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Clinical Research recruitment agency.
Hire locum, temporary, interim and permanent clinical research professionals with Actionus. Clinical research delivery spans NHS research and development teams, contract research organisations and sponsor companies, with study start-up and recruitment targets driving hiring. Actionus places research nurses, coordinators, monitors and managers into contract, fixed-term and permanent roles.
How you can hire
Locum, temporary, interim or permanent.
Locum clinical research professionals
Short-notice and planned locum clinical research professionals to cover rota gaps, sickness, leave and backlogs, booked on your framework or direct engagement terms where they apply.
Temporary clinical research professionals
Temporary clinical research professionals for seasonal pressure, projects and fixed blocks of work, with weekly online timesheets approved by your manager.
Interim clinical research professionals
Interim clinical research professionals and senior leads to hold a service, cover a vacant post or deliver a change programme while you recruit permanently.
Permanent clinical research professionals
Permanent clinical research professionals sourced, screened and shortlisted against your brief, with interviews arranged and offers managed through to start.
Compliance checked before the first shift
- •Right to work and identity verification
- •Qualification and employment history verification
- •References from recent employers
- •GxP or GMP training evidence where the role requires it
Settings we supply
- •NHS research and development
- •Contract research organisations
- •Pharmaceutical and biotech sponsors
- •Clinical trial units
Specialities
Research nursing, Clinical trial coordination, Monitoring (CRA), Data management, Study start-up, Oncology trials
Questions
Hiring clinical research professionals, answered.
- How do I hire locum or temporary clinical research professionals through Actionus?
- Send us the role, location, dates and engagement type. We confirm what is achievable, shortlist compliant clinical research professionals and book them once you approve, with hours recorded through weekly online timesheets.
- Can Actionus recruit permanent and interim clinical research professionals?
- Yes. We recruit clinical research staff on locum, temporary, interim and permanent terms, and temporary assignments can convert to permanent on agreed terms.
- What checks are completed before clinical research professionals start?
- Professional registration where it applies, right to work, identity, the correct level of DBS, references and role-specific training evidence. The compliance pack is shared with you before the assignment begins.
- Do you work across the whole of the UK?
- Yes. Actionus recruits nationally across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, and in Ireland, so you work with one agency wherever the vacancy sits.
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