately, your application form will be rejected from the process.
For further information on CPFT, please visit our website at