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Band 6 Sister/Charge Nurse (Research)
The closing date is 02 September 2025
Are you looking for the next step and challenge in your career? Have you considered using your clinical skills in a different setting? We currently have a fantastic opportunity for a Band 6 nurse in the Neurology Research Team at UHB.
The successful candidate will be an experienced, enthusiastic, and highly motivated adult nurse who takes pride and ownership in delivering high quality patient-centred care. Excellent organisational, interpersonal and clinical skills, as well as a flexible approach to working, are essential key qualities for this role. By joining the UHB Research, Development and Innovation Team, you will have the opportunity to deliver an extensive, complex portfolio of both interventional and observational Neurology studies that aim to improve future treatment and carefor our patients.
If you are passionate about research and feel ready to take the next step in your career, UHB is a great place to work, offering a working environment with an inclusive culture that looks after and values our people, and creates a sense of belonging. We encourage applications from people who embrace our values and who will enable us to expand our diverse workforce.
If you would like any further information please contact: Sarah Harris, Senior Research Nurse: sarah.harris2@uhb.nhs.uk, Phone 0121 371 8753
Main duties of the job
The neurology research team currently supports an exciting range of commercial and academic, observational and complex interventional studies. This role will provide regular contact with patients and involve research that will make a real difference to future patient care. The well-being and safety of our research participants is at the heart of all we do, as is our confidence that the data we provide is accurate and reproducible.
As a neurology research nurse, you will be involved in all stages of the research process, including but not limited to, set-up, patient identification and recruitment, delivery of research interventions, safety monitoring/reporting and data management. You will use your extensive range of clinical skills and experiences to deliver high quality care to our participants on their research journey.
To be shortlisted for this role you will need to demonstrate the following:
* A genuine enthusiasm for the role
*RN with substantial experience at Band 5 or above in a clinical NHS setting
*Mentoring qualification, or equivalent experience
*Ability to lead or coordinate a clinical shift or area of department
*Competence/a willingness to become competent in extended roles ie. venepuncture
*Excellent communication and organisational skills
*Ability to work under pressure across competing demands
*A flexible approach to working to meet the needs of our patient group
*Previous Research/Neurology experience (highly desirable, but not essential).
About us
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust strives to have an inclusive culture where everyone feels like they belong, can thrive, knows that they add value and feels valued. We do this by developing compassionate and culturally competent leaders, being values driven in all that we do and by creating a welcoming and inclusive workplace that thrives on the diversity of our people. As such we want to attract and recruit talented individuals from all backgrounds, and for each of you to feel supported for the diversity you bring, to achieve your full potential. For those staff with a disability, including physical disability, long term health condition, mental health or neurodiverse condition, this also means being committed to making reasonable adjustments needed for you to carry out your role.
Job responsibilities
Please note for a specific detailed job description for this vacancy please see attached job description.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* * Registered level 1 Adult Nurse on the NMC register
* * Relevant degree or equivalent in nursing
* * Health care management / leadership qualification.
Experience
* * Professional portfolio which demonstrates continuing professional development, evidence of ability to maintain professional registration
* * Substantial post registration experience working in a complex health care setting /Acute NHS care setting supervising / mentoring junior staff
* * Evidence of professional /clinical knowledge in area supplemented by specialist clinical and or managerial training and CPD
* * Relevant and recent clinical experience within the speciality /acute care setting, including the supervision /education of junior staff
* * Experience of mentoring undergraduate students
* * Evidence of ability to lead /coordinate a shift /area of department
* * Experience in learning from incidents /complaints and supporting changes in practice.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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