Research Nurse/AHP

The Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust; Wakefield; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 47,000; Part time

Job summary

A regional healthcare provider in Wakefield is seeking experienced Registered Nurses or Allied Health Professionals to support clinical trials on an 'as and when' basis. Ideal candidates are passionate about improving healthcare outcomes and can work flexibly in a dynamic environment. Responsibilities include delivering high-quality care to participants, ensuring protocols are followed, and collaborating with multi-professional teams. Roles come with NHS benefits including generous holidays and professional development opportunities.

Benefits

NHS pension plan

Generous holiday allowance

Employee health and wellbeing services

Childcare vouchers

Car lease schemes

Qualifications

• Experience dealing with highly complex situations and providing complex information.
• Awareness of the local and national NHS agenda and clinical governance.
• Open to learning and aware of own limitations.

Responsibilities

• Deliver high-quality care to participants in clinical research.
• Record and report research activity accurately and timely.
• Work collaboratively with a multi-professional team.

Skills

Communication skills

Organisational skills

Interpersonal skills

Attention to detail

Clinical decision making

Education

Registered Nurse/registered AHP

Tools

Computer databases

EDGE software

Job description

Are you an experienced Registered Nurse or Allied Health Professional (AHP) with a keen interest in research? We are currently looking to recruit motivated individuals to join our team on an "as and when" basis to support our ongoing clinical trials. If you are passionate about improving healthcare outcomes and enjoy working in a fast-paced, flexible environment, we want to hear from you!

As a Registered Nurse/AHP you will play a vital role in delivering high quality care to participants in research studies. You will work closely with the existing team to ensure each aspects of approved research protocols are followed.

Main duties of the job

This role requires strong communication, organisation and interpersonal skills, with excellent attention to detail.

You will be able to build on your existing clinical skills while practicing in a supportive environment, developing complex decision making and collaborative skills to achieve set metrics and barriers to participation are overcome.

You will ensure that data is collected and recorded accurately and study interventions are administered within the agreed timelines of a study protocol.

Our research participants will look to you to guide and support them through their research journey and provide high standards of care, ensuring specialist information regarding their participation in a study, including explaining all associated risk factors.

You will need to attend relevant inpatient and outpatient areas to provide the individualised care needed as prescribed in the research protocol. This may include assessment of vital signs, ECGs, collection of samples and administration of trial medication/treatments.

You will need to work with the multi professional teams and contribute to looking at working practices within a department to identify study cost and monitoring use of resources throughout the study.

You will be responsible for populating finance spreadsheets to ensure invoices are raised according to the study contract.

You will use computer software (EDGE) to record all research activity and to provide patient reports.

About us

We are an acute trust caring for over one million people in Wakefield and Kirklees. Our 10,000 staff members work in patients homes, the community, and our three hospitals in Pontefract, Dewsbury, and Pinderfields (Wakefield).Committed to continuous improvement, we prioritise our people and values so we can deliver excellent patient experience. Our team is friendly, passionate and always seeking better ways to work through research and innovation.We support work-life balance and foster a diverse, inclusive environment where everyone belongs. Our staff networks offer safe spaces for honest conversations and to share ideas, thoughts and concerns so we can increase awareness and appreciation of equality, diversity, and inclusion.As a member of the team, you will have access to the NHS pension plan, a generous holiday allowance, employee health and wellbeing services and extensive benefits and support. These include onsite nurseries, childcare vouchers, car lease and home electronics schemes, working carers support, carer-friendly policies, and more.If you value caring, high standards, improvement, and respect, join the MY team to make a difference every day.

Job responsibilities

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse/registered AHP

Experience

• Experience of computer databases and administration
• Working with a wide range of professionals
• Experience dealing with highly complex situations
• Experience providing and receiving highly complex information

Knowledge and Awareness

• Awareness of the local and national agenda in the NHS and chosen speciality
• Clinical governance awareness
• Awareness of own limitations
• Awareness of current research, Awareness of nursing/professional issues in health and social care

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for further details.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Please click 'apply now' to view the full person specification (there is no obligation to submit an application).

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.

£38,682 to £46,580 a yearpro rata for part time