Job overview
We are recruiting a Research Nurse to join the Research & Development Team, who shares our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients.
Here at Mount Vernon Cancer Centre, our Research Nurses recruit patients to studies via multiple local DGH teams as well as from within the Cancer Centre. As well as promoting studies to our referral hospitals and recruiting and coordinating the care of our trial participants, you will also administer some of the research drugs.
You may be required to take responsibility for the safe administration of experimental drugs and for monitoring the expected and unexpected side effects of drugs and other treatment modalities.
We are extremely committed to providing the best possible treatments for our patients and to progressing the field forward.
In addition, you will receive a High-Cost Area Supplement of 15% of your basic salary, subject to a minimum payment of £4,714 and a maximum payment of £ 5,941 per annum pro rata.
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
The post holder will screen & identify patients who are eligible for clinical trials and maintain detailed knowledge of the protocols for the clinical trials associated with the designated site-specific groups.
You will be required to attend relevant outpatient clinics to assist with recruitment, to monitor the progress, and to collect data of patients involved in clinical trials. To attend inpatients involved in clinical trials as necessary.
You will act as a contact point and coordinator for patients requiring information and support and to refer patients/families on to other professional/agencies as appropriate.
Within the role, you will assist in the provision of background information about potential clinical trials to obtain approvals from Research Governance and Local Ethics Committees.
You will also be involved in protocol review, advising regarding specialised equipment and resources required to undertake the trial and to ensure ethical issues are adequately addressed.
Working for our organisation
At East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general & specialist services we provide & our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible & 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; our staff & patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.
We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. Employees are entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns & we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made & considered formally, & 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 applicant pack for further detailed information regarding this role.
Person specification
Qualifications/Training
Essential criteria
* Registered Nurse
* Post graduate level qualification/courses or equivalent experience within research and /or a related field
* Evidence of CPD and maintenance of PDP
* Willingness to undertake training as appropriate for role.
Previous Experience
Essential criteria
* Substantial experience at Band 5 or above
* Experience of working with patients and families within relevant clinical areas in the NHS environment.
* Evidence of research activity.
Desirable criteria
* Experience of running concurrent research studies in a healthcare setting with minimal supervision/clinical trials experience
* Experience related to information retrieval and research application.
Skills
Essential criteria
* Excellent organisational and time management skills
* Ability to work cross boundaries integrating with multidisciplinary staff.
* Ability to work autonomously using own initiative, and as a member of a team
* Ability to make clinical judgments regarding patient needs where appropriate.
* Ability to work autonomously using own initiative, and as a member of a team
* Computer literate with Microsoft Office software. (including word, Excel).
Desirable criteria
* Extended clinical skills relevant to role e.g. phlebotomy and cannulation.
* Report writing and presentation skills.
* Knowledge of sample preparation and transportation