Research Nurse

Job description

Job responsibilities

Role Overview

The post holder will support the research teams in clinical trials. This will include assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating research-nursing care and providing support to patients who have been or have the potential to be recruited into a clinical trial programme.

This includes ensuring the clinical trial has full approval to proceed, collecting data, interviewing, supporting, monitoring patients, and data entry. Clinical aspects of the role will include phlebotomy, analysis of blood specimens, drug administration and clinical observation. The role includes close liaison with clinicians, data managers, and outpatient and inpatient staff. You will also identify barriers to recruitment to research studies and assist in finding solutions to overcome these. Depending on whether the role is full-time or part-time (0.8 FTE), the post holder will be based two days per week at Northampton General Hospital and two or three days per week at Danes Camp Medical Centre. Flexibility to work across both sites is essential to support study and patient needs.

Key Responsibilities

On a daily basis, you will be responsible for all aspects of the commercial research process including assessing patient suitability for trials; screening and recruiting patients; obtaining informed consent, performing study procedures to include venepuncture and cannulation and managing study data. A key aspect of this role is supporting the patient/participant and their family throughout the above research process. Some day-to-day nursing duties may also be required.

The key elements of our Research strategy include increasing the number of commercial studies, increasing patient participation in clinical studies and ensure that studies recruit to time and target. You will work under the management of the Research Teams but will need to have excellent organisational skills. It is also essential that you can plan and prioritise your workload in order to meet performance targets and deadlines.

The aim of the role of the Research Nurse is to enhance the overall delivery of clinical research within the sites by providing support to the existing research team, by assisting with clinical and administrative activities related to clinical trials, from initiation to termination, in accordance with Good Clinical Practice guidelines.

Clinical Trial Management

1. Obtain informed consent from participants for CTIMP studies as instructed by Principal Investigator (PI) and within parameters of the protocol.

2. Participate in Good Clinical Practice (GCP) training.

3. Support participants considering taking part in interventional and observational research with the decision-making process, ensuring that their information needs are met sensitively and that they have a full understanding of the research study and its requirements.

4. To ensure all Adverse Events are reported in line with the Adverse Events Reporting policy.

5. Ensuring all reporting to regulatory bodies and Research Networks (if applicable) is done in a timely manner.

6. Facilitate and maintain (written and verbal) communication between the PI, research and clinical teams in ensuring that the study protocol is correctly implemented, and research governance standards are met and maintained.

7. Ensuring that all equipment used in the trial is appropriately calibrated and that supporting documentation is retained.

8. Perform all visits, observations, and clinical procedures such as monitoring vital signs, body measurements, height and weight, ECGs, venipuncture, cannulation, drug administration with the participants in accordance with the procedures and schedule of the study protocol.

9. Undertake laboratory work as per study protocols, including processing, packaging, storing and transportation of samples.

10. Provide ongoing support to patients and volunteers with regard to their trial participation.

11. Ensure that all clinical trial databases and logs are maintained including updating patient recruitment data.

12. Ensure protocol amendments are incorporated into research practice in a timely manner.

13. Work within the scope of research guidelines, ethical principles and protocols, whilst adhering to organisational policies and procedures.

14. Adhere to the confidentiality of patient information at all times, in accordance with the Data Protection Act and Caldicott regulations.

Person Specification

Job Circumstances

Essential

• - A flexible approach to work, willingly adapting to changing priorities and unforeseen challenges.
• - Willingness to undergo a Disclosure Barring Service (DBS) upon conditional offer of appointment
• - Possess the legal right to work in the UK and ability to provide appropriate documentation for verification.

Knowledge & Skills

Essential

• -Excellent organisational and multitasking skills.
• - Proven knowledge of safety issues through clinical governance and risk management
• - Excellent communication skills with patients, relatives, staff and external contacts, including in challenging situations, demonstrating respect and kindness.
• - Ability to handle confidential and sensitive information with discretion.
• - Experience of data collection for quality monitoring/audit

Qualifications

Essential

• Qualifications :
• - Registered General Nurse
• - GCP Trained (desirable)
• - Informed Consent Training (desirable)
• - Current driving license and use of a vehicle for work purposes

Experience

Essential

• - Experience as a qualified registered general nurse.
• - Wide variety of practical clinical experience, preferably both ward and clinic-based.
• - Experience working on or supporting clinical trials (desirable)

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

The Parks Medical Practice

Address

Danes Camp Surgery

Rowtree Road

Northampton

NN4 0NY

Employer's website

https://www.theparksmedicalpractice.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)