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Clinical Research Specialist Nurse

Job details
Posting date: 26 February 2025
Salary: £37,898.00 to £45,637.00 per year
Additional salary information: £37898.00 - £45637.00 a year
Hours: Full time
Closing date: 12 March 2025
Location: Bodelwyddan, LL185UJ
Company: NHS Jobs
Job type: Permanent
Job reference: H9050-25-0641

Summary

Clinical and Professional Responsibilities - Working autonomously to assist in the management of a caseload of clinical trial patients, whilst working as part of a multi-disciplinary team. - Maintain effective communication with patients, carers and professionals to ensure high quality service delivery. -Manage and oversee a portfolio of research studies in various disease sites. -Training and assessing research staff as competent in line with the research competencies framework. -Identifying suitable patients for entry into clinical studies by attending clinics (screening notes) and relevant Multi-disciplinary Team meetings. -Use relevant clinical knowledge to identify patients suitable for clinical research using inclusion and exclusion criteria and utilising NHS records, visiting wards and outpatients. -Act as a resource and role model for all aspects of research clinical practice in order to optimise patient care and clinical practice. -Carry out physical assessments, taking blood/urine samples and processing according to protocol. -Ensure the environment is suitable for patient care and research processes, recognising the importance of privacy, dignity and diversity. -Responsible for the care of research participants within the relevant sphere of practice and use opportunities to provide health promotion and patient education. -Facilitate recruitment into a number of research studies ensuring all study timelines are met. -Maintain accurate documentation of patient events in nursing/medical notes and Case Report Forms. -Demonstrate a comprehensive understanding of treatment options, treatment side effects and disease processes to support patients in making an informed choice. -Provide ongoing information, education and support to patients (and their significant others) regarding clinical studies and specific trial treatments and procedures. -Ensure that research specific investigations are undertaken as required by the protocol and obtain results in order to establish eligibility and safety to enter the research study. -Safely administer the treatments and drugs that are given within the context of a clinical trial. -Assess and manage any adverse reactions occurring due to ongoing treatment of a participant in a study seeking advice from Specialist nurses as appropriate and when required. Initiate changes to treatments or treatment cessation in accordance to the protocol and with advice from a clinician. -Ensuring all reactions are captured in the appropriate documentation. -Provide continuity of care to patients and their carers throughout the research study. -Provide specific advice and support of complex information as appropriate. -Refer to other specialists as required to ensure optimum patient care. -Maintain accurate patient data, complete Case Record Forms, including the use of electronic data capture systems and ensure relevant information is recorded in patients medical notes. -Contribute to the monitoring of clinical standards within the research team. -Work within NMC Code demonstrating accountability for own actions and awareness of own limitations. -Utilise Information Governance guidance for the handling of sensitive patient data. -Develop additional clinical skills to meet the needs of individual studies. -Provide day to day supervision for band 5 research nurses/research officers within the research team. -Responsible for teaching and delivering core training on competencies within research delivery. You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click Apply now to view in Trac