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Fulfil your potential in hospitals that make history:
Charing Cross, Hammersmith, St Mary's, Queen Charlotte's & Chelsea and Western Eye.
With five world-renowned hospitals, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust is full of opportunity if you are looking to develop your healthcare career.
We are an NHS Trust of approximately 16,000 people, providing care for over a million and a half patients from north west London and beyond every year.
We have a rich heritage and an ambitious vision for the future of our patients and local communities.
With our partners, Imperial College London, and The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, we form Imperial College Academic Health Science Centre, one of 6 academic health science centres in the UK, working to ensure the rapid translation of research for better patient care and excellence in education.
We are proud of our heritage in innovation and we are early adopters of new insights in technologies, techniques and treatments for improving health.
Job overview
The HIV and Sexual Health research team, based at St Mary's Hospital, is looking for a Band 7 Senior Clinical Research Nurse/Practitioner oversee the delivery of research studies, and manage the research team. This is a 12 month fixed-term contract, with a view to extend. It provides an opportunity for an enthusiastic, hardworking and highly motivated individual to support the expansion of the research portfolio, and develop the clinical research delivery team. The team currently support research into HIV and associated comorbidities and ageing, HIV functional cure and long-acting medications, treatment optimisation and sexual health.
The successful applicant will gain managerial experience, while using their research and clinical skills to support research delivery in partnership with senior clinical staff and principal investigators. They role is based at St Mary's, but occasionally there will be travel to Hammersmith Hospital and Charing Cross Hospital. The post is looking for a dynamic individual, keen to create changes and improvements to increase research recruitment in this important and fascinating clinical area.
Main duties of the job
* To facilitate efficient, safe, high quality care and support for patients participating in research.
* Demonstrates high level clinical, technical and research skills through breadth and depth of knowledge.
* To support and work with clinical teams to ensure research is embedded in the patient care pathway.
* To provide professional and clinical leadership to the research teams, promoting a culture that supports patient centred care.
* To be a key player in the feasibility process of new studies in your clinical area.
* To take a lead role in the study set up process, being aware of research costs and support the speedy set up of gaining local permission for research studies.
* To provide research and clinical leadership across the whole spectrum of the research pathway.
* Acts as a role model demonstrating high standards of care and providing clinical leadership to others.
Working for our organisation
At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care.
Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You'll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career.
Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to Work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.
We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly, part time or job share. Please talk to us at interview. .
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required.
For both overviews, please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert.
Person specification
Education/ qualifications
Essential criteria
* Health professional registration or first degree in life sciences
* Masters Degree or equivalent experience
* Teaching qualification of equivalent experience
* Evidence of ongoing personal and professional development
Desirable criteria
* Project Management qualification or experience
Experience
Essential criteria
* Relevant clinical and research experience at Band 6 or equivalent
* Understanding of National Institute of Health Research (NIHR), its values, aims and structure
* Proven clinical research experience
* Research Governance Framework and ICH GCP
* Understanding of study set up and local approvals processes
* Overview of financial and budgetary management
* Experience of supervision and line management of staff
* Experience and understanding of change management and facilitation of these processes
* Experience of establishing and developing effective relationships with key stakeholders
* Experience in the consent process for patients entering clinical trials
* Competent in storing and retrieving electronic data
Desirable criteria
* Understanding of grant application process
Skills/knowledge/ abilities
Essential criteria
* Highly developed leadership skills with the ability to influence individuals both within and outside the organisation
* Proven teaching and assessing skills
* Proven ability to function as an autonomous practitioner
* Ability to apply current research to practice
* Expert knowledge of clinical research methodology and trial protocols and to communicate this to professionals and lay persons
* Proven ability to use own initiative
* Proven ability to deal with complex situations
* Confident and articulate
* Proven ability to communicate at all levels
* Strong interpersonal, negotiating and influencing skills
Desirable criteria
* Understanding of grant application process
Please ensure you check your emails regularly as this is how we will communicate with you throughout the recruitment process. If you are shortlisted you will be contacted by email and text message (if you provide a mobile contact number).
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
* JD (PDF, 403.4KB)
* FRF (PDF, 272.6KB)
* Our Strategy 2023-25 (PDF, 230.4KB)
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