Senior Research Nurse

Nhs Scotland; City of Edinburgh; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

NHS Scotland at Western General Hospital is seeking a Senior Research Nurse to join the haematology research team. This fixed-term, 12-month post offers the chance to work across a diverse portfolio of haematology clinical trials, supporting patients from eligibility through treatment and follow-up.

You will combine advanced clinical nursing with research delivery, working autonomously within a multidisciplinary team to identify patients, conduct trial assessments, deliver trial treatments

Qualifications

• Haematology experience in nursing.
• Experience or familiarity with clinical trials.
• Excellent communication and organisational skills.

Responsibilities

• Patient identification and recruitment for trials.
• Clinical trial assessments and treatment delivery, including cytotoxic chemotherapy and other SACT.
• Ongoing care of patients on research studies; collaboration with multidisciplinary teams.

Skills

Haematology nursing

Clinical trials

Patient recruitment

ICH-GCP knowledge

Education

Nursing degree

Job description

Western General Hospital

This post is fixed term for 12 months

We are looking for an enthusiastic and motivated Senior Research Nurse to join our haematology research team within the South East Cancer Research Network.

This varied and rewarding role offers the opportunity to work across a diverse portfolio of haematology clinical trials, supporting patients from consideration of a clinical trial through treatment and follow-up. You will combine advanced clinical nursing skills with research delivery, working autonomously while being part of an experienced multidisciplinary research team.

The role includes patient identification and recruitment, clinical trial assessments, trial treatment delivery, including cytotoxic chemotherapy and other SACT, and ongoing care of patients participating in research. You will work closely with research nurses, medical teams, pharmacy, clinical trial and data management colleagues and the wider multidisciplinary team.

We are particularly interested in nurses who bring strong haematology experience, excellent communication and organisational skills, attention to detail and a commitment to delivering safe, patient-centred research and care. Clinical research experience and knowledge of ICH-GCP are desirable, but applications from experienced haematology nurses wishing to develop their research career would also be welcomed.

This is an exposure prone post

NHS Scotland is committed to encouraging equality and diversity among our workforce and eliminating unlawful discrimination. The aim is for our workforce to be truly representative and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best. To this end, NHS Scotland welcomes applications from all sections of society.

We are recruiting to the post of Senior Research Nurse

NHS Lothian is excited to be recruiting to a Senior Research Nurse at the Western General Hospital

We are looking for an inspirational leader who is caring, compassionate and motivated to join our strong, empowered and highly skilled nursing family.

Our sets out our Vision, Ambitions and Values that enable excellent care for our patients and service users. It also demonstrates what you can expect from our organisation and what you can aspire to in your own career development. A collaborative, person focused approach is at the very centre of everything we aspire to achieve, and necessary to deliver care that is high quality, compassionate, safe and effective. We continue to work towards having a diverse and inclusive culture for people who work for us and use our services. We want everyone to realise their full potential and make a positive contribution. We encourage applications from people from all backgrounds and communities. We are committed to supporting the development of a nursing and midwifery workforce that is made up of diverse skills and experiences. We are interested in your passion for developing with us as a leader as well as demonstrating alignment with the values and ambitions set out in our Strategic Plan. We are committed to providing the strong foundations of clinical education with our Clinical Education and Training team, our education co-ordinators, robust induction programmes and preceptorship as well as working with you to build on your leadership strengths.

Recruitment process We use a values and competency-based recruitment process that is linked to the ambitions set out in our Strategic Plan. Within NHS Lothian, Nursing and Midwifery interviews are linked to our Nursing & Midwifery Strategic Plan. We aim to offer an equitable experience and are sharing interview questions in advance. A selection of the interview questions can be found on our Careers site: How to Apply NHS Lothian Careers

The use of the term Senior or Junior in this post refers only to the level of experience and responsibility required for this post rather than age. As such, applications from people of all ages are welcomed, subject to meeting the relevant criteria.

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To work in the United Kingdom, there is a legal requirement for an individual to demonstrate that they have the relevant permission to work in the country. This permission is, without exception, granted by the UK Visa and Immigrations Service. Further information on what NHS Scotland Boards are required to do to check this as well as what your responsibilities include can be found in the further information for this vacancy.

We will fully support disabled candidates, and candidates with long-term conditions or who are neurodivergent by making reasonable adjustments to our recruitment policy and practices.

This post requires the post holder to have a PVG Scheme membership/record. If the post holder is not a current PVG member for the required regulatory group (child and/or adult) then an application will need to be made to Disclosure Scotland and deemed satisfactory before they can begin in post.

Please note: As this post is part-time, the salary will be pro-rata.

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