RESEARCH NURSE - BAND 6

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Research Nurse to join the Research Team at Epsom & St Helier University
Hospitals NHS Trust. We are looking for an enthusiastic and motivated individual who is keen to work in research.
The post holder will support a wide range of specialities across the Trust.
The post holder will be based at St Helier Hospital (Clinical Trials Unit), but may also be required to support research activity elsewhere
in the Trust.
A visit to the department would be recommended when applying for this post.
You will join research nurses who are currently supporting NIHR portfolio of studies within several specialties, including renal,
cardiology dermatology, and stroke.
If you would like to find out more or arrange an informal visit please contact:
Neringa Vilimiene (Senior Research Nurse) neringa.vilimiene@nhs.net
Main duties of the job
We are looking for an enthusiastic, motivated and hardworking Research Nurse to join our exciting Research team. This is a great opportunity for
the successful applicant to gain research experience in one of the recognised and respected hospitals in South London.
You will join research nurses who are currently supporting NIHR portfolio of studies within several specialties, including renal, cardiology
dermatology, and stroke.
If you would like to find out more or arrange an informal visit please contact:
Neringa Vilimiene (Senior Research Nurse) neringa.vilimiene@nhs.net

DESIRABLE CRITERIA

• Experience in Clinical Research
• Experience of formal/informal teaching of patients and staff
• Experience working as a preceptor/facilitator
  Your application: Please ensure that you have read the job description and person specification and that your supporting statement reflects these, as your application will be assessed and scored against these criteria.
  References: You will be required to provide 3 years of employment/educational history. We do not accept references from personal email addresses such as Hotmail, Gmail etc. therefore please ensure you are providing professional working email addresses within your application form. If you are unable to provide professional email addresses and are invited to an interview, please ensure you advise the interviewers of this - otherwise, this may delay your pre-employment checks.
  Closing date: In order to streamline recruitment within our Trust, we reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once we have received a sufficient number of applications.
  Shortlisting: You will only be contacted via e-mail/SMS by the SWL Recruitment Hub if you are successfully shortlisted for this post. Please ensure that you check your Trac registered e-mail regularly.
  DBS: We are committed to safeguarding children and adults who are at risk of abuse. As such, if this post will have access to children or vulnerable adults, you will be required to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check. However, all employees have a responsibility for safeguarding children and vulnerable adults in the course of their duties and for ensuring that they are aware of the specific duties relating to their role.

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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.

MAIN DUTIES OF THE JOB

Job Summary
The post holder will be responsible for the co-ordination and management of an agreed clinical research portfolio at Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust.
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.
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.

DETAILED JOB DESCRIPTION AND MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES

Please see the attached supporting document which contains more information about the Nursing role at Epsom and St Helier.