Clinical Research Specialist Nurse

at  Cardiff and Vale University Health Board

Health and Care Research Wales is a research infrastructure funded by the Division of Research & Development, Welsh Government. The overarching vision of Health and Care Research Wales is to be internationally recognised for its excellent health and social care research that has a positive impact on the health, wellbeing and prosperity of the people in Wales. A Support and Delivery infrastructure was established in 2015 in order to achieve maximum efficiency and effectiveness and international competitiveness in the research environment within Wales. This included a Support Centre to provide centralised functions and services at a National level and local R&D functions via NHS R&D Departments at each organisation. The Health and Care Research Wales Support and Delivery mission is to facilitate health and social care research that will improve the health and well-being of people in Wales by providing and effective and efficient joined up centralised and local service.
The NHS R&D Departments led by a R&D Director provide local services for research support and facilitates the sponsoring and hosting of studies within in each UHB. Part of this service includes a NHS research delivery team consisting of Research Nurses, Clinical Studies Officers, Research Officers and Administrators, employed by NHS organisations to support the delivery of high quality health and social care studies. The Clinical Research Specialist Nurse will be a part of these NHS research delivery teams.
The purpose of this post is to support and grow the vaccine portfolio across multiple disease specialities working with commercial and non- commercial teams at Cardiff and Vale UHB.
The post will contribute to the assessment and management of the care pathways for patients and healthy volunteers in clinical trials. This will include the recruitment, education, monitoring of trial patients, the collection and documentation of accurate data.
The post holder will be working with the wider research teams assisting with the management of a caseload of clinical trials participants.
The post holder will have a specialist knowledge in research and/or extensive clinical practice enabling the post holder to work independently eg either previous experience as a clinical research nurse or specialist knowledge within an appropriate care setting.
The post holder will contribute to the efficient set up and delivery of research within the UHB contributing to the performance metrics set for the UHB.
The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply.
This post is fixed term/secondment for 2 years to meet the needs of the service.
If you are interested in applying for the secondment position, you must obtain permission from your current line manager prior to applying for this post.
Cardiff and Vale University Health Board is one of the largest Integrated Health Boards in the UK, employing over 17,000 staff, providing over 100 specialist services. Working across 6 hospital sites, we have a diverse range of career opportunities to offer. Serving over 500,000 people living in Cardiff and the Vale, we are focussed on the health and care needs of our local population whilst working with our partners to develop regional services. Together we are committed to improving health outcomes for everyone, delivering excellent care and support.
Our mission is “Living Well, Caring Well, Working Together”, and our vision is that every person’s chance of leading a healthy life should be equal. Our 10-year transformation and improvement strategy, Shaping Our Future Wellbeing, is our chance to work collaboratively with the public and our workforce to make our health board more sustainable for the future.
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