Job summary
We are looking for an enthusiastic lab technician (HCA) to
join our friendly, well organised, and supportive research team at our GP
surgery for around 24-28hrs a week, spread over 4 days to include a Monday.
This post is available from December, but we are happy to wait for the right
candidate.
We have recently been selected by the NIHR and Department
of Health and Social Care to be a Primary Care Commercial Research Delivery
Centre (PC-CRDC), which is due to go-live from 1st November
Heavily involved in commercial research for over 10 years,
our busy clinical trials unit runs studies covering the whole scope of General
Practice. Please see our website www.southglosresearch.org.uk for more details about our site and the studies we run
Main duties of the job
Previous research experience would be beneficial, but not essential, and full training and support will be provided by our experienced team.This could be an exciting change to your normal HCA practice role. Patients are generally very motivated to participate in these studies.
Opportunities to expand your skills depending on the
research project.
About us
Our GP practice has 14,800 patients and our wider team
includes 11 doctors, a Clinical Pharmacy team, Mental Health Nurse, Physios and
Paramedics. We are proud to be a sought-after
training practice with regular F2s and GP registrars, and an award-winning Core
Undergraduate Teaching practice.
Located in Yate town centre, an expanding town 10 miles
north of Bristol, convenient for all amenities, we are a based in a large
purpose-built premises with X-ray department on site, and have a small branch
surgery in nearby Coalpit Heath.
Our current research team includes a Principal
Investigator, 3 research nurses, lab technician and research administrator, and
we are part of a much wider practice team at the surgery
Due to our successful appointment as a PC-CRDC, we are
also recruiting an additional research nurse, an Outreach Study Coordinator,
second research doctor and administrator. You would be joining an expanding,
supportive and enthusiastic team with lots of experience
Job description
Job responsibilities
Your roles would include:
Working closely with the whole research team
Undertaking study-related activities, for example, venepuncture,
ECGs, and completing case report forms after study visits
Working with patients as they progress through a trial
Processing lab samples using a centrifuge (full training
provided)
Receiving study drug and study supplies deliveries
Packaging samples ready for dispatch to central research
labs
Undertaking training as required for each study and
keeping up to date with Good Clinical Practice
Undertaking phlebotomy and other HCA tasks on our non-research
practice patients
Job description
Job responsibilities
Your roles would include:
Working closely with the whole research team
Undertaking study-related activities, for example, venepuncture,
ECGs, and completing case report forms after study visits
Working with patients as they progress through a trial
Processing lab samples using a centrifuge (full training
provided)
Receiving study drug and study supplies deliveries
Packaging samples ready for dispatch to central research
labs
Undertaking training as required for each study and
keeping up to date with Good Clinical Practice
Undertaking phlebotomy and other HCA tasks on our non-research
practice patients
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- You would need to have the following skills and experience:
- Excellent communication and team-working skills.
- Ability to work independently, with meticulous attention to detail.
- Competent in range of HCA skills such as venepuncture, ECG performing etc.
- Have a degree of flexibility in your working days at times. For example, if a planned study visit falls on a certain day when there is no other research HCA cover, working days may need to be switched that week, including occasional Saturday morning cover. The vast majority of the time, hours will be fixed.
- Highly effective time management and organisational skills with ability to keep track of multiple studies and their requirements
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- You would need to have the following skills and experience:
- Excellent communication and team-working skills.
- Ability to work independently, with meticulous attention to detail.
- Competent in range of HCA skills such as venepuncture, ECG performing etc.
- Have a degree of flexibility in your working days at times. For example, if a planned study visit falls on a certain day when there is no other research HCA cover, working days may need to be switched that week, including occasional Saturday morning cover. The vast majority of the time, hours will be fixed.
- Highly effective time management and organisational skills with ability to keep track of multiple studies and their requirements
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.