Research Facilitator/Research Nurse/Research AHP

East of England Community Health and Care NHS Trust (Cambridge)

Job summary

**There are two posts available: one post is full time (1.0wte) and permanent, the other is 15hrs a week (0.4wte) and fixed-term until 31st March 2028. Please state your preference in your application**

Applications are capped at 50 – so please submit early, as once this limit is reached applications will automatically close.

Two exciting opportunities have arisen to join the Research Team at East of England Community Health and Care NHS Trust (EEC) as a Research Nurse or Research Allied Health Professional (AHP) or Research Facilitator (clinical/non-clinical). These are key roles supporting the delivery and growth of research across our newly established Trust. You will work with clinical services to embed research into everyday practice, enabling more patients to access research opportunities and contributing to improved health outcomes. These posts are funded by the Regional Research Delivery Network (RRDN East of England). ‘If we receive a high number of applications we reserve the right to close this vacancy at any point after 29.07.2026.

Main duties of the job

You will support the delivery of National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Portfolio studies across the Trust, including commercial research, and play an important role in developing a strong and sustainable research culture. Your work will include:

Supporting clinical teams toidentify, set up and deliver research studies

Promoting research opportunities across services

Supportingpatient identification, recruitment and follow-up

Ensuring accurate and timelydata collection and reporting

Contributing to the development ofresearch-ready services, including those delivering more complex studies such as CTIMPs

Working collaboratively with internal teams and external partners, including the NIHR Research Delivery Network

Applicants may come from aclinical or non-clinical background.Where relevant, professional registration is required.

Person Specification

Qualifications and Training

Essential

  • Educated to degree standard or have relevant and recent research knowledge and experience to equivalent of degree level.
  • Evidence of continuous personal, professional development.

Desirable

  • Post-graduate qualification e.g. MSc.
  • Relevant and recent specialist healthcare knowledge.
  • Current clinical professional qualification and registered with a relevant regulatory body e.g. NMC or HCPC.

Experience

Essential

  • Good Knowledge of clinical research infrastructure in the UK.
  • Understanding of the requirements of ICH Good Clinical Practice
  • Good Knowledge of the role of the clinical research facilitator; understanding the issues/process of gaining informed consent
  • Experience of project management and delivery of projects in a timely manner
  • An understanding of the complexity of service delivery within a community setting
  • Experience of working with patients/service users/public
  • Accepts responsibility and accountability for own work and can define the responsibilities of others
  • Recognises the limits of own authority within the role

Desirable

  • Experience of working in an NHS environment
  • Experience and understanding of working with the NIHR and RDN
  • Experience working in a Community Care setting
  • Experience of clinical trial (CTIMP)/Commercial research
  • Experience submitting commercial EOIs
  • Experience of research governance
  • Experience of report writing

Skills

Essential

  • Effective listening and interpersonal skills
  • Ability to work autonomously using own initiative, and as a member of a small team, as well as part of the wider multidisciplinary team
  • Ability to work across boundaries, integrating with multidisciplinary staff in relation to achieve the objectives of the project
  • In highly stressful situations keeps own feelings in check, takes constructive action and calms others down
  • Shows a realistic appreciation of the challenges of working with children and young people/vulnerable adults
  • Aware of the range of emotions in self and in others

Desirable

  • Ability to maintain records consistent with policies, procedures and regulations to be used for reporting and governance purposes.
  • Teaching skills

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Closing Date: 9 August 2026

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