Senior Clinical Research Nurse | Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 22 June 2025 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £54,320 - £60,981 p.a inc HCA |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 23 July 2025 |
| Location: | London, SE1 7EH |
| Company: | Guys and St Thomas NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7290219/196-RD322 |
Summary
We are advertising for a dynamic and compassionate Research Nurse to join our PET Centre - Imaging CRF Research team.
The role includes a spectrum of research and clinical tasks including recruiting and obtaining consent, conducting pre- and post-PET assessments, interviewing and supporting patients and their families; preparing patients for their scan, phlebotomy, performing physiological observations, e.g. ECG, analysis of blood specimens; administering drugs, monitoring patients during and after their scan; performing data entry and assisting in the analysis and interpretation of trial data.
Further responsibility will include monitoring and raising the standard of care input within the team. The post holder will be instrumental in implementing team objectives to enhance the performance and development of the team.
The Clinical Research Nurse will be responsible for the nursing needs of the PET Centre’s imaging research programmes. The post holder will play a key role in ensuring that all aspects of the PET Centre’s Clinical Research activities are planned and undertaken in a manner that safeguards the well-being of the patients in accordance with Good Clinical Practice (GCP) and the Medicines for Human Use (Clinical Trial) Regulations 2004 as well as the Amended Regulations 2006.
The research nurse may contribute to the development of trial design by incorporating the patients’ and nurses’ perspectives. Liaison with pharmaceutical companies and academic institutions during trial development will be required. The post holder will work with a high level of autonomy, taking delegated responsibility from clinicians (including PIs) for clinical decision making, and taking a leading role in assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating expert nursing care for clinical research applications.
Guy's and St Thomas NHS Foundation Trust have a long tradition of clinical and scientific achievement and – as part of King’s Health Partners – we are one of England’s eight academic health sciences centres, bringing together world-class clinical services, teaching and research.
The King’s College London and Guy’s & St Thomas PET Centre is one of the leading clinical PET centres in the UK with a large and varied clinical service and a substantial and expanding research track record. Our work includes providing a clinical PET service for patients under the NHSE PET II national contract and carrying out clinically related research with collaborators from the Hospital, the Medical School and other institutions.
We strive to recruit and retain the best staff as the dedication and skills of our employees lie at the heart of our organisation and ensure that our services are of the highest quality, safe and focused on our patients.
The research nurse will facilitate and aid in the recruitment of participants to ensure high quality studies and trials which will require the nurse to work flexibly to ensure the successful working of the clinical research projects they are assigned to. They will also act as a patient advocate providing support and assistance as required and assist in the co-ordination and management of a portfolio of clinical research studies.
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This advert closes on Sunday 13 Jul 2025