Senior Research Nurse

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Fulfil your potential in hospitals that make history:

Charing Cross, Hammersmith, St Mary's, Queen Charlotte's & Chelsea and Western Eye.

With five world-renowned hospitals, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust is full of opportunity if you are looking to develop your healthcare career.

We are an NHS Trust of approximately 14,000 people, providing care for over a million and a half patients from north west London and beyond every year.

We have a rich heritage and an ambitious vision for the future of our patients and local communities.

With our partners, Imperial College London, and The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, we form Imperial College Academic Health Science Centre, one of 6 academic health science centres in the UK, working to ensure the rapid translation of research for better patient care and excellence in education.

We are proud of our heritage in innovation and we are early adopters of new insights in technologies, techniques and treatments for improving health.

Job overview

Are you an experienced Research Nurse with a background in surgical trials?

We have an exciting patient-facing opportunity for a highly skilled, motivated and enthusiastic Research Nurse to join our well-established clinical research team, part of the Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust. The successful candidate will be leading a portfolio of non-interventional clinical research studies. Our surgical portfolio includes Upper GI, Urology, ENT, Breast, Orthopaedics, Bariatrics, Colorectal, Anaesthetics, and Plastics. This post holder will be mainly focused on our ENT portfolio and will be required to coordinate and deliver on the studies, running over all 3 of our hospital sites.

You will possess excellent communication, leadership and interpersonal skills in order to support patients and work effectively with colleagues while also raising the profile of research within the Trust. You will be required to collaborate closely with leading investigators and clinical research fellows along with other research team members and the wider multidisciplinary team. You will be required to manage your own workload and that of junior members of the team. A proactive, flexible and solution orientated approach is essential.

The post-holder will be part of a dynamic team, working closely alongside clinical colleagues and be competent to work independently as well as part of a team.

We require an enthusiastic Senior Research Nurse with:

Ambition to develop professional, clinical & research skills

• Ability to manage difficult situations and use own initiative.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Ability to prioritise own workload
• An understanding of ethical practice and confidentiality
• Expert knowledge of ICH-GCP and regulatory standards

Main duties of the job

• As a Band 6 Clinical Research Nurse you will be responsible for assessing and managing the care pathways for patients and carers participating in research.
• This will involve the recruitment, education and monitoring of research participants and the collection and documentation of accurate data.
• You will work collaboratively with the research team and the wider multidisciplinary team in the management of your own caseload of research patients.
• You will act as a knowledgeable resource for staff, researchers, research participants and patients, alongside a working knowledge and compliance with local, national and international research regulations.
• You will contribute to the development of local policies related to all aspects of the research process and contribute to the training and supervision of staff and researchers.
• You will contribute to nurse-led research.

Working for our organisation

At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care.

Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You'll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career.

Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to Work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.

We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly, part time or job share. Please talk to us at interview.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required.

For both overviews please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert.

Person specification

Education/ Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Health professional registration or first degree in life sciences

Desirable criteria

• Degree/ Diploma in Nursing

Experience

Essential criteria

• Relevant experience at band 5 within a relevant speciality.
• Experience of supervision of junior staff, equivalent experience For specialist areas able to demonstrate specialist knowledge of patient group
• Knowledge of research and audit
• Ability to practice within the scope of the NMC Code of Professional Conduct.

Desirable criteria

• Research experience.
• Experience of coordinating and managing clinical trials for investigational medicinal products.

Skills/Knowledge/ Abilities

Essential criteria

• Proven teaching and assessing skills
• Demonstrates an awareness of the wider NHS service developments
• Able to prioritise and meet deadlines

Please ensure you check your emails regularly as this is how we will communicate with you throughout the recruitment process. If you are shortlisted you will be contacted by email and text message (if you provide a mobile contact number).

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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 (PDF, 735.0KB)
• Functional Requirement Form (PDF, 272.6KB)
• Our Strategy 2023-25 (PDF, 230.4KB)