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The Clinical Research Nurse will play a key role in ensuring that any research undertaken within the department safeguards the wellbeing of patients and is conducted according to Good Clinical Practice (GCP) and the Medicines for Human Use (Clinical Trial) Regulations 2004 and Amended Regulations 2006. In conjunction with the other members of the team, you’ll facilitate the delivery of high quality research. This will be a challenging and varied position involving extensive coordination and communication within internal and external stakeholders. The post holder will provide strong administration and clinical skills within the team. In addition to recruitment and delivery of trial interventions, the post holder will be responsible for proactively managing trials as determined by the team, reporting on trial progress and building relationships and communications as required. This post is currently a 12 month, fixed term contract due to short term funding.
The post holder will facilitate and aid in the recruitment of patients to ensure high quality clinical studies and trials which will require them to work flexibly across the disciplines 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. The post holder will take responsibility for the safe administration of experimental therapies, and for monitoring the expected and unexpected side effects of drugs and other treatment modalities used in these trials. The post holder will actively participate in any development relating to the departmental objectives.
Our Research team support studies across the Surgical Oncology Directorate which comprises breast, head and neck, thoracic surgery, ear, nose and throat, audiology, and gynae-oncology. You will be based in a team that primarily support the delivery of commercial and non-commercial research studies in Head and Neck (H&N) services; Ears, Nose and Throat (ENT) services and Audiology services.
The core ENT research team, that you will be central to and line managed within is by our lead research nurse and based in our ENT outpatient’s department at Guy’s Hospital, where you will be primarily based. You’ll be working together with the team to support our research colleagues across ENT, H&N, Audiology and sometimes more broadly should this be required, so travel to St Thomas’ Hospital might also be necessary. Our teams deliver an exciting and varied research portfolio involving both commercial and non commercial research studies and hosted and sponsored studies. The studies range from first in man and novel implantable device studies to observational and data collection studies offering lots of opportunities to learn new skills and be at the cutting edge of new techniques being trialled within the NHS.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Abigail Tetteh, Job title: Lead Research Nurse, Email: abigail.tetteh@nhs.net, Telephone: 02071882203
Responsibilities
* Facilitate recruitment and delivery of trial interventions, across disciplines as required to ensure successful study delivery.
* Provide administration and clinical skills within the team; proactively manage trials and report on trial progress.
* Coordinate and manage a portfolio of clinical research studies; act as a patient advocate and provide support as required.
* Take responsibility for the safe administration of experimental therapies and monitor side effects.
* Support development related to departmental objectives and collaborate with ENT, H&N, and Audiology teams; travel to St Thomas’ Hospital may be required.
Based primarily in the ENT outpatient department at Guy’s Hospital with possible travel to St Thomas’ Hospital.
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