Research Nurse/Allied Health Professional

Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust; Ashford; On-site; GBP 31,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading community healthcare organization is offering a one-year secondment for a Band 6 Research Nurse/AHP to enhance clinical research capabilities. This role involves managing multiple research studies, ensuring compliance, and supporting participants throughout the research process. The organization prides itself on high patient care standards and is committed to diversity and flexible working arrangements.

Benefits

Flexible working arrangements

Supportive work environment

Professional development opportunities

Qualifications

• Experience in clinical research and Good Clinical Practice.
• Strong organizational skills and ability to manage multiple studies.
• Experience in recruiting patients and collaborating with clinical teams.

Responsibilities

• Coordinating and facilitating multiple research studies across community settings.
• Ensuring compliance with research governance and managing project logistics.
• Supporting patient recruitment and consent processes.

Skills

Clinical Research

Project Management

Data Collection

Education

Nursing or AHP Qualification

Job description

This one-year secondment offers an exciting opportunity to contribute to clinical research development within the community healthcare setting, while enhancing research skills and knowledge of research practices.

The Band 6 Research Nurse/AHP will provide clinical research support across community settings, managing, coordinating, and facilitating multiple research studies. Responsibilities include document generation and control, project tracking and logistics, data collection, ensuring adherence to Good Clinical Practice and Research Governance, and supporting improvements in the care of research participants and data quality.

The post holder will collaborate with a Clinical Research Practitioner to identify suitable studies, and work with clinical teams to ensure site feasibility and setup are efficiently managed.

Key Responsibilities:

1. Identify suitable portfolio studies to open across the Trust, aiming for a broad range of trials.
2. Act as trial coordinator for various research topics.
3. Ensure funding, indemnity, sponsorship, and registration requirements are in place before research begins.
4. Conduct thorough feasibility assessments prior to study openings.
5. Support participants through the consent process, understanding issues affecting valid and informed consent.
6. Identify and recruit suitable patients for research trials.
7. Update accrual data regularly for NIHR portfolio studies.
8. Collate and share research activity and publication information.

Rated ‘outstanding’ by the CQC, we are committed to high standards of patient care and excellent service to improve community health. We seek outstanding individuals who share our values: compassionate, aspirational, responsive, and excellent.

We believe that diversity, equity, and inclusion improve patient care and workplace satisfaction. We welcome applications from diverse backgrounds and experiences. We collect information on protected characteristics via application forms, which is used to promote diversity and equitable opportunities.

As a flexible, family-friendly organization, we support flexible working arrangements to suit individual needs without compromising service quality. Discuss flexible working options with us.

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For further details or informal visits, contact:

Name: Karen Thorogood
Job Title: R&D Manager
Email: [e-mail]