Community Mental Health Nurse (Research Nurse)

at  Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust

Research Nursing is a rapidly growing specialty within the health service and there has never been a more important time to build research skills and capacity. As a Research Nurse in NSFT, you will join a national-award nominated research team which works nationally and internationally to set up and deliver research studies across Norfolk and Suffolk.
The post-holder will support the day-to-day running of NIHR Clinical Research Network (CRN) research projects in the area of mental health and dementia studies.
The post is available on a secondment/fixed term contract until 31 st March 2025.
Please read the Job Description Supplementary Information Form for specific information about this role. For more information, please contact Claire Rischmiller (Lead Research Nurse) on Claire.Rischmiller@nsft.nhs.uk
The post-holder will be undertaking delegated tasks to ensure that research participants’ recruitment procedures, treatments, assessments, follow-ups and data collections are delivered according to the approved research protocols. Involvement in the Trust’s REACH referral system to screen people into research will form the post-holder’s core roles.
The role will involve close liaison with Research Nurses, Study teams, Clinical services and Research & Development Leads to set-up and deliver research studies across the Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust.
Experience of working with people living across the lifespan with mental health conditions in an empathetic person-centred ethical manner is essential, alongside good paper and data management skills to ensure key scientific integrity of research information.
The ideal candidate will be a registered Nurse who has experience of working with people with mental health needs. This post offers the opportunity to develop clinical and research skills, and to be part of a growing research community. Continuous professional development is seen as a priority and the post holder will be working within an extended team for support, so it is important that the candidate is interested in Research Nursing as a long-term career choice.
Here at NSFT we pride ourselves on being a welcoming, talented, friendly and supportive team who like nothing better than sharing experiences and learning from each other. In addition to ongoing training and development opportunities, we are committed to providing an environment in which you can thrive.
Why work for us? We have challenges as a Trust, but we have ambitious aspirations, are pushing ahead with exciting transformation work and we need dedicated individuals to support us on our journey. We have strong, established professional networks coupled with an exceptional leadership team who will ensure you are truly cared for and cared about.
Why Norfolk and Suffolk? The people here are warm and welcoming, you’ll never be far from the beautiful coastline or Broads National Park. We’re an hour and a half away from London and have an international airport in Norwich too. Our villages, towns and cities are packed full of history, independent cafes, shops and theatres. We have excellent shopping, eating out, top ranking schooling and affordable house prices too.
To identify and recruit participants to Clinical Research Network adopted studies according to specific protocols and guidelines.
To assist clinicians and obtain informed consent from participants via face-to face or online means.
To provide verbal and written information and welfare/wellbeing support to research participants and their carers for the duration of their involvement in the research project and to assist participants with the completion of questionnaires as necessary.
Coordinate treatment, assessments and follow-ups as necessary in accordance with research protocols including physiological and psychological measurements.
To undertake study specific training as required.
Take relevant patient samples for studies such as blood and saliva samples and package and dispatch as per defined protocols.
To assist with the creation and maintenance of study specific site files.
To manage electronic patient/participant files, study specific databases and on-line data entry systems.
Identify areas of low patient recruitment and work with other team members to identify mechanisms for improvement.
To work at all times according to Good Clinical Practice, Research Governance and Trust guidelines.
To attend team meetings and study-specific meetings to provide updates about study progress and any recruitment challenges.
To maintain a working knowledge of relevant mental health practice and to disseminate up to date information, protocol amendments etc. to personnel working on research projects.
To cover duties of other research staff when required

Please refer the Job description for details