Job summary
Are you interested in starting a career in Research?
Seven Hills Research Clinic is a new clinic, which is part of the Research Development Unit, and specialises in supporting people with mood disorders and/or anxiety to take part in research. The clinic is funded by Mental Health Translational Research Collaboration - Mission (MHTRC-M) and is set up to accept referrals from both professional services and self-referrals
We are looking for a Registered/Mental Health/LD Nurse who will play an important role in the development of the service. The post holder will work alongside dedicated research staff in both clinical and non clinical settings to support referrals into the clinic.
Sheffield Health Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust is currently unable to provide sponsorship for this role. This is in accordance with UKVI guidelines and legislation, as these roles do not meet the skill nor salary threshold for sponsorship. If you hold a visa which allows you to work in the UK, you are welcome to apply for this role however it is important to note that SHSC will be unable to offer sponsorship after your visa expires. You must also have at least 12 months on your visa at the start of your employment for training and operational reasons.
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Main duties of the job
About us
We are passionate about providing the very best care to the people we support, and we're looking for amazing people who share this passion to join us.
What is it that makes our Trust such a special place to work? Well, it's all about the people. Our staff, service users, carers and families all come from such diverse backgrounds and all have expertise and stories to share.
It's important that you feel supported in your role, that the people who you work with are as passionate as you are and that your health and wellbeing is taken care of
If you're interested in developing your career, you'll have access to a range of training and education opportunities, including apprenticeships, work experience and placements, as well as the chance to get involved in research.
We are very proud of the difference we make to people's lives each and every day and if that's something that you'd like to be part of we'd love to have you with us.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- To maintain a suitable environment to promote the well-being and safety of patients, participants and staff, identifying the need for further risk assessment where necessary.
- To assess the suitability of patients for referral into the clinic and suitability of patients for current and future studies
- To provide patients taking part in clinical trials with specialist information regarding their participation, including risk.
- To provide high standards and continuity of care for participants during the research study, maintaining lines of communication with clinical staff.
- To act as a resource to patients, their families and staff from within the clinical area, and to act as an effective referral to other support agencies where necessary. To assist participants with data collection, such as completion of questionnaires, and interviews, as necessary.
- To organise and manage defined procedures, assist with interventional treatments and record the resulting information.
- To develop knowledge and skills to become a competent research practitioner through research training opportunities.
- To assist the Research Manager, and wider research team and other services involved in the set up and delivery of research studies.
- To work as part of a team to co-ordinate and manage research within expected timelines.
- To work with colleagues in identifying, screening and recruiting research participants, working collaboratively to recruit to time and target.To co-ordinate participant visits, providing support to participants, and other team members.
- To participate in the process of initial and ongoing informed consent of participants prior to carrying out procedures and treatments as agreed within the trial protocol.
- To identify areas of low patient recruitment and liaise with the team to identify strategies for improving recruitment, providing verbal/ written reports where requested.
- To work at all times in accordance with Good Clinical Practice, Research Governance and current legislation/Trust policies when collecting data and delivering research, ensuring ethical and clinical safe practice.
- To understand the requirements of the study protocol and to adhere to them, for example when conducting assessment and follow-ups. Ensuring adherence and escalating where appropriate.
- To ensure that updates and study amendments are reported in a timely fashion, and to further support with site file management.
- To attend multidisciplinary team meetings regularly to discuss progress with recruitment, research protocols and other essential topics.
- To provide information as needed when the team is completing feasibility assessments of potential new studies in the Trust, led by the Research Manager and Research Delivery Manager.
- To provide support for research projects to obtain approvals from the Health Research Authority and NHS Ethics.
- To pay meticulous attention to detail when preparing patient documentation, completing accurate records of patient care, maintaining source data and case report forms (CRF) in a clearly trackable system, to ensure data validity.
- To upload data promptly to the RDU Local Performance Monitoring System (EDGE)
- To promptly report potential Serious Adverse Events (SAEs) to a senior member of the team to establish need for escalation.
- To provide ongoing support, advice and information to patients/volunteers with regard to their participation in clinical research.
- To undertake home visits when necessary to engage with and recruit service users to research projects.
- To cover duties of other AHPs/ RNs/ RDU staff when required.
- Be willing to engage in flexible working hours to facilitate study visits.
- To attend Investigator Meetings where applicable, and/or to attend project management group meetings for specific research projects which may, on occasion, involve travelling outside the region. Attendance at site selection or monitoring visits may also be required.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- To maintain a suitable environment to promote the well-being and safety of patients, participants and staff, identifying the need for further risk assessment where necessary.
- To assess the suitability of patients for referral into the clinic and suitability of patients for current and future studies
- To provide patients taking part in clinical trials with specialist information regarding their participation, including risk.
- To provide high standards and continuity of care for participants during the research study, maintaining lines of communication with clinical staff.
- To act as a resource to patients, their families and staff from within the clinical area, and to act as an effective referral to other support agencies where necessary. To assist participants with data collection, such as completion of questionnaires, and interviews, as necessary.
- To organise and manage defined procedures, assist with interventional treatments and record the resulting information.
- To develop knowledge and skills to become a competent research practitioner through research training opportunities.
- To assist the Research Manager, and wider research team and other services involved in the set up and delivery of research studies.
- To work as part of a team to co-ordinate and manage research within expected timelines.
- To work with colleagues in identifying, screening and recruiting research participants, working collaboratively to recruit to time and target.To co-ordinate participant visits, providing support to participants, and other team members.
- To participate in the process of initial and ongoing informed consent of participants prior to carrying out procedures and treatments as agreed within the trial protocol.
- To identify areas of low patient recruitment and liaise with the team to identify strategies for improving recruitment, providing verbal/ written reports where requested.
- To work at all times in accordance with Good Clinical Practice, Research Governance and current legislation/Trust policies when collecting data and delivering research, ensuring ethical and clinical safe practice.
- To understand the requirements of the study protocol and to adhere to them, for example when conducting assessment and follow-ups. Ensuring adherence and escalating where appropriate.
- To ensure that updates and study amendments are reported in a timely fashion, and to further support with site file management.
- To attend multidisciplinary team meetings regularly to discuss progress with recruitment, research protocols and other essential topics.
- To provide information as needed when the team is completing feasibility assessments of potential new studies in the Trust, led by the Research Manager and Research Delivery Manager.
- To provide support for research projects to obtain approvals from the Health Research Authority and NHS Ethics.
- To pay meticulous attention to detail when preparing patient documentation, completing accurate records of patient care, maintaining source data and case report forms (CRF) in a clearly trackable system, to ensure data validity.
- To upload data promptly to the RDU Local Performance Monitoring System (EDGE)
- To promptly report potential Serious Adverse Events (SAEs) to a senior member of the team to establish need for escalation.
- To provide ongoing support, advice and information to patients/volunteers with regard to their participation in clinical research.
- To undertake home visits when necessary to engage with and recruit service users to research projects.
- To cover duties of other AHPs/ RNs/ RDU staff when required.
- Be willing to engage in flexible working hours to facilitate study visits.
- To attend Investigator Meetings where applicable, and/or to attend project management group meetings for specific research projects which may, on occasion, involve travelling outside the region. Attendance at site selection or monitoring visits may also be required.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- RGN/ RN Mental Health/ RN Learning Disability with current professional registration.
Desirable
- Degree (or equivalent qualification) in a subject relevant to mental health research or mental health professional qualification
- Good Clinical Practice training.
- Evidence of additional research training skills
Knowledge
Essential
- Understanding of the national and local health and social care environment.
Desirable
- Specialist mental health knowledge
- Understanding the mental health research agenda
Skills
Essential
- Experience of communicating complex information with service users and carers.
Desirable
- Understanding of basic research skills and methodologies.
- Understanding of GCP, HRA and ethical considerations.
- Understanding of NHS Research Management and Governance and NHS Ethics processes.
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working independently and being part of a dispersed team.
- Experience of working with mental health service users and carers.
Desirable
- Experience of working in a clinical research environment.
- Experience of successful participation in research projects
- Experience of working on commercial research
Skills
Essential
- Ability to manage own workload
- Demonstrated ability to organise time and workload across projects and to work flexibly where the pattern of work is unpredictable
- Good communication skills, both verbal and written, including ability to use Microsoft applications including Word, Excel and Powerpoint
- Ability to work on own initiative
- Advanced organisational skills
- Excellent inter-disciplinary/ interagency communication skills.
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Adaptable and self-motivated
- Proactive, Self directed learner
- Proven administrative skills
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- RGN/ RN Mental Health/ RN Learning Disability with current professional registration.
Desirable
- Degree (or equivalent qualification) in a subject relevant to mental health research or mental health professional qualification
- Good Clinical Practice training.
- Evidence of additional research training skills
Knowledge
Essential
- Understanding of the national and local health and social care environment.
Desirable
- Specialist mental health knowledge
- Understanding the mental health research agenda
Skills
Essential
- Experience of communicating complex information with service users and carers.
Desirable
- Understanding of basic research skills and methodologies.
- Understanding of GCP, HRA and ethical considerations.
- Understanding of NHS Research Management and Governance and NHS Ethics processes.
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working independently and being part of a dispersed team.
- Experience of working with mental health service users and carers.
Desirable
- Experience of working in a clinical research environment.
- Experience of successful participation in research projects
- Experience of working on commercial research
Skills
Essential
- Ability to manage own workload
- Demonstrated ability to organise time and workload across projects and to work flexibly where the pattern of work is unpredictable
- Good communication skills, both verbal and written, including ability to use Microsoft applications including Word, Excel and Powerpoint
- Ability to work on own initiative
- Advanced organisational skills
- Excellent inter-disciplinary/ interagency communication skills.
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Adaptable and self-motivated
- Proactive, Self directed learner
- Proven administrative skills
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).
