Senior Agile Research Delivery Team Nurse
NHS AfC: Band 6
Main area Research Grade NHS AfC: Band 6 Contract 12 months (Fixed term: 12 months) Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week Job ref 361-7625555
Site Lister Hospital Town Stevenage Salary £38,682 - £46,580 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 22/01/2026 23:59 Interview date 03/02/2026
Here at East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust
Our mission is:
Providing high-quality, compassionate care for our communities
Our vision to 2030 is:
To be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service
Our values - We want our staff to believe in, demonstrate and live our values in everything we do. Our values are:
Include 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.
Respect 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.
Improve 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.
Job overview
We are recruiting for a Senior Agile Research Delivery Team Nurse who shares our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients.
Would you like to take the next step in your nursing career and support the delivery of world class health research to improve people’s lives?
An exciting opportunity has arisen within the National Institute of Health Research (NIHR) East of England Research Delivery Network, for two Senior Agile Research Delivery Team Nurses to join the Agile Team based at the Lister Hospital.
As part of the team you would be working in a range of non-hospital settings (e.g. primary care, community services, care homes, schools) to support and champion health and social care research. The catchment area will be within Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes.
The role is people focused involving recruiting participants into a wide range of research studies, receiving informed consent, conducting study procedures and the collection of baseline and follow up data in accordance with ICH GCP. The role can also involve office based work at times.
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.
Main duties of the job
The post holder must be a Registered Nurse (with valid NMC) and possess excellent organisational, communication and interpersonal skills.
Previous experience as a Research Nurse is highly desirable, but not essential as training can be provided, however a wide range of clinical experience is important.
You will be required to travel across the locality and wider throughout the Eastern region.
In addition, we offer a comprehensive training programme and on-going support, actively encouraging continuing professional development.
Working for our organisation
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
We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation and our staff and patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.
We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. This means that any employee is entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns and we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made and considered formally, and will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification applicant pack for further detailed information regarding this role.
Person specification
Qualifications / Training
* Educated to degree level in science or health related discipline or in another field with experience of research trials or equivalent relevant experience/training and educated or working towards postgraduate degree level
* Registered Nurse, Midwife or AHP on relevant part of the professional register (NMC, HCPC)
* Evidence of ongoing professional development.
* Has completed or is undertaking a course in management / leadership.
Previous Experience
* Leadership management experience in a health care setting
* Experience of the care of patients/participants enrolled in research studies
Skills
* Good IT skills, particularly in the use of Web applications, MS Office and/or Google Hub applications.
* Excellent planning and organisational skills
* Excellent interpersonal, communication and leadership skills.
* Ability to work autonomously and to motivate self and others.
Knowledge
* Knowledge of the governance and legislative framework for conducting clinical research studies, including UK Policy Framework for Health and Care Research, UK Clinical Trials Regulations.
* Knowledge of the clinical trial and health and care research lifecycle including experience of the set up of clinical research studies in a health and care setting.
Other Requirements
* Experience and evidence of engagement around equality, diversity and inclusion issues in relation to policy, service development and service delivery in respect of both services to users and the management of staff
* Role model our Trust values every day
* Experienced leader and manager in a health care setting.
* Team player
* Adaptable/flexible approach to work
When you apply...
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Secondments/Fixed term
Where a vacancy is advertised as a temporary position, the duration will be specified in the advert. If the vacancy becomes permanent towards the end of the specified duration, the successful applicant may not be required to re-apply and can be slotted into the role on a permanent basis if appropriate.
If you are an internal applicant applying for a temporary working arrangement, please see the attached notes on secondments.
Committed to our Community
East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust is committed to equality, diversity and inclusion for all job applicants, staff, patients and the wider community. We want to create a workforce which represents the communities we serve. We are on a journey to become a more inclusive organisation and we welcome applications from everyone regardless of their background. In particular we encourage applications from candidates with disabilities, and candidates from Black, Asian and Minority ethnic (BAME) backgrounds who are currently under-represented in various parts of our workforce .
We understand the importance of balancing work and home life. We are committed to support flexible working for our staff wherever possible and all our employees are given the opportunity to discuss potential for flexible working.
We are proud to be a Disability Confident employer and achieved our status in 2019.
We will remove barriers that prospective candidates might face at any stage of our recruitment process. If you have a disability and would like the advert in an alternative format, or would like to talk about how we can adjust the interview process to best support you, please contact us by emailing resourcing.enh-tr@nhs.net
We are also proud to support our UK armed forces by supporting Reservists, Cadet Instructors, Veterans and military spouses/partners into employment and offering supportive policies that value their contribution to the community and to our Trust.
We are committed to being a carer-friendly environment, addressing the complex needs of families with caring responsibilities. In partnership with Carers in Hertfordshire, all our working carers have access to support from recruitment. We are also a member of Carers UK, providing resources to make balancing work and caring easier. Our approach is inclusive, recognizing diverse challenges and creating a supportive environment where carers feel valued.
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