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Job overview

• The post holder will work collaboratively with the research teams and wider multidisciplinary team in the management of their own caseload of clinical trials patients. 
• You will be involved in a range of research activities including: screening and recruiting patients into clinical trials, conducting follow up appointments with research participants, and collecting patient data in accordance with Good Clinical Practice guidelines.
• This role involves liaising with Principal Investigators and other members of the multidisciplinary team to provide high quality research, with a commitment to participant safety and welfare.
• The post holder will be the point of contact for participants and health professionals and will be expected to be proactive in educating clinical staff about the clinical trial portfolio. 
• The post holder will be required to work autonomously, be adaptable have excellent communication skills, and will be expected to demonstrate an ability to empower patients to make informed decisions regarding their involvement in research.
• Previous research experience is desirable, but not essential. An induction training programme will be offered to the successful candidate alongside support from the senior research midwives to support and develop your research skills.
• St George's Hospital has a number of centres as part of the trust, so any employee may be required to travel from their normal base as part of their role.

Main duties of the job

• This is an exciting opportunity for a highly motivated and enthusiastic midwife looking to commence or develop a rewarding career in clinical research within St George’s University Hospital.
• This post is for maternity leave cover.
• The post holder will show a commitment to delivering high quality care to patients and families, and a willingness to develop and improve.
• Current guidelines and practices through research.
• This role will include contributing to commercial trials, urgent public health studies and NIHR funded trials. 

Working for our organisation

With nearly 9,000 dedicated staff caring for patients around the clock, they are the largest healthcare provider in southwest London.

Their main site, St George’s Hospital in Tooting – one of the country’s principal teaching hospitals – is shared with St George’s, University of London, which trains medical students and carries out advanced medical research.

St George’s Hospital also hosts the St George’s, University of London and Kingston University Faculty of Health and Social Care Sciences, which is responsible for training a wide range of healthcare professionals from across the region.

As well as acute hospital services, they provide a wide variety of specialist care and a full range of community services to patients of all ages following integration with Community Services Wandsworth in 2010.

St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust serves a population of 1.3 million across southwest London. A large number of services, such as cardiothoracic medicine and surgery, neurosciences and renal transplantation, also cover significant populations from Surrey and Sussex, totalling around 3.5 million people.

The trust also provides care for patients from a larger catchment area in southeast England, for specialties such as complex pelvic trauma. Other services treat patients from all over the country, such as family HIV care and bone marrow transplantation for non-cancer diseases. The trust also provides a nationwide state-of-the-art endoscopy training centre.