Senior Research Nurse | Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust

KMMH's Research & Innovation Department, is seeking a highly motivated and driven Research Nurse to join their Clinical Research Delivery Team to assist with the delivery of high quality research running within the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) along with external commercial clinical trials in this field. Recruiting and actively promoting research amongst clinicians, service users and the wider NHS.

You will support the work of KMMH's Research & Innovation Department's, Clinical Research Delivery Team and gain clinical experience in research, to include the clinical and administrative duties on a variety of National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Portfolio research studies, commercial and non-commercial studies which run at a variety of sites across the trust.

The post holder must hold a full, valid UK driving licence for business purposes (unless you have a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2010).

The key purpose of this post is to oversee and project manage research within KMMH and the studies to which the post holder is assigned.

The main duties of the post-holder will be those concerned with managing the running of National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Portfolio studies, alongside identifying, recruiting and providing support as necessary to the study team and clinicians.

The post-holder will lead in the management, co-ordination and facilitation of commercial and non-commercial research studies in both Mental Health and Dementia.

In addition to clinic/patient-based tasks, this role includes, phlebotomy, centrifuging blood samples, ECGs, document generation and control, project tracking and logistics, data collection and reporting. Adherence to Good Clinical Practice (GCP) and Research Governance is key, whilst also assisting in the continued improvement in the care of research participants and quality of research data.

We are Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust. We care for the mental health and wellbeing of people across Kent and Medway and are rated ‘Good’ by the Care Quality Commission (CQC).

Our teams support children, young people and adults with a wide range of mental health needs. We also provide specialist services, including all-age eating disorder services and neurodevelopmental assessments for children and young people, such as autism and ADHD.

Because we work across the whole county and across hospital and community settings, we can make care more joined up and easier to access for the people we serve.

Our vision is simple: we are here to help communities not just live with mental illness, but live well. It’s why we’re passionate about working with communities to make mental health care better for everyone. Everything we do is guided by our values: caring, inclusive, curious and confident.

Join us if you share our passion for better mental health care and want to be part of a team that’s working well together.

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The post-holder will oversee the management, co-ordination and facilitation of complex research studies in both Mental Health and Dementia.

In addition to any clinic/patient-based tasks assigned, this role includes but is not restricted to venepuncture, sample processing, document generation and control, project tracking and logistics, data collection and reporting, adherence to Good Clinical Practice (GCP) and Research Governance and assisting in the continued improvement in the care of research participants, quality of research data and using both national and trust databases.

Please refer to the attached job description for full details and main role requirements.

This advert closes on Thursday 18 Jun 2026

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