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Job overview

Do you want to be part of a supportive team who deliver cutting edge research to children? If so, this could be the job for you. 

The Great North Children’s Hospital Research Team is based across 2 areas of the Royal Victoria Infirmary with an office on Ward 1b and a paediatric area within the Clinical Research Facility on level 6 Leazes wing. The team delivers numerous clinical trials to children of all ages with a wide variety of conditions across both the RVI and Freeman sites. Studies currently running, range from data collection studies to Gene therapy studies, delivered by an experienced team of research staff who are available to deliver research across all paediatric specialties except for Oncology within the Trust. The team consists of a mix of Band 6 Research Nurses and 3 CTA’s alongside a supportive non-clinical team of a project manager, Clinical Trial Coordinators and Data Managers.

We are looking for an enthusiastic individual to join the team, full training and support will be given to the successful candidate, both regulatory i.e GCP and clinical i.e Venipuncture. 

• Interview Date Thursday, 15 August 2024
• 30 Hours/Week
• You will be redirected to Trac to apply for the vacancy.  Please expand the job details section and read all of the information before applying for the vacancy

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will be motivated, enthusiastic and willing to learn new skills.

Attention to detail is essential in this role in order to collect accurate usable data, time management skills are also important in order to deliver study timelines to target. Flexibility is an important skill in this role as workload changes may be needed on short notice if required by study protocol needs. There will be a requirement to work both independently as well as with other team members as the need arises, so the successful candidate will need to have a dynamic approach to there working schedule and daily task changes.

Full training will be given to the successful candidate with protected time to be able to attend any required sessions. A full induction pack will be offered when starting in the post and a preceptor will be identified to support the successful individual while they familiarize themselves with the research process. 

Working for our organisation

Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the busiest, largest and most successful teaching NHS foundation trusts in the country, with around 16,000 staff and an annual income of £1 billion.

We have a long history of providing high quality care, clinical excellence, and innovation in medical research regionally, nationally and internationally.

We’re also proud to be the second largest provider of specialised services in the country. This means we support people with a range of rare and complex medical, surgical and neurological conditions, cancers and genetic orders.

Our staff oversee around 2 million patients ‘contacts’ each year, delivering high standards of healthcare.

Please see attached information on what Staff Benefits we have to offer at our Trust.

We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and recognise the benefit in providing an inclusive environment. We value and respect the diversity of our employees and aim to recruit a workforce which reflects the communities we serve, and is equipped to deliver the best service to our patients. We welcome all applications irrespective of people’s race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, religion or belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity and in particular those from under- represented groups.