Research Nurse-Urgent Care

Royal Berkshire; Reading; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a dedicated Research Nurse to lead and drive NIHR Portfolio studies within the Emergency Department and support Critical Care research in Reading. You will manage patient identification, recruitment and follow-up, while liaising with multidisciplinary teams to deliver high-quality research that improves NHS treatments.

The role requires registered nursing qualifications, post-registration specialization, and a proactive, detail-focused approach.

Qualifications

• Emergency or Critical care nursing experience is essential
• Experience with research governance and GCP is advantageous
• Good communication and organisational skills required

Responsibilities

• Support day-to-day running of NIHR Portfolio studies and other projects
• Identify, recruit and follow up participants for studies
• Liaise with multi-disciplinary teams across departments to achieve objectives
• Ensure adherence to Good Clinical Practice and Research Governance

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Teamwork

Leadership

Decision making

Risk assessment

Education

Registered Nurse

NVQ Assessor

Specialty qualification

Tools

Microsoft Word

Excel

Job description

This is an exciting opportunity to join the dynamic Urgent Care research team at the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust.

We are looking to appoint a caring, highly motivated, forward thinking and enthusiastic nurse to help lead and drive research within the Emergency Department and support Critical Care research.

As a research nurse you will be responsible for delivering studies helping change NHS treatments and patients lives for the better.

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will join an enthusiastic team and will be responsible for supporting the day to day running of NIHR Portfolio studies and other projects. These include all aspects of patient identification, recruitment and follow up of participants in addition to any study specific procedures. You will be responsible for managing your portfolio in a patient focus manner and growing future opportunities for studies in you specialty. A key part of the role will be to liaise with all members of the multi-disciplinary team across departments therefore you must possess excellent organisational, interpersonal and communication skills and demonstrate good attention to detail.

About us

We are a friendly proactive team that support and grow its team members. Based in one of the largest general hospital foundation trusts, our research portfolio is consistently recognised for its breadth, size and quality.

Job responsibilities

Emergency or Critical care nursing experience is essential and research experience would be advantageous but not essential, all necessary training and support will be provided. The post will provide the unique opportunity of working across the Emergency Department and Critical Care.

In addition you will:

• Be a registered nurse with a degree or equivalent professional qualification
• Have effective time management and the ability to work with minimum supervision.
• Be able to integrate with a number of teams in order to achieve set objectives
• Be conversant with Good Clinical Practice (GCP) and Research Governance.
• Be proficient with Microsoft Office applications (Word, Excel, Access etc)
• Be willing to work flexibly in terms of hours and duties to meet service needs.
• Be familiar with Trust CORE Values and be willing work alongside the values.
• Previous practical experience of clinical trials/research will be an asset but not essential

Person Specification

Education/ Qualifications/ Training

• Registered Nurse
• NVQ Assessor
• Recognised post registration qualification within a speciality

Experience

• Recent clinical experience in an acute clinical environment
• Experience in mentoring / facilitation / teaching / assessing / coaching
• Recent clinical research experience
• Experience in leadership / management and specialty development
• Experience of Benchmarking

Skills & Abilities

• Excellent interpersonal skills with particular ability to liaise effectively with multidisciplinary team members
• Ability to make decisions, organise and prioritise
• Demonstrates excellent team working and motivation
• Excellent negotiating and influencing skills
• Experience in leadership / management and specialty development
• Knowledge of Research Governance Framework (RGF), International Conference on Harmonisation/Good Clinical Practice (ICH/GCP)
• Experience of or willingness to deal with conflict and non compliance
• Experience in risk assessment

Other

• Computer Literacy
• Experience of involvement in successful change management

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.

£39,959 to £48,117 a yearper annum pro rata