Job summary
- Main area
- Cancer
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- 12 months (Fixed term)
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 200-6419278-GO-VA-B
- Employer
- St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Town
- Tooting
- Salary
- £44,806 - £53,134 per annum inc HCAS (pro-rata)
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 05/09/2024 23:59
Employer heading
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Clinical Research Nurse / Clinical Research Practitioner
Band 6
*The pay scales advertised have been confirmed by NHS England, we are awaiting confirmation of when these will be reflected. The new scales can be found here: Pay scales for 2024/25 | NHS Employers
Job overview
- An exciting opportunity has arisen for a newly created 1 year fixed term Clinical Research Nurse / Clinical Research Practitioner to join our friendly Clinical Research Facility (CRF) Oncology Research Team.
- Clinical Research Facility (CRF) research team play a key role in the delivery of clinical research at St. George's Hospital, developing and creating robust systems and processes to enable clinical research to run smoothly, efficiently and whilst ensuring the highest of standards are maintained.
- The post holder will be responsible for the co-ordination and management of an agreed Oncology Solid Cancers clinical research portfolio at St George’s Hospital NIHR CRF.
- 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 and be accountable for the achievement of local and national targets in relation to the service.
- The post holder will work with a high level of autonomy, taking delegated responsibility from clinicians for clinical decision making, and will work closely with investigators and multidisciplinary staff.
- We are very keen to meet potential applicants and would be very happy to facilitate informal visits or answer enquiries regarding the post.
Main duties of the job
- Responsibilities include facilitating study set-up; identifying suitable patients through the process of MDT’s/screening notes; collecting data; interviewing; supporting and monitoring patients and data entry.
- The post holder will also be expected to have sufficient skills to enable patients to make informed choices concerning their involvement in clinical trials by providing advice and information and acting as the patients advocate.
- The post holder must also be willing to move to different clinical specialties within the remit of their qualifications and where the need to do so is identified.
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.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached job description and person specification which contains more information about the role .
Person specification
Qualifications and Trianing
Essential criteria
- Registered General Nurse / Live NMC pin number.
- Relevant post registration programme
- ENB 998 0r professionally recognized equivalent teaching course
Desirable criteria
- For CRP: Registration on the Academy for Healthcare Science (AHCS) Clinical Research Practitioner Accredited Register, or working or willing to work towards
- Good Clinical Practice Certificate, or willingness to be trained in GCP
Experience
Essential criteria
- Relevant post registration/post degree experience
- Experience in delivering evidence based practice
- Experience of explaining complex concepts to patients in a clear and simplified manner
- Previous experience in audit and evaluation
- Experience of acting as a patient advocate
Desirable criteria
- Experience in Clinical Research
- Experience of formal/informal teaching of patients and staff
- Experience working as a preceptor/facilitator
Skills
Essential criteria
- Well-developed clinical skills
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Demonstrates ability to prioritise workload
- Competent use of relevant software specifically spreadsheets
Desirable criteria
- Experience in ECG’s, spirometry and phlebotomy
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Awareness of GCP, clinical research methodology and treatment protocols
Desirable criteria
- Participation in clinical or nursing research
Other
Essential criteria
- Adaptable/responsive to changing needs
- Committed to Continuing Professional Development (CPD)
- Reliable/Team player
- Able to use own initiative
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
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
- Alkida Bucaj
- Job title
- Research Matron
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 02087 250230
If you have problems applying, contact
- Address
-
07553093677
- Telephone
- 07553093677
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