Clinical Research Nurse / Practitioner

Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Foundation Trust; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 30,000 - 42,000; Part time

Job summary

Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is seeking an experienced Research Nurse / Research Practitioner (CRP) to join the Research and Innovation team on a part-time basis (24 hours per week). The role covers a range of specialties and involves coordinating studies from feasibility to delivery with emphasis on patient safety and protocol adherence.

The post requires NMC registration or CRP accreditation, plus experience in clinical research including CTIMPs and device trials.

Qualifications

• NMC registration and CRP accreditation (or equivalent) are required.
• Experience delivering clinical research studies, including CTIMPs and device trials.
• Excellent organisational and communication skills; able to work with patients, families and clinical teams.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate a portfolio of clinical research studies across the Trust’s services.
• Identify eligible participants via clinics and referrals.
• Provide clear study information and obtain informed consent where trained.
• Coordinate protocol-specified assessments, investigations, sample collection and follow-up.
• Collect, process, store and dispatch samples per study protocols.
• Monitor adverse events and document safety information per timelines.
• Maintain source documentation and trial data across systems.
• Support study setup, initiation and liaise with investigators and sponsors.
• Monitor recruitment and address barriers to improve access.
• Promote research awareness among clinical teams and deliver studies per protocol.

Skills

Phlebotomy

ECG

Clinical activities

Interpersonal skills

Education

NMC registration

CRP accreditation or equivalent

CPD

Job description

Welcome to Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and thank you for your interest.

In addition to receiving tertiary referrals from across the South East of England, we have a network of ‘spoke’ sites at district general hospitals enabling our consultants to offer their expertise with routine treatments and consultations as close to patients’ homes as is possible. With the recent addition of video led ‘virtual’ consultations we also enable patients who have some distance to travel to avoid the additional stress and worry of a long journey.

Working at QVH combines the excitement, challenge and career opportunities of many larger organisations with the satisfaction of delivering excellent patient care that really does re-build our patients’ lives.

We also offer attractive benefits such as

• tailored personal development to support career aspirations, including accredited clinical and management development programmes
• flexible working arrangements for a work-life balance that suits you and your needs
• a dedicated reward programme, offering a range of national and local discounts, cashback and tax relief schemes

The Trust is committed to offering a range of flexibleworking options to support employees to balance work and personal commitments, and the delivery of high quality and cost effective services.

Sustainability

At Queen Victoria Hospital we want to be the first Net Zero Hospital in England, and to achieve that wants every member of staff to be a green champion. The way in which the Trust works has a significant impact on the organisation’s carbon footprint and that of our patients. From the heat, light and power supplies within the hospital to avoiding unnecessary patient journeys, the Trust is empowering all staff to create a sustainable health and care environment for future generations. The Trust expects all staff to reuse and recycle more, to use energy and water efficiently, to walk or cycle to work if you can, and to have a focus on sustainability in the workplace.

We are looking for an experienced Research Nurse / Research Practitioner (CRP) - Part-time (24 hours per week)to join the Research and Innovation team at Queen Victoria Hospital.

We undertake work across a range of specialties, which means plenty of variety in the role - from questionnaire studies right up to full scale clinical drug/device trials. You'll need good organisational skills, high attention to detail, and considerable experience working in clinical research.

This is an excellent opportunity for a motivated research nurse or practitioner who can work independently while contributing actively to a supportive multidisciplinary research team.

Main duties of the job

The postholder will coordinate a portfolio of clinical research studies across the Trust’s specialist services. They will identify and recruit eligible participants, support informed consent, coordinate research-related assessments and follow-up, and maintain accurate study documentation and data.

Working closely with principal investigators, clinical teams, support departments, sponsors and research networks, the postholder will help ensure that studies are set up and delivered safely, efficiently and in accordance with the protocol, Good Clinical Practice and applicable research governance requirements.

Working for our organisation

Rated GOOD overall with outstanding care by the CQC. A specialist NHS hospital providing life-changing reconstructive surgery, burns care and rehabilitation services across the South of England and beyond.

We specialise in conditions of the eyes (corneoplastics), hands, head and neck cancer and skin cancer, reconstructive breast surgery, maxillofacial surgery and prosthetics, providing regional and national services in these areas of clinical expertise.Our world-leading clinical teams also treat more common conditions of the eyes, hands, skin, and teeth for the people of East Grinstead and the surrounding areas. In addition, QVH provides a minor injuries unit, expert therapies, a sleep service, and a growing portfolio of community-based services.Patients consistently rate QVH amongst the top hospitals in the country for quality of care.

Our success is underpinned by the skills and enthusiasm of our staff and a strong culture of partnership. We are fully committed to training and development of the workforce with support for continuing education and learning.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The postholder will:

• Coordinate the research-related care of participants enrolled in a designated portfolio of studies.
• Identify potentially eligible participants through clinics, operating lists, clinical referrals.
• Provide clear study information to patients, families and carers and undertake informed consent where trained, delegated and competent to do so.
• Coordinate protocol-required assessments, investigations, sample collection, treatment and follow-up.
• Collect, process, store and dispatch biological samples according to study protocols.
• Monitor participants for adverse events and ensure that safety information is documented, escalated and reported within required timelines.
• Maintain accurate source documentation, case report forms, electronic study systems and local research databases.
• Maintain inspection-ready study documentation and support monitoring visits, audits and inspections.
• Lead study feasibility, set-up and initiation, including liaison with principal investigators, sponsors and supporting departments.
• Monitor recruitment performance, identify barriers and contribute to actions that improve patient access and study delivery.
• Promote research awareness among clinical teams.
• Deliver studies to a consistently high standard in accordance with the approved protocol, ICH Good Clinical Practice, applicable UK Clinical Trials Regulations, the UK Policy Framework

Skills

• Competency in phlebotomy, ECG and other relevant clinical activities

Qualifications

• NMC registration, relevant professional registration (eg. CRP accreditation) or equivalent experience
• Evidence of continuing professional development

Experience

• Experience of delivering research studies including CTIMPs and device trials
• Experience in new study feasibility and set-up
• Experience of dealing with patients and families in distress
• Experience of working with different study databases and clinical research management system (eg. EDGE)
• Experience of using MS office package (Excel, PowerPoint, Word)
• Experience of the care of cancer patients
• Experience in ophthalmic care
• Experience in plastic surgery specialty

Knowledge

• Knowledge of the clinical research life-cycle; from EOI, feasibility, and set-up to coordination and closure—including securing all regulatory approvals prior to recruitment initiation

Qualifications

• Knowledge of ICH-GCP, Clinical Trial Regulation 2004 and UK Policy Framework

Skills

• Organisation, problem solving and management skills
• Interpersonal skills and able to communicate complex information at all level
• Ability to analyse complicated information from trial protocol
• Sound prioritising skills and ability to manage own workload

Employer certification / accreditation badges

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.