Research Nurse - Peterborough

at  North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust

Are you an experienced and innovative NMC Registered Nurse or HCPC registered staff member looking to apply your knowledge and skills to a research setting?
This is a unique opportunity for an enthusiastic Registered Nurse/Practitioner with Surgical experience to join our Surgical Research Team and help us deliver high-quality research.
Our team consists of both clinical and non-clinical staff, local clinicians, and research groups. As workload dictates, cross clinical divisions will be required.
This is a fixed term/secondment role for 12 months based at Peterborough City Hospital. You may be required to work across the Trust.
We are able to offer a band 5 development role with promotion to a band 6 dependant on achieving relevant clinical research competencies. If you can provide evidence of essential experience, we will offer you a band 6 position.
Experience in the Surgical speciality is essential. You will demonstrate excellent communication and interpersonal skills, along with attention to detail.
Your research skills and knowledge acquired through proven CCPD will be valuable to our research team. Training will be provided; however, you will be familiar with GCP.
You will collaborate with local R&D members to assess capacity and capability for research studies, working with members of the research teams to inform potential participants of relevant projects.
We are committed to ensuring that you achieve your full potential and have a rewarding career in research.
You will be working effectively within our clinical research team across the Trust supporting the staff, manage caseload of patients.
You will maintain effective communication with patients, carers and professionals to ensure service delivery. You will provide research information to patients and their relatives, and act as a resource and support to them, explaining practical aspects of clinical research.
Patients’ consent in research is very important. Therefore, you facilitate the informed consent process, in compliance with Good Clinical Practice (GCP), ensuring that the patient and relatives fully understand the nature of the research.
A main responsibility of your role will be ensuring that the study-specific investigations are undertaken as required by the research protocol, to ensure safety of study participants safety to enter the study.
As part of your research duties, you will monitor treatment toxicity/side effects and ensure changes to treatment as required by the research protocol. You will arrange collection of blood and any other research samples required as part of the clinical research, and ensure safe and appropriate storage of specimens in conjunction with local clinical and nursing teams, phlebotomy and laboratory staff.
We are strongly encouraging you to contact Susie O’Sullivan, Research Team Leader s.osullivan1@nhs.net 01733 676981 for an informal chat about the role or to arrange a visit to learn more about what the role would involve.
We are dedicated to fostering diversity and inclusivity within our workforce and warmly welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds, with a particular emphasis on encouraging those from disabled, Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) communities, as well as candidates from our local area.
As part of our commitment to supporting our employees we offer a range of benefits including:
Generous annual leave entitlement starting at 27 days and increasing to 29 days after five years of service and 33 days after 10 years of service, in addition to the national Bank Holidays (pro-rata for part time staff);

MEMBERSHIP OF THE NHS PENSION SCHEME:

Flexible working opportunities;
Enhanced hourly rates for unsociable hours e.g. night shifts, weekends, bank holidays;
Opportunities for career development and training to help you progress in your role;
Wellbeing support and activities to promote a healthy work environment;
Access to our in-house physiotherapy service;
On-site canteens offering subsidised meals;
Subsidised staff parking (currently free);
Free Stagecoach Bus Travel to and from work within Cambridgeshire and Peterborough
We strive to create a supportive and inclusive workplace where employees feel valued and empowered to excel in their roles. Join us and become part of a team dedicated to making a positive difference in our community.
The post holder will assist with participant identification and recruitment, obtaining informed consent from patients and will have responsibility for organising patient visits, collection and processing of patient samples, completion of case report forms and maintenance of study documentation according to Good Clinical Practice (ICH -GCP).
You will have experience working in either the Surgical Divisions and ideally be familiar with their systems. Clinical research experience within the NHS is desirable but full training and mentoring will be provided.
The post holder will assist with participant identification and recruitment, obtaining informed consent from patients and will have responsibility for organising patient visits, collection and processing of patient samples, completion of case report forms and maintenance of study documentation according to Good Clinical Practice (ICH -GCP).
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