Senior Research Nurse

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Central London Community Healthcare (CLCH) is one of the largest community healthcare organisations in London and Hertfordshire, providing our services to diverse communities/boroughs in 11 London Boroughs - Barnet, Brent, Ealing, Hammersmith & Fulham, Harrow, Hounslow, Kensington and Chelsea, Merton, Richmond, Wandsworth, Westminster - and Hertfordshire.

We are rated Good by the Care Quality Commission and are ranked among top NHS employers. Community healthcare is our focus and our passion. We champion the role of community health professionals to make sure our patients get great care closer to home.

Job overview

Are you agile and ready for your next challenge? Do you wish to gain greater experience and further develop your healthcare research career? Then our Research & Development (R&D) Department needs you CLCH R&D Department are in the process of expanding its research delivery team and seek a highly motivated Senior Research Nurse or Senior Clinical Research Practitioner to drive forward our research portfolio. This post is integral in the Trust's R&D strategy to become a leader in community research, drive innovation, enhance patient care and maximise opportunities for our patients and staff to participate in high quality research.

CLCH benefits from a multidisciplinary clinical service spectrum and geographical spread across London and Hertfordshire that enables an exciting opportunity for a post holder to gain valuable clinical research experience in a variety of settings. Willingness to travel to different sites is important. The ideal candidate will have significant experience in clinical research, knowledge of good clinical practice and the regulatory research landscape, excellent communication skills & experience of managing/leading teams within the NHS setting. This is a dynamic role that will offer the candidate a unique opportunity to lead in community research.

Research can truly make a difference to patients' lives and so could you

Main duties of the job

The post holder will lead a team of Research Nurses and Clinical Research Practitioners to deliver to a portfolio of commercial trials, academic clinical trials and NIHR portfolio studies. The post holder with form part of the department leadership team delivering high quality health and care community-based research.

The aim of the role of the Band 7 Senior Research Nurse /Clinical Research Practitioner is to support the implementation of the Research Strategy and develop the CLCH studies portfolio across the Trust by identifying commercial and non-commercial studies on the NIHR portfolio. A core component of this post is to support Head of R&D in the implementation of the Research Strategy 2024-2027 within the Trust. The post holder will work across all clinical divisions of the Trust, in a variety of areas dependent on demand

Working for our organisation

Just as we care about our patients' wellbeing, we care about yours

We can offer you:

• A comprehensive induction into the community service followed by a local induction to introduce you to the role
• Car lease scheme *T&C's apply
• Flexible working options
• Annual travel card loan
• Training, support and development in your career

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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The post holder will be responsible for:

• line management of members of the research delivery team
• Identify eligible research studies available, suitable for NHS Community Trust services.
• Management of consent and recruitment by the R&D team to meet time to target into studies
• To manage the feasibility, set-up and delivery of studies against NIHR and CLCH metrics through continued growth of research activity, increasing the number of research studies and participant recruitment each year
• Liaise with clinicians with the aim of developing capacity and capability to undertake the role of Chief or Principal Investigator.
• Submit expressions of interest to companies and non-commercial sponsors in collaboration with clinical teams for prospective studies
• Support in building capacity and capability for research, through the development of a sustainable and diverse portfolio across the Trust and clinical teams.
• Work closely with the Head of R&D and the wider Academy team to identify and promote research opportunities and initiatives.
• Assessing patients' suitability, ensuring informed consent is obtained (recognising the requirements of the Mental Capacity Act), coordinating the logistics for patient visits and undertaking patient assessments (where appropriate and within professional guidelines) in accordance with study protocol.
• Ensure all data will be recorded, including adverse and serious adverse events, in accordance with ICH-GCP.
• Ensure that all research safeguards the psychological and physical well-being of the patient/participant in conjunction with the multidisciplinary team, to facilitate high standards of care.

Please refer to the attached Job Description for full list of responsibilities

Person specification

Education/Qualification

Essential criteria

• Professional health or social services (RN) qualification and registration (at least 5 years post registration) / Registered AHP OR equivalent research training and experience.
• For Senior Clinical Trial Practitioner candidates: Registration on the Academy for Healthcare Science (AHCS) Clinical Research Practitioner Accredited Register, or working towards.
• Completed degree in the speciality or related field.
• Post registration qualification/diploma relevant to research or equivalent experience
• Teaching / mentorship qualification or experience of teaching in a clinical setting

Desirable criteria

• Master's degree or working towards
• Certified in Clinical research ICH GCP

Please be aware that all communications about this vacancy will be communicated to you via email and text message. Always check your inbox and junk mail folders and provide a UK mobile number if available.

At CLCH we appreciate and are proud of the diversity in the communities we serve and the workforce we employ. Applications are open and welcome to anyone, regardless of your age, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, ethnicity, religion, and disability.

We are proud to say that we follow the workforce race equality standard and 28% of our senior staff (8A and above) are from a BAME background. CLCH also has active BAME and LGBTQI networks:

Disability and Wellbeing Network (DAWN)

Race Equality Network

Rainbow Network which supports LGBTQI staff.

Each network has a champion who is an executive director at the Trust and they hold regular meetings to discuss issues and make plans to improve CLCH.

The CLCH Equal opportunities statement is on our Website Equal opportunities :: Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust (clch.nhs.uk)

"We work Flexibly"

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Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Documents to download

• Job Description & Person Specification (PDF, 560.3KB)
• Trust Values (PDF, 720.3KB)