Directorate Lead Nurse for Clinical Research and Development

at  Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

A rare opportunity has arisen at the Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust for a Lead Directorate Lead Nurse for Clinical Research and Development.
The OUH provides expert care for the Thames Valley for common tumour types, and for a wider region for rarer indications. The Oncology and Haematology Directorate covers several core services which are:
An early phase clinical trials unit
Late phase Oncology and haematology trials delivery units
Oncology - including an Oncology ward, teenage and young adult unit and Radiotherapy department
Haematology - including a Haematology ward, Bone Marrow Transplant service and patient hotel
Emergency triage service, two chemotherapy day treatment units and an ambulatory unit
Palliative Care
Radiation Physics and Protection, Clinical Measurement and Clinical Engineering
The department has close links with the University of Oxford, and Cancer Research UK
We are looking to appoint a passionate, enthusiastic, motivated and dynamic individual who has a wealth of clinical experience, leadership and management of staff and a commitment to service delivery. Please detail in your application how you have proven experience of working on change or service improvement projects.
If you would like more information about the role, or to have an informal chat, please contact Hayley Smith, Matron for Oncology and Haematology, at hayley.smith@ouh.nhs.uk.

THE ROLE OF LEAD NURSE WILL:

Lead and develop the projects, programmes and audits required to deliver the clinical research service and ensure the systematic provision of research integrated with high-quality and safe patient care.
Will work closely with matrons and nursing leads of clinical areas to develop new or modify current nursing posts in clinical areas to enable research delivery
Be specifically responsible for the professional line management of senior research nursing operational team
Provide expert nursing clinical leadership, work autonomously within professional guidelines and act as an expert practitioner in cancer clinical trials nursing
Instigate innovative and evidence-based practice within the clinical research teams and the wider directorate
Exercise senior responsibility and leadership for the systematic governance including annual audits and safety of clinical research activity across the directorate
Ensure that systems are in place and working effectively for the clinical and professional support for all relevant staff working in the service.
Act as a resource in this specialist field by supervision, teaching and implementation of policy, provision of strategic planning and relevant service development.
With the research and development senior team, to contribute as an ambassador for the directorate through communication of clinical trial issues, present specialist information across the department, trust and local clinical research network.
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research. Find out more here www.ouh.nhs.uk
The Trust comprises four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury.
Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community. We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence. These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family. Watch how we set out to deliver compassionate excellence via the OUH YouTube channel .
For a detailed overview of the role and responsibilities, including the person specification, please refer to the attached job description.

PRINCIPLE RESPONSIBILITIES INCLUDE:

Professional Leadership/Management
To provide expert leadership, guidance and support to clinical research staff
Service Delivery and Development
Contribute to the strategic planning of clinical research activities, identifying and monitoring service development projects and programmes
Human Resource Management
To lead, manage, motivate and develop staff to maintain the highest level of staff morale and to create a culture within the research teams characterised by transparency and openness.
Quality, Governance and Risk Management
Exercise senior responsibility and leadership for the broader governance issues including audits and safety of clinical research activity across the directorate.
Organisational
To work with the Trust R&D leads to ensure Trust wide objectives are achieved.
Education, Research, and Training
To disseminate research clinical expertise and practice skills through role modelling and practice within the directorate and in support of the wider Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and research partner organisation