Job summary
- Main area
- Research and Development
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 4
- Contract
- Fixed term: 12 months (This post will be offered as secondment for successful internal candidates)
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Monday to Friday, no bank holiday or weekend working)
- Job ref
- 361-6327166
- Employer
- East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Lister Hospital
- Town
- Stevenage
- Salary
- £25,147 - £27,596 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 26/07/2024 23:59
- Interview date
- 09/08/2024
Employer heading
Clinical Trial Practitioner Assistant
NHS AfC: Band 4
Here at East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust,
Our mission is:
Providing high-quality, compassionate care for our communities
Our vision to 2030 is:
To be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service
Job overview
We are recruiting for a Clinical Trials Practitioner who shares our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients.
Have you thought about joining a team where you will be supported as you develop new skills and build on your existing knowledge and experience and wish to pursue a career in clinical research? You will will work with the research team recruiting patients to clinical trials and other NIHR research studies.
Research skills and competency based training will be provided which are combined with practice placements to deliver an integrated approach to clinical research training.
Our Values are Include, Respect and Improve. It is important that you understand and refer to our values during your recruitment process and beyond!
Main duties of the job
You will be working doctors and research nurses in recruiting patients to different surgical and medical research studies and assisting with their care, including: taking bloods, performing ECG's and vital signs. Training will be provided for other clinical skills.
You will also be supporting with the administrative side of the studies, e.g preparing notes, collecting scan reports and assisting the non-clinical team in locating and extracting data from patient records.
Working for our organisation
At East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general & specialist services we provide & our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible & innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.
We run the following hospitals:
- The Lister Hospital, Stevenage
- New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City
- Hertford County, Hertford
- Mount Vernon Cancer Centre (MVCC), Northwood
We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation; our staff & patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.
We understand that finding and starting a new job is an important life decision. If you need reasonable adjustments for a disability, or a life event, such as menopause - so that we can consider your application fairly & to get the best out of you during the selection process, please let us know.
We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. Employees are entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns & we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made & considered formally, & will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification applicant pack for further detailed information regarding this role.
Person specification
Qualifications/Training
Essential criteria
- Post graduate level qualification/courses or equivalent experience.
- Willingness to undertake training as appropriate for role
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of CPD and maintenance of PDP
Previous Experience
Essential criteria
- Proven ability to communicate effectively in writing and verbally.
- Proven ability to work under pressure.
Desirable criteria
- Experience of teaching, and mentoring
- Experience of working with patients and families within relevant clinical areas.
- Proven effectiveness as working as part of a multidisciplinary team.
- Experience of working within a healthcare environment.
Skills
Essential criteria
- Excellent organisational and time management skills
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Ability to work cross boundaries integrating with multidisciplinary staff
- Computer literate with Microsoft Office software. (including word, Excel)
Desirable criteria
- Ability to make clinical judgments regarding patient needs where appropriate.
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Awareness of GCP (Good Clinical Practice)
Desirable criteria
- Awareness of research governance issues
Other Requirements
Essential criteria
- Ability to provide evidence of full COVID-19 vaccination status or evidence of formal medical exemption through the NHS Covid Pass process
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Carina Cruz
- Job title
- Lead Research Nurse
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07917534555
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