Band 6 Liver Research Nurse

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 34,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS trust in Birmingham is seeking an enthusiastic Band 6 Research Nurse to join the Liver Research Delivery Team. You will manage clinical trials, ensuring high-quality patient care and adherence to clinical guidelines. Candidates must be Level 1 Registered Nurses with experience in acute settings. Join a commitment to diversity and inclusivity while contributing to exciting research in liver diseases.

Qualifications

• Considerable experience in an acute care setting.
• Willingness to learn and train for extended roles.
• Ability to maintain oversight of the Investigator Site File.

Responsibilities

• Lead the delivery of clinical trials managing own workload.
• Identify and screen participants for clinical trials.
• Ensure trials are audit ready at all times.

Skills

Excellent communication skills

ECGs

Venepuncture

Cannulation

Administration of medications

Research experience

Education

Level 1 Registered Nurse

Job description

A fantastic opportunity has just become available for an enthusiastic, motivated and experienced nurse to join the Liver Research Delivery Team based at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham.

The team are responsible for delivering an exciting range of both academic and commercially sponsored clinical trials. The trials include observational, as well as complex interventional and translational studies in alcohol related liver disease, autoimmune liver disease, viral hepatitis, metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis liver disease, liver transplantation, liver & neuroendocrine cancer and portal hypertension.

As a Band 6 Research Nurse you will need excellent communication skills to liaise with participants, clinical services, external sponsors and departments that are key to this role and to care for & support patients during their journey through a clinical research trial. The post holder will be responsible for leading on the delivery of clinical trials managing their own workload as well as working as part of a team.

You will ensure that patients experience the highest level of care, in line with the trust vision, values, policies and procedures whilst adhering to ICH Good Clinical Practice (GCP) guidelines. The post holder will involve identifying and screening participants, recruitment, coordinating study visits, conducting trial related assessments and monitoring patients in trials as well as the collection and documentation of accurate data.

The post holder will maintain oversight of the Investigator Site File (ISF) and participant records to ensure trials are audit ready at all times.

To be successful in this role you will need to be a level 1 Registered Nurse, with considerable experience in an acute care setting. Applicants need to demonstrate a willingness to learn and train for extended roles which include performing ECGs, venepuncture, cannulation and administration of medications to include possible monoclonal antibodies. Previous research experience is desirable.

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust strives to have an inclusive culture where everyone feels like they belong, can thrive, knows that they add value and feels valued. We do this by developing compassionate and culturally competent leaders, being values driven in all that we do and by creating a welcoming and inclusive workplace that thrives on the diversity of our people.

We want to attract and recruit talented individuals from all backgrounds, and for each of you to feel supported for the diversity you bring, to achieve your full potential. For those staff with a disability, including physical disability, long term health condition, mental health or neurodiverse condition, this also means being committed to making reasonable adjustments needed for you to carry out your role.