Clinical Research Nurse - CRF

The closing date is 14 December 2025

Clinical Research Nurse - CRF

• The post holder will be responsible for the co-ordination and management of early and late phase trials in the neuromuscular clinical research portfolio at St George's Hospital, with cross specialty cover being essential.
• The post holder will work collaboratively with the research teams and wider multidisciplinary team in the management of their own caseload of clinical trials patients and be accountable for the achievement of local and national targets in relation to the service.
• Responsibilities include: facilitating study set-up; identifying suitable patients through the process of MDTs/screening notes; collecting data; interviewing; supporting and monitoring patients and data entry. The post holder will also be expected to have sufficient skills to enable patients to make informed choices concerning their involvement in clinical trials by providing advice and information and acting as the patient's advocate.
• The post holder must also be willing to move to different clinical specialties within the remit of their qualifications and where the need to do so is identified.

Main duties of the job

• An exciting opportunity has arisen for a full time Clinical Research Nurse to join our friendly Team.
• The Clinical Research Facility (CRF) nurses/practitioners play a key role in the delivery of clinical research at St. George's Hospital, developing and creating robust systems and processes to enable clinical research to run smoothly, efficiently and whilst ensuring the highest of standards are maintained.
• The CRF also supports COVID 19 trials and the post holder will be required to work on these as well.
• This role involves liaison with Principal Investigators and other members of the multidisciplinary team to provide high quality data collection and clinical care, with a commitment to participant safety and welfare. The post holder will be expected to advocate for patients and empower them to make informed choices concerning their involvement in clinical research studies by providing advice and information.
• The post holder will work with a high level of autonomy, taking delegated responsibility from clinicians for clinical decision making, and will work closely with investigators and multidisciplinary staff.
• We are very keen to meet potential applicants and would be very happy to facilitate informal visits or answer enquiries regarding the post.

About us

With nearly 9,000 dedicated staff caring for patients around the clock, they are the largest healthcare provider in southwest London. Their main site, St George's Hospital in Tooting - one of the country's principal teaching hospitals - is shared with St George's, University of London, which trains medical students and carries out advanced medical research. St George's Hospital also hosts the St George's, University of London and Kingston University Faculty of Health and Social Care Sciences, which is responsible for training a wide range of healthcare professionals from across the region. As well as acute hospital services, they provide a wide variety of specialist care and a full range of community services to patients of all ages following integration with Community Services Wandsworth in 2010. St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust serves a population of 1.3 million across southwest London. A large number of services, such as cardiothoracic medicine and surgery, neurosciences and renal transplantation, also cover significant populations from Surrey and Sussex, totalling around 3.5 million people. The trust also provides care for patients from a larger catchment area in southeast England, for specialties such as complex pelvic trauma. Other services treat patients from all over the country, such as family HIV care and bone marrow transplantation for non cancer diseases. The trust also provides a nationwide state of the art endoscopy training centre.

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached job description and person specification which contains more information about the role. Please note that this vacancy is capped and the advert may close before its actual end date.

Person Specification Qualifications and Training

• Educated to diploma/degree level in Nursing or relevant area
• Relevant experience in clinical trial delivery (2 years)
• Good Clinical Practice or willingness to be trained
• Previous experience in Early Phase clinical trial delivery
• Previous involvement in CTIMP trials (any phase)

Experience

• Previous experience in audit and evaluation
• Experience of explaining complex concepts to patients in a clear and simplified manner
• Experience in Neurology speciality
• Experience in IV medication administration
• Knowledge of neuromuscular disorders such as DMD, BMD, DM1 and associated clinical presentations
• Experience working within multidisciplinary teams.

Skills

• Excellent communication, interpersonal & management skills
• Demonstrates ability to prioritise workload
• Demonstrate leadership skills

Knowledge

• Understanding of clinical research and treatment protocols / participation in basic clinical or nursing research
• IT proficiency including use of clinical data entry systems (e.g. Medidata, RedCap) and Microsoft Excel
• Understanding of Early Phase safety requirements, including PK/PD sampling and close monitoring schedules
• Capacity to handle complex databases

Other

• Motivated & demonstrates enthusiasm for the clinical speciality
• Adaptable & responsive to changing needs
• Able to use own initiative
• Strong organisational skills to manage complex visit schedules with multiple assessments and specialists
• Positive attitude and upbeat approach, contributing to a collaborative and motivating team environment.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Address

St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Clinical Research Facility, Corridor 4, Jenner Wing, Cranmer Terrace

£46,419 to £55,046 a year per annum inc HCAS (pro rata)

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full time

Reference number

446-GO-SC

Job locations

St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Clinical Research Facility, Corridor 4, Jenner Wing, Cranmer Terrace