Clinical Research Midwife

Job summary

Exciting Opportunity in Clinical Research at ESNEFT!

Are you an enthusiastic and compassionate Midwife with excellent interpersonal and organisational skills and an interest in maternity research?

We are seeking a Band 6 Research Midwife to join the Generic Research Team at Ipswich Hospital, supporting the Generation Study - a landmark national programme exploring maternal and reproductive health and offering whole genome sequencing for newborn babies.

You will support participants throughout the study pathway, coordinating care, leading recruitment, and ensuring all activities comply with Good Clinical Practice (GCP) and Trust research governance standards.

Our Region is supported by the East of England Regional Research Delivery Network (RRDN) :

East of England | NIHR RDN

This is Fixed term/ Secondment until 31st December 2026, 30 hours per week.

Main duties of the job

To lead and support recruitment into the Generation Study

To co-ordinate your own caseload of clinical research participants. To act as a primary contact point for clinical trial & research participants in collaboration with the relevant clinical specialists. To refer to other specialist areas as required for optimal patient care.

To provide ongoing information, education, and support to participants (and their significant others) regarding clinical trials & research.

To attend multi-disciplinary meetings, and appropriate clinics, to screen and recruit new participants.

To ensure that trial specific investigations are undertaken as required by the trial protocol, to establish eligibility and safety to enter the trial and to meet trial protocol requirements during the follow up phase.

To assist and, when appropriate, be responsible for consent and randomisation procedures

To maintain accurate documentation of patient events in nursing/medical notes and accurately document data collected into the case report forms (CRF) in paper and electronic format.

Record and report adverse events that occur whilst participants are in a clinical trial to the relevant personnel and act as required.

Record and report serious adverse events that occur whilst the patient is in the clinical trial to the trial co-coordinator/Chief Investigator and the local Principal Investigator/regulatory authorities.

About us

We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients' own homes.

We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff.

We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options.

Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services.

Our philosophy is thatTime Mattersto everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.

We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what's widely regarded as the world's best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.

If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you.

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Employer details

Employer name

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Ipswich Hospital

Ipswich

IP4 5PD

Employer's website

https://www.esneft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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Employer details

Employer name

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Ipswich Hospital

Ipswich

IP4 5PD

Employer's website

https://www.esneft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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