Senior Research Nurse

Dyddiad hysbysebu:	14 Gorffennaf 2025
Cyflog:	£47,810.00 i £54,710.00 bob blwyddyn
Gwybodaeth ychwanegol am y cyflog:	£47810.00 - £54710.00 a year
Oriau:	Llawn Amser
Dyddiad cau:	28 Gorffennaf 2025
Lleoliad:	Harrogate, HG2 7SX
Cwmni:	NHS Jobs
Math o swydd:	Cytundeb
Cyfeirnod swydd:	C9421-25-0520

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To work as a key member of the Research Team, duties include: To manage appropriate and effective work placements, ensuring safe efficient and effective utilisation of research nurses and other research staff. To line manage research team nurses (Band 6) and Clinical Trials Assistants. To provide clinical study support to various clinical specialities conducting research within NHS organisation. To support, lead, mentor, and supervise, as necessary, Research Nurses and CTAs, and at times work clinically alongside them to support studies. To support Investigators, Nurses and associated staff with trouble shooting and overcoming barriers in recruitment to NIHR portfolio research studies and identify workable solutions. The role includes document generation and control, project tracking and logistics, data collection, adherence to good clinical practice and research governance, and assisting in the continued improvement in the care of research participants and quality of research data. To take a lead trainer role and provide clinical support and expertise in research projects. The post holder will also be responsible for developing and sustaining their own knowledge, clinical skills, and professional awareness in accordance with NMC requirements. Managerial: Actively promote and support the trust to develop its strategy towards a continuous learning environment where research becomes part of everyones role. Ensure that all activity is based on NHS and NIHR policies and procedures Accept responsibility for the day-to-day management of various research studies, ensuring that the service to patients is maintained to a high standard Identify hazards, assess and categorise and report risks using the appropriate systems for Risk Management Line manage a team of research staff ensuring that all aspects of performance, attendance, training and appraisal are addressed in accordance with Trust Policy Leads on key developments to ensure the efficient and effective management of resources Maintain efficient and effective communication with the Research Team Leads on issues related to staff conduct within research trials and impact on participant care Ensure that adequate training is planned and delivered, to ensure personnel are competent to perform roles safely Encourage a culture of performance management Look for opportunities for areas of growth for research within the trust and local area. Promote and educate trust staff to value and get involved in research Assist the R&I Manager to develop service improvement projects and strategic developments. Leadership: Agrees and communicates specific objectives to individuals and team, together with realistic timescales for achievement Helps to develop a culture where individuals feel valued and able to contribute to the development of the Research Team Ability to resolve potentially difficult situations effectively Openly shares knowledge and experience with colleagues Develops and maintains constructive relationships whilst reconciling/resolving conflict or resource allocation problems Ability to negotiate and influence others Influence and encourage trust clinicians to engage and get involved with research Promote research activity across the trust. Team Work: Strong advocate for teamwork Develops a flexible and cohesive team Able to facilitate effective Team Meetings Continually reviews and evaluates team effectiveness Develops performance measures with the team to maintain standards of research and participant care Reviews team objectives and provides monthly feedback on team development to R&I Manager/Research Matron Maintains flexibility of staff between research teams. Research Trial Set Up and Initiation: To support the coordination, preparation, submission of research proposals for approval To coordinate with departmental managers, Trust research Governance officers, NRES administrators, HRA, CRN: Y&H Study Support Service Officers/managers as applicable to ensure that applications for approvals are submitted in a timely and compliant manner To ensure that all relevant approvals are in place prior to commencing each trial Build commercial study contacts and encourage commercial companies to work with the trust to grow commercial studies. Clinical Practice: To acquire with training, development and experience, if not already a research nurse, a solid understanding of the application of ICH GCP Guidelines, the EU Directive on Clinical Research and Research Governance To identify patients suitable for entry into clinical trials and research studies. This may include attending clinics and multidisciplinary team meetings, reviewing medical notes and inclusion/exclusion criteria To ensure patients / carers are provided with written information relevant to the research study and are given the opportunity to discuss the research study or clinical trial adequately at the outset and during the research or clinical trial in which they are being asked to participate (i.e., informed consent) To attend and support patients in the clinical environment for monitoring, assessment and follow up as part of research projects Where appropriate, to take consent from patients/participants to enter research studies To take relevant patient samples for clinical trials, such as blood samples, to centrifuge and separate serum, package and dispatch as per defined protocols, where appropriate Observe patients and monitor treatment toxicity/side effects, escalating findings accordingly Administer trial medication, as required appropriate to professional status Maintain accurate patient trial documentation, complete Case Record Forms, including the use of electronic data capture systems and ensure relevant information is recorded in patients medical notes Ensure safety data is reported to required SOPs and study protocols, and reports send in a timely manner To ensure safe and appropriate storage of specimens, in accordance with the trial protocol and in conjunction with specialist teams To record and report any adverse events and serious adverse events according to trial protocol and local procedures. Professional: To manage allocated projects, set timescales and resolve problems. Responsibilities within a particular trial must be discussed, agreed and documented within the Study File before conducting any trial related activities To provide research nurse/officer support for individual trials being conducted within the trust area. It is expected that this may involve working on more than one project at any time and in more than one clinical speciality as appropriate To ensure that training pertinent to role is up to date e.g. GCP-ICH, informed consent as well as mandatory training as required by individual trusts. Attend training to maintain clinical skills as appropriate To be flexible in their approach to work as the role may require flexibility in terms of timing e.g. for specific treatments To work with minimal supervision and self-directed in all areas of practice relating to the conduct of clinical trials and research studies To assist with the preparation and presentation of abstracts and papers for meetings, conferences and publication In accordance with professional codes, maintain own professional development and competence to practice whilst actively supporting others.