Research Nurse

East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust; Stevenage; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust is seeking a Research Nurse to support the delivery of world-class health research at the Lister Hospital in Stevenage. The role focuses on recruiting participants, obtaining consent, and collecting data per ICH GCP in a busy research nursing team.

You will work closely with clinicians, nurses and researchers to support diverse trials and ensure high-quality participant care throughout the study lifecycle.

Responsibilities

• Recruit participants into a wide range of research studies.
• Obtain informed consent (verbal and written) and collect baseline and follow-up data.
• Conduct study procedures in accordance with ICH GCP and trial protocols.
• Coordinate processing of clinical samples and dispatch to appropriate departments.
• Support governance approvals and ethics submissions for trials.
• Collaborate with research clinicians, nurses, pharmacists and support staff.

Job description

We are recruiting for a Research Nurse who will be able to share our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients.

Would you like to take the next step in your nursing career and support the delivery of world class health research to improve people’s lives?

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Research Nursing team, based at the Lister Hospital to deliver commercial research studies.

The role is people focused involving recruiting participants into a wide range of research studies, receiving informed consent, conducting study procedures and the collection of baseline and follow up data in accordance with ICH GCP.

At the heart of everything we do are our core values:Include,Respect, andImprove. We encourage you to embrace these values throughout the recruitment process and in your role with us.

Screen & identify patients eligible for clinical trials and to maintain detailed knowledge of the protocols for the clinical trials associated with the designated site-specific groups.

Provide verbal and written information and to offer support to patients and carers for the duration of their involvement in a clinical trial. To assist in the informed consent process, receiving informed consent where appropriate. To be a point of contact for patients and carers for the duration of their involvement in a clinical trial.

With appropriate training, to take and process clinical samples (e.g. blood samples) for studies, co- coordinating tissue sample collection and dispatch to relevant department or trial centre as appropriate.

Assist in the provision of background information about potential clinical trials to obtain approvals from Research Governance and Local Ethics Committees.

Working in conjunction with research clinicians, nurses, pharmacists and other support staff within the East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust

To work at all times according regulations as described in ICH Good Clinical Practice and EU Directives, and to the most current guidance relating to Research Governance and Research Ethics in each Trust.

Participate in the informed consent process, CRF completion, safety reporting, protocol compliance, monitoring and auditing of clinical trials.

At East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general and specialist services we provide and our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible and innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.

We Run The Following Hospitals

• The Lister Hospital, Stevenage
• New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City
• Hertford County, Hertford
• Mount Vernon Cancer Centre (MVCC), Northwood

We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation and our staff and patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.

We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. This means that any employee is entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns and we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made and considered formally, and will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Carina Cruz Job title: Lead Research Nurse Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 07917534555