We are seeking an experienced and motivated Senior Research Nurse to lead the Research Nursing staff in our dynamic Research and Innovation delivery team.

With a strategic and operational overview, you will have responsibility for developing and sustaining knowledge, clinical skills and professional awareness in accordance with post-registration education and practice (PREP) and monitoring and developing the standards of Research Nursing within the department.

Working alongside Trust staff dedicated to research activity, and in close collaboration with researchers and clinicians from within Mersey Care and our partner organisations, you will play a key role in the ongoing development of Research and Innovation within the Trust.

Shortlisting planned for: W/C 2 Sept 2024

Interviews planned for: W/C 16 Sept 2024

Main duties of the job

Key responsibilities will include:

• Responsibility for supervision & management of research nurses, junior staff, Data Manager & Administrator, ensuring all members of the research nurse team undergo regular and effective appraisal.

• Assessing patients/ volunteers for eligibility for research & ensuring high standards & continuity of care.

• Liaising with relevant trial personnel & contributing towards trial design & protocol & undertaking an active role in the research ethics process.

• Providing ongoing participant support through advice & information to patients/ volunteers regarding their participation in clinical research, maintaining lines of communication with participants & carers.

• Assessing & evaluating the progress of ongoing clinical trials & research undertaken.

• Digesting & assessing the appropriateness of research design, protocols & methodology, understanding practical application within the local requirements of the trial & demonstrating an understanding of the analytical process.

• Using appropriate procedures to report.

• Applying specialist knowledge of the roles of NRES, GAfREC & RECs.

• Ensuring that policies & procedures of the Trust are adhered to, working within NMC professional code of conduct for nurses, midwives & health visitors, with responsibility for the management, development, review & updating of SOPsand other relevant departmental & Trust protocols.

About us

Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West, serving more than 1.4 million people across our region and are also commissioned for services that cover the North West, North Wales and the Midlands.

We offer specialist inpatient and community services that support physical and mental health and specialist inpatient mental health, learning disability, addiction and brain injury services. Mersey Care is one of only three trusts in the UK that offer high secure mental health facilities.

At the heart of all we do is our commitment to 'perfect care' - care that is safe, effective, positively experienced, timely, equitable and efficient. We support our staff to do the best job they can and work alongside service users, their families, and carers to design and develop future services together. We're currently delivering a programme of organisational and service transformation to significantly improve the quality of the services we provide and safely reduce cost as we do so.

Flexible working requests will be considered for all roles.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see attached job description and person specification for further details of this role or contact the recruiting manager for more information.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• NMC Level One Registration.
• Masters level qualification or demonstrable equivalent experience.
• ICH GCP & EU Clinical Trial Directive certificated.
• Evidence of continuous personal, professional and academic development.
• Post registration teaching qualification (e.g. 998 or mentorship course).

Desirable

• Relevant post registration qualification.

Knowledge/ Experience

Essential

• Extensive experience of working within an NHS environment in a research role.
• In depth understanding of research methodologies including phase I - IV clinical trials.
• Professional knowledge and experience of running/leading clinical research/ trials.
• Significant post registration experience in research nursing, managing own portfolio of trials.
• Able to clearly demonstrate your knowledge and understanding of current UK clinical trial regulations, good clinical practice.
• Experience of collaborating with other agencies.
• Experience delivering specialised programmes of care and provide highly specialised advice for patients (and healthy volunteers if applicable) who are participating in clinical trials.
• Training and education of nurses and other health care professionals.
• Knowledge and experience of handling complex relationships.
• Evidence of accuracy to detail in data collection.
• Prior line management and experienced in supervising staff.
• Awareness of the financial impact of research within the Trust.
• Experienced in problem solving.
• Utilising research-based evidence.
• Recent use of audit.
• Excellent computer skills (Word, Excel, email, internet).

Desirable

• Project management experience.
• Clinical Research Related Training.
• Experience of the clinical care of patients/ research participants enrolled in both commercial and noncommercial research.
• Experience of working to defined metrics, including recruitment, project plan and risk analysis.
• oExperience of working as a research nurse within the National Institute of Health Research Clinical Research Networks

Values

Essential

• Continuous Improvement
• Accountability
• Respectfulness
• Enthusiasm
• Support
• High professional standards
• Responsive to service users
• Engaging leadership style
• Strong customer service belief
• Transparency and honesty
• Discreet
• Change oriented

Skills

Essential

• Evidence of leadership skills.
• Ability to work autonomously and as a member of a small team, as well as part of the wider multidisciplinary team.
• Meticulous attention to details to ensure team delivers a high standard of research throughout and accuracy (e.g. in the capture and validation of clinical data).
• Ability to organise, prioritise and coordinate work of self and others.
• Ability to work across boundaries, integrating with multidisciplinary staff in relation to research trials.
• Able to develop and maintain effective working relationships with professional groups and managers.
• Ability to work under pressure and deliver to tight deadlines.
• Awareness of the financial impact of research within the Trust.
• Ability to set direction and lead a team of research professionals.
• Highly developed negotiating and influencing skills, overcoming barriers to understand and acceptance and reaching agreement.
• Skills in administration of research project management.
• Commitment to achieving the objectives of local Research and Development and within the wider context of the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Research Delivery Network (RDN).
• Able to plan and organise complex activities and programmes, requiring formulation and adjustment
• Report writing and presentation skills.
• Analytical and assessment skills.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.

Desirable

• Able to deal with distressed patients and/ or relatives relating to the potential/ real outcomes of their health and deal with the emotional consequences of patients coming to terms with long term conditions.
• Occasional highly distressing or emotional circumstances imparts news of terminal illness, bereavement.

Employer details

Employer name

Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Hollins Park House, Hollins Park Hospital

Hollins Lane

Winwick, Warrington

WA2 8WA

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