Job summary
Are you a nurse with Haematology or Oncology experience?
Do you fancy trying something different?
We have an exciting vacancy for a Haematology Research Nurse.
This is a role within an existing established team of
nurses, data officers and HCAs.
You will recruit patients to research studies and support
them on their study journey.
Nothing puts patients first better than research.
In the last year we have recruited
over 2000 patients into research studies. This ensures our trust is offering
state of the art treatments and empowers our patients. This nursing role helps
to improve not only the care of local people, but also drives improvements in
the standard of care across the whole of the NHS.
The typical working pattern for
this role will be:
Monday to Friday, no weekend or
night working.
7.5hrs a day, there can be
flexibility around times worked, but these need to meet the needs of the
service.
This is a role that combines
meeting patients and working with clinical teams with some office-based duties.
There may be the opportunity for
some home-working, but this will depend on the needs of the service.
Please get in touch if you want to
learn more.
Main duties of the job
Recruiting and supporting patients through their trial journey.
Acting as a point of contact for patients and other healthcare professionals.
This role is kindly supported by funding from Cure Leukaemia. It is expected that the Haematology Team will support and promote this vital charity
About us
Our purpose is simple - Putting Patients First. We are looking for exceptional colleagues who can help us achieve this.
Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust is a large acute and specialised hospital trust that provides a range of local acute services to the residents of Worcestershire and more specialised services to a larger population in Herefordshire and beyond.
The Trust operates hospital-based services from three sites in Kidderminster, Redditch and Worcester
Our workforce is over 7,000 strong, and our caring staff are recognised as providing good and outstanding patient-centred care. You could be one of them.
We are committed to recruiting the best people to work with us to achieve our Vision - working in partnership to provide the best healthcare for our communities, leading and supporting our teams to move 4ward. Our 4ward behaviours, which we ask all staff to demonstrate, underpin our everyday work and remain firmly at the heart of all we do.
Our objectives are simple:
- Best services for local people
- Best experience of care and best outcomes for our patients
- Best use of resources
- Best people
Better never stops, and our Clinical Services Strategy provides a clear future vision for our Trust, our hospitals, our services and our role in the wider health and care system.
We are proud to have achieved Timewise accreditation - this means we are committed to embedding flexible working within our organisation as a flex positive employer.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Key Working Relationships:
Ward/Department staff, Principal Investigators, Patients and their relatives/ carers/ significant other, Staff in other departments across Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust, Pharmacy, Pathology and Radiology, Research & Development Directorate Team, including research delivery staff, Herefordshire and Worcestershire Research Consortium, Clinical Trials Units/Academic Sponsors, Pharmaceutical companies/Clinical Research Organisations, West Midlands Clinical Research Network
This role also promotes the work of Cure Leukaemia to the wider public, and will be the key liaison with the Cure Leukaemia trial nurses in Birmingham. They will have strong links with the Birmingham Haematology clinical trials done through the Centre for Clinical Haematology in Birmingham.
Risk Assessment :
This post involves manual handling activities, exposure to bodily fluids and exposure to high noise levels. It may also involve exposure to challenging behaviour. The post requires standard keyboard use, sitting for periods at a computer and screen, travel between Trust sites.
Job Purpose:
We are committed to supporting research that is relevant and accessible to our patients via our Trusts research strategy. Through clinical research we can assess the efficacy of new medication, diagnostics, and treatment regimes. This helps to build the evidence for new approaches to improve patient care.
This post will be based at Worcestershire Royal Hospital, with some cross site working. They will enable patients to take part in clinical trials locally. The postholder is responsible for assessing and managing the care pathways for patients and carers participating in clinical research within haematology. This will involve establishing study feasibility, pre-trial set-up activities, recruitment of participants, education and monitoring of research patients and the collection and documentation of accurate data. The role involves using an in-depth knowledge of research protocols and their application in practice, alongside a working knowledge and compliance with the local, national and international research regulations. The post holder will work collaboratively with all research stakeholders (e.g. Principal Investigators, clinicians, academics and Research Networks) in the management of their own caseload and the supervision of junior staff. They will be required to work across sites and on studies in other specialty areas as required.
Key Duties:
Clinical - Research
Supporting consultant medical staff and the Research Team with research projects
Ensure that informed consent is obtained according to ethical and legal guidelines as part of the risk management process for Research Governance and ICH-GCP (International Conference on Harmonisation of Good Clinical Practice), including receiving informed consent for studies where appropriate
To ensure patients and their families are given appropriate oral and written information regarding planned care and the disease process
Evaluate patient eligibility for clinical trials entry, co-ordinating pre-study tests, obtaining results and arranging appropriate appointments according to the trial protocol
Identify barriers to recruitment and develop action plans to overcome these with the Research Team
Organise relevant investigations in research studies
Responsibility for ascertaining from patients whether adverse or serious adverse events have occurred and reporting these appropriately as part of the risk management process for Research Governance
Ensure patients are randomised and allocated treatment in accordance with the clinical trial protocol.
Collect any samples required as part of the clinical trial and ensure safe and appropriate storage of specimens, including processing as required
Support the administration of trial drugs as required, be aware of, and report any unusual side effects, as per local policy and protocol requirements
Provide continuity of care for patients and their carers throughout the trial programme
Review patients independently and with supervision to initiate changes in management of care in accordance with trial protocol
To work with other members of the Research Nurse Team to provide an expert nurse led service for patients in clinical trials, to improve quality of life
Responsible for the entry of data on paper/electronic case report forms (CRFs) for all studies and ensuring trials are conducted according to the relevant regulations and SOPs
Responsible for ensuring the data is submitted to research sponsors within the timescales required by the Sponsors
Regular liaison with the Sponsor relating to the studies
Implement and adhere to the principles of ICH-GCP
Act as a role model for excellence in research
Education/Research:
Instruct individual patients and/or carers in specialised procedures and requirements of their participation in research projects
To share knowledge and expertise with peers
To demonstrate a continuous process of professional and personal changes in professional practice
To comply with all statutory, Trust, Research and Development Directorate policies and procedures and to take an active role in the development of such policies and procedures Clinical Governance:
Maintain up to date knowledge of information, procedures and developments
To ensure the efficient actioning of the complaints procedure in accordance with the Trust policy in conjunction with the Head of Research Operations
To understand and adhere to Trust policies and procedures
To ensure that research is performed in an environment that complies with Health and Safety standards
Data Protection Professional Accountability:
To adhere to relevant Professional Code/s of Conduct
To adhere to revalidation requirements by attending study days/lectures to maintain professional development for all qualified staff
To undertake research within the ICH-GCP and Research Governance standards
Vision and Values:
The Trust aims to provide local services for local people. It has developed its vision to reflect this commitment.
To continue to be the major provider of acute/specialist services for the people of Worcestershire (and wider) with a strong reputation for providing outstanding, high quality, reliable, accessible and integrated healthcare for local people
Driving this commitment are the Trust-wide signature behaviours:
Job description
Job responsibilities
Key Working Relationships:
Ward/Department staff, Principal Investigators, Patients and their relatives/ carers/ significant other, Staff in other departments across Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust, Pharmacy, Pathology and Radiology, Research & Development Directorate Team, including research delivery staff, Herefordshire and Worcestershire Research Consortium, Clinical Trials Units/Academic Sponsors, Pharmaceutical companies/Clinical Research Organisations, West Midlands Clinical Research Network
This role also promotes the work of Cure Leukaemia to the wider public, and will be the key liaison with the Cure Leukaemia trial nurses in Birmingham. They will have strong links with the Birmingham Haematology clinical trials done through the Centre for Clinical Haematology in Birmingham.
Risk Assessment :
This post involves manual handling activities, exposure to bodily fluids and exposure to high noise levels. It may also involve exposure to challenging behaviour. The post requires standard keyboard use, sitting for periods at a computer and screen, travel between Trust sites.
Job Purpose:
We are committed to supporting research that is relevant and accessible to our patients via our Trusts research strategy. Through clinical research we can assess the efficacy of new medication, diagnostics, and treatment regimes. This helps to build the evidence for new approaches to improve patient care.
This post will be based at Worcestershire Royal Hospital, with some cross site working. They will enable patients to take part in clinical trials locally. The postholder is responsible for assessing and managing the care pathways for patients and carers participating in clinical research within haematology. This will involve establishing study feasibility, pre-trial set-up activities, recruitment of participants, education and monitoring of research patients and the collection and documentation of accurate data. The role involves using an in-depth knowledge of research protocols and their application in practice, alongside a working knowledge and compliance with the local, national and international research regulations. The post holder will work collaboratively with all research stakeholders (e.g. Principal Investigators, clinicians, academics and Research Networks) in the management of their own caseload and the supervision of junior staff. They will be required to work across sites and on studies in other specialty areas as required.
Key Duties:
Clinical - Research
Supporting consultant medical staff and the Research Team with research projects
Ensure that informed consent is obtained according to ethical and legal guidelines as part of the risk management process for Research Governance and ICH-GCP (International Conference on Harmonisation of Good Clinical Practice), including receiving informed consent for studies where appropriate
To ensure patients and their families are given appropriate oral and written information regarding planned care and the disease process
Evaluate patient eligibility for clinical trials entry, co-ordinating pre-study tests, obtaining results and arranging appropriate appointments according to the trial protocol
Identify barriers to recruitment and develop action plans to overcome these with the Research Team
Organise relevant investigations in research studies
Responsibility for ascertaining from patients whether adverse or serious adverse events have occurred and reporting these appropriately as part of the risk management process for Research Governance
Ensure patients are randomised and allocated treatment in accordance with the clinical trial protocol.
Collect any samples required as part of the clinical trial and ensure safe and appropriate storage of specimens, including processing as required
Support the administration of trial drugs as required, be aware of, and report any unusual side effects, as per local policy and protocol requirements
Provide continuity of care for patients and their carers throughout the trial programme
Review patients independently and with supervision to initiate changes in management of care in accordance with trial protocol
To work with other members of the Research Nurse Team to provide an expert nurse led service for patients in clinical trials, to improve quality of life
Responsible for the entry of data on paper/electronic case report forms (CRFs) for all studies and ensuring trials are conducted according to the relevant regulations and SOPs
Responsible for ensuring the data is submitted to research sponsors within the timescales required by the Sponsors
Regular liaison with the Sponsor relating to the studies
Implement and adhere to the principles of ICH-GCP
Act as a role model for excellence in research
Education/Research:
Instruct individual patients and/or carers in specialised procedures and requirements of their participation in research projects
To share knowledge and expertise with peers
To demonstrate a continuous process of professional and personal changes in professional practice
To comply with all statutory, Trust, Research and Development Directorate policies and procedures and to take an active role in the development of such policies and procedures Clinical Governance:
Maintain up to date knowledge of information, procedures and developments
To ensure the efficient actioning of the complaints procedure in accordance with the Trust policy in conjunction with the Head of Research Operations
To understand and adhere to Trust policies and procedures
To ensure that research is performed in an environment that complies with Health and Safety standards
Data Protection Professional Accountability:
To adhere to relevant Professional Code/s of Conduct
To adhere to revalidation requirements by attending study days/lectures to maintain professional development for all qualified staff
To undertake research within the ICH-GCP and Research Governance standards
Vision and Values:
The Trust aims to provide local services for local people. It has developed its vision to reflect this commitment.
To continue to be the major provider of acute/specialist services for the people of Worcestershire (and wider) with a strong reputation for providing outstanding, high quality, reliable, accessible and integrated healthcare for local people
Driving this commitment are the Trust-wide signature behaviours:
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Post registration experience in haematology, oncology or chemotherapy
- Experience in using IT systems including Microsoft Office and Electronic Data Capture
- Excellent communication skills at all level
Desirable
- Experience working within research
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Team player
- Flexible, punctual and reliable
- Positive approach and enthusiastic
- Diplomatic and calm under pressure
- Demonstrates attention to detail
- Confident working independently and able to effectively manage time and workload
- Able to delegate work effectively
Desirable
- Responds well to change and innovation
Skills/Knowledge
Essential
- Good understanding of governance and legislation in healthcare research Able to use own initiative
- Calm, able to prioritise and able to make decisions appropriately
- Effective communicator with patients and the multidisciplinary teams Meticulous attention to detail
- High standard of IT skills
- Phlebotomy
- Strong organisational skills
- Knowledge of cancer or haematology services
Desirable
- Teaching and assessing qualification
- Advanced communication skills
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to Degree Level in a science and/or a Nursing qualification Must hold current registration with NMC
Desirable
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Post registration experience in haematology, oncology or chemotherapy
- Experience in using IT systems including Microsoft Office and Electronic Data Capture
- Excellent communication skills at all level
Desirable
- Experience working within research
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Team player
- Flexible, punctual and reliable
- Positive approach and enthusiastic
- Diplomatic and calm under pressure
- Demonstrates attention to detail
- Confident working independently and able to effectively manage time and workload
- Able to delegate work effectively
Desirable
- Responds well to change and innovation
Skills/Knowledge
Essential
- Good understanding of governance and legislation in healthcare research Able to use own initiative
- Calm, able to prioritise and able to make decisions appropriately
- Effective communicator with patients and the multidisciplinary teams Meticulous attention to detail
- High standard of IT skills
- Phlebotomy
- Strong organisational skills
- Knowledge of cancer or haematology services
Desirable
- Teaching and assessing qualification
- Advanced communication skills
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to Degree Level in a science and/or a Nursing qualification Must hold current registration with NMC
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.
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
