Clinical Research Nurse

Job summary

• The post holder will be responsible for the co-ordination and management of a research portfolio of interventional clinical trials focusing mainly on early phase trials.
• 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; patient recruitment, ensuring patient safety and 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 prepared to work across different clinical specialties, within the scope of their qualifications, as service needs require

Main duties of the job

• An exciting opportunity has arisen for a full time Clinical Research Nurse to join our friendly Team
• The post holder must be a registered nurse with previous research experience who can work with a level of autonomy, taking delegated responsibility from clinicians and senior research nursing team for clinical decision making, and will work closely with investigators and multidisciplinary staff.
• The Clinical Research Facility (CRF) nurses play a key role in the delivery of clinical research at St. George's Hospital, developing and creating robust systems and processes to enable clinical research to run smoothly, efficiently and whilst ensuring the highest of standards are maintained.
• The post holder will be responsible for checking, preparing, and administering the Investigational Medicinal Product (IMP) in accordance with the study protocol and the specified route of administration.
• This role requires close collaboration with Principal Investigators and the wider multidisciplinary team to ensure accurate data collection and excellent clinical care, with a strong commitment to participant safety and wellbeing. The post holder will advocate for patients, providing clear information and support to enable informed decision-making regarding participation in research studies.
• The post holder will be accountable for maintaining their own clinical skills and competencies in line with professional regulatory requirements and Trust policies

About us

With nearly9,000 dedicated staff caring for patients around the clock, they are the largest healthcare provider in southwest London.Their main site, St George's Hospital in Tooting - one of the country's principal teaching hospitals - is shared with St George's, University of London, which trains medical students and carries out advanced medical research. St George's Hospital also hosts the St George's, University of London and Kingston University Faculty of Health and Social Care Sciences, which is responsible for training a wide range of healthcare professionals from across the region.As well as acute hospital services, they provide a wide variety of specialist care and a full range of community services to patients of all ages following integration with Community Services Wandsworth in 2010.St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust serves a population of 1.3 million across southwest London. A large number of services, such as cardiothoracic medicine and surgery, neurosciences and renal transplantation, also cover significant populations from Surrey and Sussex, totalling around 3.5 million people.The trust also provides care for patients from a larger catchment area in southeast England, for specialties such as complex pelvic trauma. Other services treat patients from all over the country, such as family HIV care and bone marrow transplantation for non-cancer diseases. The trust also provides a nationwide state-of-the-art endoscopy training centre.