Clinical Research Facility Matron

Manchester, England, United Kingdom

6/17/2025

Are you dynamic, highly motivated and committed to improving patient/ participant outcomes and experience?

We are looking for an innovative and enthusiastic nursing/ Midwife leader who is passionate about Clinical Research and delivering the best patient/ participant care, and who can provide leadership and strategic direction for their teams. To undertake this challenging role you will need to have experience in leading and managing nursing & midwifery teams. You will have excellent communication and interpersonal skills and demonstrate an ability to work collaboratively with key stakeholders.

You should be a band 7 registered nurse or midwife with experience in Clinical Research, managerial experience and can demonstrate the desire and ability to provide strong and visible leadership and facilitate team learning.

You will have highly effective interpersonal, negotiation and decision-making skills, a sound knowledge and understanding of the challenges and opportunities.

Further details are outlined in job specification.

The post holder will be responsible for providing clinical and professional leadership to the Clinical Research Facilities (CRF), clinical teams across all CRF sites in MFT. Working with the CRF Nursing and Midwifery Lead, the post holder will support the work of the CRF in delivering research to the highest standards.

• Provide effective clinical and professional leadership acting as a role model for all staff within the CRF. Work closely with other groups within the CRF and MFT
• Actively work to support and empower the Nurse managers, and clinical research nurses to develop and utilise clinical leadership skills, ensuring they are supported in appropriate levels of authority to undertake their role effectively in an accountable manner
• Proactively review and analyse day-to-day service delivery to develop a framework for ongoing quality improvement for nursing, contributing to overall research quality, clinical effectiveness, and risk management activities
  
  

MFT is one of the largest NHS Trusts in England with a turnover of £2.8bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We’re creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.

Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 30,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you’ll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.

We’ve also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research, and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022.

We’re proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What’s more, we’re excited to be embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.

At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Samantha Ratcliffe Job title: Matron - Research and Innovation Email address: [email protected] Telephone number: 0161 701 6626

Caroline Leech

CRF Operational Manager

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