Senior Research Nurse | University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 25 April 2024 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £35,392 - £42,618 pa pro rata |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 25 May 2024 |
| Location: | Bristol, BS2 8DX |
| Company: | University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6257498/387-TS-6769-MF |
Summary
The Vaccine & Testing Research Team at UHBW are excited to offer a fixed term contract or secondment opportunity for an enthusiastic and motivated nurse to join the team for maternity leave cover.
Building on the team's success over the past 3 years the V&T research team are expanding their portfolio, recruiting into new and exciting early phase and experimental medicine research studies. The team is widening it's focus to include phase I and II studies in other disease areas supporting research teams conducting early phase and experimental research.
Based in a purpose built research facility, we are excited to be included in the recent NIHR Clinical Research facility accreditation and funding. This opens up future opportunities working with industry and academia to further develop Bristol's global positioning delivering excellent, ground breaking research.
We are looking to recruit a nurse who has a broad range of skills and clinical experience who has a keen interest in improving healthcare through high quality research. Research experience is not essential for this post as a full training package will be provided. The successful candidate will support the Research Sister in the safe and effective delivery of clinical trials, acting as a resource for staff, researchers and research participants.
In return we can offer you a flexible working pattern in a friendly, collaborative working environment with enhanced professional support from the research LEF.
• Working with the wider Vaccine & Testing research team and trial sponsors to facilitate the set up and delivery of clinical trials.
• To plan and coordinate clinics and participant flow to ensure protocol defined activities are conducted appropriately and that participant safety is maintained.
• Support junior team members, acting as a role model sharing knowledge and expertise to facilitate development opportunities.
University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW) is one of the largest acute Trusts in the country, bringing together a combined workforce of over 13,000 staff and over 100 different clinical services across 10 different sites, serving a core population of more than 500,000 people across South West England. UHBW has been rated by the CQC as ‘Good’ overall and our staff are proud to deliver excellent care to the people of Bristol, Weston and beyond. As a forward-thinking multi-award winning Trust and a digital exemplar committed to improving patient care, our world-leading research and innovations are having a positive local and global impact. Our hospitals are spread across Bristol and Weston, join us and you can enjoy the very best of both worlds; city living within a stone’s throw of the countryside or beside the seaside, both with easy access to all that the South West has to offer. UHBW is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. As an equal opportunities employer actively working towards a diverse workforce we aim to recruit and retain a workforce which represents the rich diversity of the local population at all levels and are committed to designing our services around the needs of individual patients and those around them. Anonymous information will be used from your application in order to ensure we’re meeting our pledge
For a more detailed job description, main responsibilities, and person specification, please refer to the job description document attached to this vacancy
This advert closes on Thursday 2 May 2024
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