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Employer Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Employer type NHS

Site Royal Hallamshire Hospital

Town Sheffield

Salary £37,338 - £44,962 pa/pro rata for part time staff

Salary period Yearly

Closing 14/04/2025 23:59

Interview date 25/04/2025

NHS AfC: Band 6

We are committed to helping our staff balance their work and home lives and ensure they feel supported, valued and appreciated so whilst you care for our patients and clients, we'll take care of you. We offer many different ways of helping staff including career development opportunities, flexible working, good annual leave and pension schemes, health and wellbeing packages and financial support systems. Joining the Trust also allows you access to a number of saving options via our salary sacrifice schemes and a wide range of discount opportunities with retailers and service providers.

Job overview

The University of Sheffield department of Neuroscience brings together internationally recognised expertise in medicine, science and engineering to improve the lives of patients and families affected by neurological, sensory and developmental disorders. The collaborative, multidisciplinary approach alongside cutting-edge facilities enables the latest scientific knowledge to be translated into real-world solutions and better outcomes for patients.

Since its opening, the Sheffield Institute for Translational Neuroscience (SITraN) has played a key role in delivering our research objectives. Providing world-renowned research centred around the treatment of neurological disorders including motor neurone disease, Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's disease. SITraN has grown immensely and developed into a leading global facility which is at the forefront of research and expertise, pioneering new treatments for neurodegenerative diseases and bringing new hope to patients and families across the country.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will report directly to the Trust Research Matron, working within a team of dedicated and specialised research nurses to manage and coordinate clinical research projects involving patients living with the medical conditions supported by the NIHR Sheffield Biomedical Research Centre – neurological, cardiovascular and infectious and immune conditions.

As a key part of the team, the Research Sister/Charge Nurse will assess, plan, implement and evaluate programmes of care for patients in line with clinical trial protocols, laboratory manuals and all relevant regulatory standards.

The Research Sister/Charge Nurse will work as part of the larger research team to develop and deliver recruitment targets and strategies to meet these targets. The post holder will ensure that research safeguards are in place to protect the well-being of research participants and that research is conducted within the Regulatory Framework.

As part of the co-ordination responsibilities the post holder will be expected to represent the BRC team at national and international meetings.

Working for our organisation

You will be working for an organisation which values and respects all of its staff and the community it serves. The Trust is a leader in the NHS and research sectors and provides excellent benefits for its staff. This includes a firm commitment to professional development of its staff together with the provision of an excellent health and well-being support service.

Working in partnership with The University of Sheffield's department of neuroscience, Sheffield Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (STH) receives National Institute of Health Research (NIHR) funding to support a wide and varied portfolio of research activity. It is the host for NIHR Clinical Research Network; Yorkshire and Humber (CRN; Y&H) and receives funding to support early phase, exploratory clinical trial activity facilitated through the Sheffield NIHR Clinical Research Facility (CRF), as well as a number of other awards including Devices for Dignity and NIHR CLAHRC.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for full details regarding this post.

When completing your application please ensure that you clearly demonstrate how you meet the role criteria.

Person specificationEducation and Qualifications

• RGN Level one
• NMC registered
• To have completed the national practice assessor training or equivalent teaching and assessing qualification for those with ENB998.
• Extensive evidence of continuous professional development including post graduate qualifications and/or academic research qualifications
• First degree or evidence of working towards one (demonstrating graduate attributes)

Experience

• Extensive post-registration experience within a broad range of clinical settings
• Specialist training relevant to role: Up to date Good Clinical Practice (GCP) training
• Experience of delivering early phase research studies
• Good IT skills; competent in standard PC packages (i.e. Microsoft Office or equivalent)

Skills and Knowledge

• Good understanding of the local and national strategic context of research in the NHS
• Ability to communicate effectively including active listening, writing, and verbally, with individuals on a one-to-one basis and with groups.
• Excellent performance management skills.
• Highly developed leadership skills with excellent interpersonal skills – ability to form positive relationships at all levels.
• Ability to manage complex workload under pressure and prioritise to meet deadlines.
• Persuasion and influencing skills – ability to present ideas and proposals effectively.

Personal Qualities

• Integrity - Cares about and knows the importance of doing the right thing and making a difference. Possesses a straight talking and honest, whilst being diplomatic, communication style.
• Ownership - Loves being in charge/control and takes full responsibility for the running of their clinical area. Driven to get things done to ensure that both they and their team achieve. Sets very high standards for themselves, their team and clinical area.
• Delivery - Love to be in control and on top of everything that is going on in their clinical area. Likes to be 'hands on' in the delivery of patient care in their department. Thrives on having lots going on and rises to the challenge of constantly switching between different activities and issues. Possesses a 'can do' approach to problems and will keep going when things are tough.
• Relating - Gets a buzz out of developing others and takes great satisfaction from seeing their staff achieve and progress. Pick up on other people's needs sensing when something is wrong. Good at explaining things in simple and straightforward ways that others find easy to understand.

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If you are offered employment at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals your information will be transferred from the Trac recruitment system into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records system. In addition, in submitting an application form, you authorise our Trust to confirm any previous NHS service details via the ESR IAT process should you be appointed.

Please note, all communication regarding your application will be made via email sent via the Trac recruitment system, please ensure you check your junk/spam folders as emails are sometimes filtered there.

The Trust is committed to its obligations in accordance with the Equality Act 2010, and we positively encourage applications from all sections of the community. Should you require any assistance in applying for the position please contact the General or Medical Human Resources Departments on the number identified on the NHS Jobs page for the organisation.

Job Share applicants are welcome for all full time posts unless indicated but cannot be guaranteed. In addition for Fixed Term Contracts, internal secondments may be considered, please seek the approval of your current line manager before applying for the position.

All employment with the Trust is subject to a number of NHS Employment Checks being met to a satisfactory standard including verification of identity, eligibility to work in the United Kingdom, references and qualifications in addition to professional registration, a disclosure and barring records check and occupational health check if these are deemed to be a requirement for the position to be undertaken.

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Employer certification / accreditation badges

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.

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