Senior Research Nurse
| Posting date: | 12 May 2025 |
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| Salary: | £48,270.00 to £54,931.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £48270.00 - £54931.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 26 May 2025 |
| Location: | Frimley, GU16 7UJ |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | C9151-25-0618 |
Summary
Responsible to the Head of Research and Research Operations Manager KEY TASKS & RESPONSIBILITIES: Research To identify strategies for the screening and recruitment of participants into clinicalstudies. To ensure that all research staff in the study team are working within the parametersset out by the study protocols and according to the standards of UK PolicyFramework for Health and Social Care Research and principles of ICH-GCP. To oversee the informed consent process of studies ensuring patients rights areprotected throughout the course of the study. To register/randomise participants into studies and ensure that all participant studydata is collected in a timely, accurate, and consistent way, ensuring that membersof the clinical study team are following local policies and procedures. To identify barriers to recruitment to studies and ensure that the management teamis made aware of them. Work with staff to develop and implement strategies as required to overcome thebarriers. Oversee the local feasibility of studies, plan their set up including review of costimplications prior to delivery of studies and within the required timeframe. Ensure the R&I delivery team members perform the closure and archiving of studiesin a timely manner as per study sponsor requirements and departmental policiesand procedures. Ensure amendments to studies are enacted in a timely manner. To provide support for clinical studies colleagues in their absence, as required. To work with clinical study team and other health care professionals in identificationof suitable studies, taking account of available resource to expand/maintain theresearch and innovation portfolio. To identify potential investigators to expand the local research and innovationportfolio. To ensure any deviation/violation of study protocol and/or ICH-GCP is reported tothe sponsor and the senior management team using relevant platforms of reporting,in a timely manner. To assist in the production of a regular R&I newsletter across for local distribution. Liaise with sponsor organisations, systems partners and industry to develop theresearch and innovation portfolio. Management To work with the R&I Operations manager in the provision of a comprehensiveresearch service across FHFT and system partners. To allocate resources to ensure the safe delivery of the clinical studies service on adaily basis. Provide strong leadership to the R&I delivery team. To contribute to the development of departmental policies and procedures andensure that policies and procedures are adhered to across the research team. To keep up to date on staff and departmental issues liaising with the OperationsManager and disseminating relevant information to the team. Oversee the safe introduction of studies into clinical practice ensuring all relevantpersonnel are adequately trained and competent with the procedures required bythe studies protocol. Oversee the R&I delivery team to ensure liaison with the members of themultidisciplinary team and support departments to establish procedures for the safeand smooth running of clinical studies. Monitoring and ensuring that the study recruitment accruals are correctly creditedon EDGE and NIHR research data platform. To conduct the appraisal review process of the staff under direct line managementand ensure all in within R&I delivery team are appraised in a timely manner. Ensure efficient recruitment and induction of new staff following departmentalguidance. Ensure staff line management follows Trust policies and liaises with HR, whererequired. Ensure EDGE data is up to date as per departmental requirements. Attend meetings relevant to the nature of the job and provide regular reports , asrequiredCLINICAL RESPONSIBILITIES To manage own studies, and to supervise the R&I delivery team, as required, in the management of their studies as per UK Policy Framework for Health and Social Care Research and ICH-GCP. To attend multi-disciplinary meetings, and appropriate clinics, to screen and recruitnew participants and to share your expert knowledge with the members of the MDT,as required. To ensure that the study related information and support is given to participants ina timely, accurate, and consistent manner. To ensure that study specific investigations are undertaken as required by thestudies protocol, to establish eligibility and safety to enter the studies. To ensure the safe administration of treatments and drugs as per study protocol. To ensure patient samples are collected, processed, stored and transported, andas required by the study protocol and laboratory manual. To ensure that patient data is collected and recorded on to EPIC and case reportforms of studies in a timely, accurate, and consistent manner. Monitor treatment toxicity/side effects and escalate any changes to the clinical team,as required by the protocol. To ensure recording and reporting of all adverse events in accordance with therelevant local, departmental, study sponsor and national regulatory requirements. To ensure participant follow-up is conducted as per study protocol