Research Matron | Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced and motivated research matron to join the senior leadership team at Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

As a Research Matron you will oversee a wide range of specialities and studies conducting in-patient, outpatient and healthy participant research within the clinical research at Liverpool Women's Hospital.

You will work closely with the Head of Research and the Director of R&I at Liverpool Women's Hospital to meet delivery targets. You will be supported by other senior R&I managers and matrons.

You will have proven leadership skills and demonstrable experience in line managing staff. You will need excellent project management skills and you must be able to troubleshoot, problem-solve and be creative.

You will provide day-to-day operational leadership and management for our team of research staff at Liverpool Women's Hospital, in the delivery and oversight of their speciality portfolios and their individual teams of Research Midwives, Research Nurses, Research Practitioners, Research Assistants and various research support staff.

The Research Matron will have responsibility for the Liverpool Women's Hospital site, with the flexibility to work across all areas within theUniversity Hospitals of Liverpool Group.

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust comprises Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital & Royal Liverpool University Hospital.

We are part of NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group, formed on 1 Nov 2024 from the coming together of LUHFT and Liverpool Women’s NHS Foundation Trust. The Group was born from a shared aim to improve the care we provide our patients.

UHLG is one of the largest employers in the region, with over 16,800 colleagues dedicated to caring for our communities - from birth and beyond.

For the 630,000 people across Merseyside, we are their local NHS. We provide general and emergency hospital care, alongside highly specialised regional services for more than two million people in the North West.

Aintree University Hospitalis the single receiving site for adult major trauma patients in Cheshire and Merseyside and hosts a number of regional services including an award-winning stroke facility.Broadgreen Hospitalis home to elective surgical, diagnostic and treatment services, together with specialist patient rehabilitation.Liverpool Women’s Hospitalspecialises in the health of women and babies, delivering over 7,200 babies in the UK’s largest single site maternity hospital each year. TheRoyal Liverpool University Hospitalis the largest hospital in the country to provide inpatients with 100% single bedrooms and focuses on complex planned care and specialist services.

For roles at Liverpool Women’s, visit theircareers page.

Provision of professional leadership, motivation and supervision to ensure high standards of patient care throughout the research process.

Responsible for the set-up, co-ordination and implementation of clinical studies in the relevant clinical areas within the Trust and other participating NHS sites.

To ensure that all clinical research studies are conducted to a very high standard in accordance with research regulations, ensuring the dignity, rights, safety and wellbeing of participants are respected at all times.

Responsible for the continuous monitoring to ensure each of the studies are conducted to a high standard with efficient and effective patient recruitment in accordance with study timelines.

Establish relationships with potential collaborators within NHS Trusts nationally, and facilitate the process of approval, initiation and conduction of projects within these sites.

To carry out clinical procedures and treatment interventions according to pre-determined protocols, including clinical examination of patients, venepuncture, venous cannulation, vital signs etc.

Comprehensive knowledge of clinical research including issues on ethics, law, drug development and management in clinical research.

For full details, please refer to the attached job description

This advert closes on Tuesday 22 Sep 2026