Job summary
Are you an enthusiastic, motivated and committed midwife with excellent interpersonal, organisational skills and an active interest in research?
A great opportunity has opened up for a Band 6 Clinical Research Midwife to join our successful research delivery team. They will be an integral member of the Reproductive Health & Childbirth Research Team, working on a portfolio of studies, involved in the successful set up and running of ongoing clinical research studies and trials.
Main duties of the job
We are seeking to appoint a Clinical Research Midwife to support a portfolio of research studies in our busy unit.The post holder will be involved in ensuring that all research undertaken within the department safeguards the well being of patients and is conducted according to Good Clinical Practice (GCP) and the Medicines for Human Use (Clinical Trial) Regulations 2004, Research Governance Framework and Amended Regulations 2006. The post holder will be based within Reproductive Health & Childbirth and may therefore work with different clinical teams to support studies and trials within RH&C. This is an excellent opportunity to enable the individual to gain a wide range of skills and experience within the clinical research environment. You will be employed by Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, working closely with our academic partners at King's College London. You will have responsibility for screening patients for recruitment, randomising patients into studies, ensuring the patient pathway in the trials is completed, liaising with other centres, completing electronic and paper CRFs and provide interim trial reports in conjunction with Principal Investigators (PIs). Duties will also include providing support to patients who have been, or have the potential to be, recruited into the trials.
More information on the role and its requirements can be found in the job description and person specification documentation.
About us
Our team consists of research nurses, midwives and clinical research practitioners all working on a wide range of clinical research studies and trials on Reproductive Health & Childbirth portfolio.
We are very fortunate to also be closely linked with the King's College London Department of Women and Children's Health and a member of the King's Health Partners.
The NIHR Clinical Research Network (CRN) supports patients, the public and health and care organisations across England to participate in high-quality research, thereby advancing knowledge and improving care. The CRN supports research being delivered through30 specialty therapy areasand 15Local Clinical Research Networks. These provide a network of research expertise and clinical leadership to deliver research studies on the NIHR CRNPortfolio of studies.
From April 2024, the CRN will transition to a new organisation, the NIHR Research Delivery Network (RDN).
The NIHR RDN is being established to support the delivery of high quality research that enables the best care for our population. The new organisation will build on the success of the CRN to support the country's world-class research system to deliver for the future.
Being embedded within the LCRN and having the close working partnership with King's College London and the academic links gives us a unique position and enables us to be at the forefront of clinical research within the field of Reproductive Health and Childbirth.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The post holder will be based within the Womens Health Research team, with strong links to Kings College London, embedded within and based at St Thomas Hospital with some studies being delivered across Guy's and St Thomas' Hospitals. This is an established research unit with a long history of undertaking clinical trials in obstetrics. The team is comprised of a multidisciplinary team of clinicians and scientists with a commitment to translational research.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The post holder will be based within the Womens Health Research team, with strong links to Kings College London, embedded within and based at St Thomas Hospital with some studies being delivered across Guy's and St Thomas' Hospitals. This is an established research unit with a long history of undertaking clinical trials in obstetrics. The team is comprised of a multidisciplinary team of clinicians and scientists with a commitment to translational research.
Person Specification
Knowledge/ Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Midwife NMC Registration with previous acute NHS experience
- Relevant specialist course or equivalent experience
Desirable
- A Clinical Research qualification
- Educated to degree level or above
Previous experience
Essential
- Extensive experience of working within a clinical environment as a registered midwife
- Previous post registration experience within midwifery
- Experienced and competent in the management of patients within the speciality
- Experience with Databases
- Experience with Excel Spreadsheets, and patient database systems
- Experience of effective multidisciplinary team working
- Extensive experience of working in an acute NHS setting.
- Experience of teaching colleagues and staff
Desirable
- Post registration experience in community or hospital experience
- Experience in Clinical Research
- Familiar with Good Clinical Practice & Certification
- Experience of electronic data capture.
Skills
Essential
- Extensive knowledge of midwifery practice Knowledge of research methodologies
- Knowledge of quality, standard setting, benchmarking and audit.
- Knowledge of NMC Code of Professional Conduct
- Competency in medication administration including IV drugs.
- Organisation and management skills.
- Ability to perform within a team in addition to leadership
- Articulate with advanced written and oral communication skills.
- Ability to work effectively under pressure.
- Ability to problem solve.
- Ability to perform clinical activities specific to midwifery and obstetrics
- IT skills including use of email and office packages.
Person Specification
Knowledge/ Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Midwife NMC Registration with previous acute NHS experience
- Relevant specialist course or equivalent experience
Desirable
- A Clinical Research qualification
- Educated to degree level or above
Previous experience
Essential
- Extensive experience of working within a clinical environment as a registered midwife
- Previous post registration experience within midwifery
- Experienced and competent in the management of patients within the speciality
- Experience with Databases
- Experience with Excel Spreadsheets, and patient database systems
- Experience of effective multidisciplinary team working
- Extensive experience of working in an acute NHS setting.
- Experience of teaching colleagues and staff
Desirable
- Post registration experience in community or hospital experience
- Experience in Clinical Research
- Familiar with Good Clinical Practice & Certification
- Experience of electronic data capture.
Skills
Essential
- Extensive knowledge of midwifery practice Knowledge of research methodologies
- Knowledge of quality, standard setting, benchmarking and audit.
- Knowledge of NMC Code of Professional Conduct
- Competency in medication administration including IV drugs.
- Organisation and management skills.
- Ability to perform within a team in addition to leadership
- Articulate with advanced written and oral communication skills.
- Ability to work effectively under pressure.
- Ability to problem solve.
- Ability to perform clinical activities specific to midwifery and obstetrics
- IT skills including use of email and office packages.
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.
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).
Additional information
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.
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).
