Research Nurse

Go back Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Closing date 08 February 2026

We are looking for a motivated and enthusiastic Band 6 Research Nurse to join The Academy of Research and Improvement team within Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust. This position is full‑time; job sharing or part‑time working will be considered.

The Academy integrates research, quality improvement, clinical effectiveness and patient and public engagement to facilitate and support evidence‑based community care across Southampton, Portsmouth and other parts of Hampshire.

This role will focus on identifying, setting up and delivering research studies. You will be involved in the identification, recruitment, education and monitoring of participants in research, along with accurate and timely data collection.

As well as working with our clinical teams, a core component of our research is our community research partnership model, in which we work collaboratively with other care organisations to deliver studies. We work with care homes, schools, charities and community organisations.

This post will be mainly based in Southampton but willingness to work flexibly and across other Trust sites is an essential aspect of this post. You will need a full UK driving licence and have access to a car.

We are looking for someone with excellent communication, interpersonal and organisational skills whilst possessing an eye for detail. The ability to work well within a team, as well as the ability to work independently is an essential aspect to this role.

The role of the Research Nurse is to take responsibility for the identification of clinical trials appropriate for the Trust's clinical services, facilitation of these trials and once open, their ongoing management and care of patients and participants. The post holder will ensure that participant care, treatment, assessment, follow‑up and data collection are co‑ordinated according to the appropriate research protocols. They will ensure that research will be conducted in accordance with the UK Policy Framework for Health and Social Care Research and Good Clinical Practice guidelines to provide assurance that the rights, safety and well‑being of trial participants are protected.

The post‑holder will work as a self‑directed practitioner, working closely with Chief and Principal Investigators and other members of the research team to manage the care of patients who participate in clinical trials within the Trust.

The post‑holder will be responsible for promoting research within Trust departments and the wider community and supporting colleagues and local investigators to deliver high quality studies to support patient care.

There may be a requirement to cover research across different specialties e.g. community and primary care, so willingness to work flexibly is an essential aspect of this post and provides the opportunity to develop.

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust provides joined‑up mental and physical healthcare for around two million people across our communities. With over 13,000 staff working in the community and local hospitals, we deliver care at every stage of life, helping people live their best and healthiest lives.

Our mental health services include community‑based support and early intervention in psychosis (EIP for both adults and young people, alongside a network of specialist inpatient wards covering forensic, learning disability, eating disorder and older person’s care.

We deliver extensive physical health services too, from urgent community response teams helping frail and older patients remain safely at home, to hospitals at home teams providing acute‑level care in familiar surroundings. Our neurological services offer rehabilitation and treatment for conditions including Multiple Sclerosis, Parkinson’s Disease, Motor Neurone Disease, Head Injury, Cerebral Palsy and Stroke. Across Hampshire, our community hospitals provide inpatient rehabilitation as a step down from acute care, and our dedicated teams also staff Treetops Sexual Assault Referral Centre in…