Clinical Research Nurse-Stroke-Maternity cover

St George's University Hospitals; Tooting; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 54,000; Full time

Job summary

The Stroke Research team at St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust invites a qualified nurse to join our active research program in south west London. You will contribute to patient recruitment for NIHR adopted and industry studies and help with follow-up of research participants.

The role requires working with a multi-disciplinary team across departments, and providing research cover on a rota basis that includes day, evening and weekend shifts, with potential evening coverage

Qualifications

• The post holder will be responsible for recruiting patients to NIHR adopted studies and industry studies including the recruitment and follow up of Research participants.

Responsibilities

• The post holder will be working with multi-disciplinary team and all departments Trust-wide as appropriate to the care of patients, Joint Research Office Staff, Support Department Staff, Principal Investigators and Study Teams.
• The post holder will be part of the clinical research rota, providing research cover to hospitals on a rota basis to include day time, evening and weekends.

Skills

Nurse background

Clinical research coordination

Job description

• The post holder will be responsible for recruiting patients to NIHR adopted studies and industry studies including the recruitment and follow up of Research participants.
• The Post holder will be working with multi-disciplinary team and all departments Trust-wide as appropriate to the care of patients, Joint Research Office Staff, Support Department Staff, Principal Investigators and Study Teams.
• The post holder will be part of the clinical research rota, providing research cover to hospitals on a rota basis to include day time, evening and weekends.
• For each working day at weekends or bank holidays the post holder will be expected to work 09.00-15.0& and will receive a day in lieu. Currently, we are covering Mon-Fri office hours only, although flexibility is required.
• To deliver support for recruiting within the Hyperacute Stroke Research Centre we may need to ask the post holder to provide research cover in the early evening if required in future.
  St. George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK's largest healthcare organisations and has integrated with Community Services Wandsworth.

The Trust shares its main hospital site in south west London with St George's University of London, and is linked to Kingston Faculty of Health and Social Care Sciences. St George's has an established national and international reputation as a leading hospital for specialist care including neurosciences, cardiac care, stroke and cancer. We also provide excellent local care to the residents of Wandsworth, and regional care as both an acute, hyper acute stroke unit and trauma centre.The Hyper Acute Stroke Unit (HASU) is a regional unit at St George's Hospital providing acute care including 24/7 thrombectomy to stroke patients in south west London, Kent, Surrey and Sussex. The Acute Stroke Unit (SU) provides ongoing acute stroke care and rehabilitation for patients local to St. George's. The Trust also provides specialist rehabilitation through the Wolfson and Queen Mary's units. The stroke service is actively involved in stroke research and has an international reputation. This is an exciting opportunity for a nurse to join the Stroke Research team. The St. George's Stroke Research group is one of the leading sites in the country recruiting patients to NIHR adopted studies and industry studies., 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