Job overview
We are recruiting for a Senior Nurse - Research & Development who shares our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients.
As Senior Research Nurse, the post holder will be responsible for delegated leadership and management of a team of nurses/AHPs.
The role will involve setting up and recruiting patients to a variety of high quality research studies for medical and surgical specialties, including commercially sponsored studies.
At the heart of everything we do are our core values: Include, Respect and improve. We encourage you to embrace these values throughout the recruitment process and in your role with us
Main duties of the job
You will be part of a well supported and research delivery staff. You will be joining a Trust that sees research as an essential part of everyday activity together with the strategy to enhance patient experience and outcomes through research and innovation.
The post holder will take responsibility for the co - ordination and management of a clinical research portfolio, collaborating with key personnel throughout the NIHR Clinical Research Network/ENHT to ensure continued care and support for patients involved in clinical trials.
Responsible for the safe administration of experimental drugs and for monitoring the expected and unexpected side effects of drugs and other treatment modalities.
The post holder will be expected to have sufficient skills to enable patients to make informed choices concerning their involvement in the clinical trials by providing advice and information and acting as the patients advocate.
Working for our organisation
At East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general and specialist services we provide and our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible and innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.
We run the following hospitals:
* The Lister Hospital, Stevenage
* New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City
* Hertford County, Hertford
* Mount Vernon Cancer Centre (MVCC), Northwood
We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation and our staff and patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.
We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. This means that any employee is entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns and we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made and considered formally, and will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification information pack for further detailed information regarding this role.
Person specification
Experience
Essential criteria
* Considerable experience of working in the clinical trial setting at band 6
* Experience within a specialist field
* Experience of teaching, supervising and mentoring junior staff.
Skills
Essential criteria
* Understanding of personal accountability
* Leadership skills
* Ability to of working with a high level of autonomy
* Ability to work effectively within multidisciplinary teams
* Basic computer skills
Desirable criteria
* Experience of budget management
Qualifications/Training
Essential criteria
* NMC General Registered Nurse
* Relevant Post graduate specialist courses or equivalent experience
* Teaching and mentoring qualifications or equivalent
* Evidence of ongoing professional development