Research Support Officer – Clinical Nurse Manager 1 – APC Microbiome Ireland

12 Months, Specific Purpose, Part-Time Post

Position Summary

We are currently recruiting a Research Support Officer – Clinical Nurse Manager 1 (Part-time) to support the PROSPER/Endo-Histo-Barrier -Omics team at Mercy University Hospital (MUH) and Cork University Hospital (CUH), with a dedicated office in CUH. It is an interdisciplinary project with multiple clinical research sites, laboratory projects and over several collaborators across the Republic of Ireland and the globe.

In collaboration with the project manager and clinical fellows, the research nurse will manage study set-up, data collection/management, patient recruitment, adherence to all SOPs, and check accuracy of outcome measures. The research nurse will oversee the human studies recruitment and so will manage informed consent, discuss the study goals/sample collection with patients and prepare ethical study documentation for submission/approval, ensure appropriate follow up with patients and record any adverse events.

They will collect basic demographic and clinical data, organise follow-up clinic visits, liaise with clinical research fellows regarding biomaterials collection, storage and transport, will implement GCP throughout. The follow-up visits will coincide with planned clinical visits and candidate will maintain close communication with their responsible clinician.

UCC is an accredited research organisation and as such can form hosting agreements for the purpose of conducting research in the University.

Project Title: Precision Endo-Omics: a quantitative approach to intestinal luminal imaging.

Post Duration: 12 Months

Salary: CNM1: €56,642 -€66,705 p.a. pro rata (0.7FTE)

(As required by public pay policy for the higher education sector, new appointments to a direct entry recruitment grade will generally be at the minimum (1st point) of the relevant scale. For existing public servants, the restriction to the first point on scale may be varied where a person is appointed to the same or an analogous grade, role or position as their previous public service employment.)

For an information package including further details of the post see https://ore.ucc.ie/

Informal enquiries can be made in confidence to Professor Marietta Iacucci, Principal Investigator, Email: MIacucci@ucc.ie

Applications must be submitted online via the University College Cork vacancy portal https://ore.ucc.ie/ Queries relating to the online application process should be referred to recruitment@ucc.ie quoting the job-title and project name.

Candidates should apply, in confidence, before 12 noon (Irish Local Time) on Friday, October 10th, 2025.

No late applications will be accepted.

Please note that an appointment to posts advertised will be dependent on University approval, together with the terms of the employment control framework for the higher education sector.

UCC is committed to creating and fully embracing an inclusive environment where diversity is celebrated. As a University we strive to create a workplace that reflects the diversity of our student population where people from a wide variety of backgrounds learn from one another, share ideas, and work collaboratively. UCC is committed to being an employer that recognises the value of diversity amongst its staff. We encourage applicants to consult our policies at https://www.ucc.ie/en/edi/policies/ and initiatives at https://www.ucc.ie/en/edi/implementation/ and we welcome applications from everyone, including those who are underrepresented in the protected characteristics set out in our Equal Opportunities & Diversity Policy.

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