Job summary
The closing date is 14 July 2026

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic, motivated and experienced Research Midwife, with excellent planning and organisational skills to join our research team at Northwick Park Hospital

The post holder will be expected to be proactive in educating clinical staff in the specifics of running clinical trials. You should demonstrate the ability to manage own work load and to work as part of a team.

Previous experience working within a clinical research environment will be desirable. This post offers excellent opportunities in gaining managerial experience and the opportunity to maintain your clinical skills.

We will consider a hard worker candidate with no clinical research experience also consider newly qualified people with no research experience at Band 5

The post will be based at Northwick Park hospital. The London North West London Healthcare NHS Trust comprises Northwick Park & St Mark's Hospitals in Harrow, CMH in Park Royal and Ealing Hospital.

Main duties of the job
The post holder will be responsible for assessing and managing the care pathways for women and carers participating in clinical studies. This will involve the recruitment, education and monitoring of participants in studies and the collection and documentation of accurate data. You will work collaboratively with different clinical studies team and the wider multi-disciplinary team (MDT) in the management of your own caseload of participants in clinical research studies.

The post holder will participate in the process of supporting the consent process, including the explanation of standard and research treatment, risks, benefits and side effects. She/he will be responsible for randomisation, completion of case report forms (CRFs) and the maintenance of accurate records according to ICH-GCP (Good Clinical Practice). The post holder will also have responsibility for the organisation of investigations, tracking follow-up of patients, entering data and making regular submissions of data to clinical trials centres and the R&D Department. The post holder will be expected to be proactive in educating clinical staff in the specifics of running clinical trials. Willingness to work flexibly is an essential aspect of this post.

Although the post holder will be based at Northwick park hospital they will be expected to work flexibly across the Trust.

About us
London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWUH) is one of the integrated NHS Trusts in the country. Our team of more than 8,000 clinical and support staff serve a diverse population of approximately one million people providing hospital services to the people of Brent, Harrow and beyond.

We are a university teaching NHS trust, in recognition of the important role we play in training clinicians of the future and bringing the benefits of research to the public.

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LNWUH is a flexible working friendly organisation; we want you to be able to work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Please speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that's job share, part time or another flexible pattern. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.

Person SpecificationEducation and QualificationEssential

• oRegistered Midwife or possession of a relevant degree
• oCurrent good clinical research practice course (ICH-GCP)

Knowledge and ExperienceEssential

• able to demonstrate they have the ability to work in a clinical environment
• oExperience of managing and Coordinating patient care

Desirable

• oPrevious experience in working in clinical research

Skills and abilitiesEssential

• oAbility to acquire in-depth knowledge of trial protocols and to communicate this to professionals and lay persons
• able to work unsupervised as part of team

Desirable

• be flexible and adapt to the service need

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.

UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration.