CRN EM Direct Delivery Team

An exciting opportunity has arisen to be a part of our CRN East Midlands flexible workforce, the Direct Delivery Team. We are seeking a B6 Senior Research Nurse with current research experience in supporting the conduct of research across differing specialties and settings, supporting commercial and non-commercial research.

Traditionally, the majority of healthcare research has been conducted in secondary care settings, however, the research landscape is changing and this post will be vital in supporting the LCRN in adapting to this change. Our Direct Delivery Team's flexible workforce has built a reputation of excellence, providing researchers with a service to achieve high-quality outcomes.

The successful candidate will work as part of a small team of research staff in our Leicestershire Hub, however extensive traveling across the county will be expected, and some travel across the East Midlands will be required.

This post is a 2 year fixed term contract within the NHS you will be responsible for your own workload and support colleagues to carry out their caseloads of NIHR portfolio research trials/studies.

To discuss this post further or to arrange an informal visit, please contact -

Carla Christie, Direct Delivery Team Lead Leicestershire

Main duties of the job

We continue to collaborate and support research delivery with our existing partner organisations in acute, community, and primary care but the post holder will be expected to engage with local authorities, schools, prisons, universities, pharmacies, dental practices, community groups, care homes, and domiciliary care services with a view to developing their research capability and capacity and widen the scope and opportunities for research participation throughout Leicestershire.

Duties: to provide clinical study research nurse support to various clinical specialties conducting research in NHS organisations/IHSP/local authorities, care homes, social services, and community settings across the CRN East Midlands region.

To provide the highest standards of patient care in line with Research protocols and will ensure that such research safeguards the wellbeing of the patients and is conducted within ICH Good Clinical Practice guidelines for research. Take responsibility for the management, coordination, and facilitation of concurrent research studies.

To assist in the delivery of a high-quality research service of clinical expertise, professional advice, support, guidance, and education to the multi-professional team, patients, and carers within the research service. Work will be in accordance with ICH-GCP guidelines for the conduct of clinical research trials providing clinical support and expertise in NIHR portfolio research projects.

About us

The National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) has transformed the delivery of research in health and care settings. Together, the NIHR people, programmes and centres of excellence represent the most integrated health research system in the world.

The NIHR Clinical Research Network (CRN) is an arm of the NIHR dedicated to supporting patients, the public and health & care organisations across England to participate in high-quality research. CRN East Midlands (CRN EM) is one of 15 Local Clinical Research Networks covering England, led by a National Coordinating Centre.

We are proud to be at the forefront of health and social care research delivery in the East Midlands, working with partner organisations operating in a broad range of settings across Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Rutland, Northamptonshire and Nottinghamshire.

Our team is committed to improving and increasing research opportunities for patients and health and care organisations.

Hosted by the University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust with offices in Leicester and Nottingham, our model incorporates a number of different roles to enable us to drive clinical research delivery performance, and to ensure that research is championed across every level of health and care.

To find out more about the CRN East Midlands,visit: https://local.nihr.ac.uk/lcrn/east-midlands/

Find out more about working with us:

https://www.leicestershospitals.nhs.uk/aboutus/work-for-us/

Job description

Job responsibilities

We are proud to be at the forefront of health and social care research delivery in the East Midlands, working with partner organisations operating in a broad range of settings across Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Rutland, Northamptonshire and Nottinghamshire.

Hosted by the University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust with offices in Leicester and Nottingham, our model incorporates a number of different roles to enable us to drive clinical research delivery performance, and to ensure that research is championed across every level of health and care.

Working as a key member of the Direct Delivery Team, duties include:

Provide clinical study research nurse support to various clinical specialities conducting research in NHS organisations/IHSP/local authorities, care homes, social services, community settings across the CRN East Midlands region.

The post holder will provide the highest standards of patient care in line with Research protocols and will ensure that such research safeguards the wellbeing of the patients and is conducted within ICH Good Clinical Practice guidelines for research. Take responsibility for the management, coordination, and facilitation of concurrent research studies.

In addition to clinic/patient based tasks, this role includes document generation and control, project tracking and logistics, data collection, adherence to good clinical practice and research governance and assisting in the continued improvement in the care of research participants and quality of research data.

To work alongside Principal Investigators and the research team to assist in the delivery of a high-quality research service of clinical expertise, professional advice, support, guidance and education to the multi-professional team, patients and carers within the research service. Work will be in accordance with ICH-GCP guidelines for the conduct of clinical research trials providing clinical support and expertise in NIHR portfolio research projects, along with clinical cover across the network.

The detailed job description and main responsibilities are included as an attachment to this advert.

Person Specification

Training & Qualifications

Essential

• Professional Nursing Qualification RN with current valid registration with the NMC

Desirable

• Professional knowledge of clinical research. Evidence of specialist training or willingness to undertake first level degree, leadership and management course

Experience

Essential

• Previous experience at a Band 5 or equivalent in research or health related speciality

Desirable

• Previous experience at Band 6, experience of working on portfolio research, expereince of clinical care of patients enrolled in research studies

Communication and Relationship Skills

Essential

• Ability to communicate difficult and sometimes challenging information both orally and in writing internally to colleagues and externally to a range of audiences Highly motivated, with the ability to influence and inspire others.

Skills

Essential

• Current clinical skills, good IT skills - Web applications and MS Office

Desirable

• Phlembotomy Skills, use of Google Suite

Planning and Organisation Skills

Essential

• Ability to plan, manage and deliver complex projects involving multiple agencies and indidivuals and a range of tasks.

Equity, Diversity and Inclusion

Essential

• Able to demonstrate a commitment to and understanding of the importance of treating all individuals with dignity and respect appropriate totheir individual needs.

Requirements specific to the role

Essential

• Knowledge of governance and legislative framework for conducting clinical research studies including ICH Good Clinical Practice, knowledge of national systems and structures for the approval, management and monitoring of clinical research in the NHS, ability to work independently and as part of a small specialist team, flexible approach to working and a desire to develop knowledge, access to a car and able to travel across the East Midlands as required

Desirable

• Knowledge of the clinical trial lifecycle including experience of the set up and performance management of clinical research

Commitment to Trust Values and Behaviours

Essential

• Must be able to demonstrate behaviours consistent with the Trust's Values and Behaviours

Analytical and Judgement Skills

Essential

• Strong problem solving and negotiation skills, ability to prepare and deliver presentations and reports to a hight standard.

Employer details

Employer name

University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust

Address

Clinical Research Network East Midlands, Knighton Street Offices

Leicester Royal Infirmary

Leicester, Leicestershire

LE1 5WW

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358-5809575-COR