Edinburgh Clinical Trials

Clinical Team

Our full time team of nurses, physician and clinical support worker offer full support for participants and clinical partners in your study.

Research Nurses Physician Clinical Support Worker
  • Have a broad range of experience in Primary & Secondary care clinical and research settings.
  • Own transport
  • Recruit, consent and screen study participants
  • Can perform a variety of clinical procedures, for example, sample handling, including study specific
  • blood samples, record ECGs and vital signs, collect study data and patient-reported outcomes

  • Follow up visits (on site; phone; smart technology) following the study schedule of assessments
  • Reporting of study events -  collecting information for endpoints/pharmacovigilance
  • Acts as Sub investigator for clinical trials
  • Initiates primary care sites to be ‘research ready’
  • Completes patient reviews for eligibility, dependent on protocol requirements
  • Signs and reviews study prescriptions
  • Review of study blood or other sample results
  • Acts as an advisor for the clinical team and Primary Care doctors
  • Assists clinical team with participant visits
  • Phlebotomy and sample collection/processing
  • Patient care
  • Administrative support

Further information:

People - Staff list