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- Address
- Trust Offices
- St Thomas' Street
- London
- SE1 9RT
- Contact Number
- 020 7188 7188
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Emergency Medicine / Department Clinical Research Nurse
Closed for applications on: 24-Mar-2024 00:00
Vacancy status: Closed
Closed for applications on: 24-Mar-2024 00:00
Key details
Location
- Site
- St Thomas' Hospital
- Address
- Westminster Bridge Road
- Town
- London
- Postcode
- SE1 7EH
- Major / Minor Region
- London
Contract type & working pattern
- Contract
- 12 months (Fixed Term 12 months or Secondment 12 months)
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Monday to Friday 9am to 5 pm)
Salary
- Salary
- £42,471 - £50,364 p.a. inc H.C.A. (pro rata)
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Grade
- (NHS AfC: Band 6)
Specialty
- Main area
- Clinical Research
Guy’s and St Thomas’ is among the UK’s busiest and most successful NHS foundation trusts. We provide a full range of hospital and community services for people in south London and as well as specialist care for patients from further afield including cancer, renal, orthopaedic, respiratory and cardiovascular services.
Guy’s is home to the largest dental school in Europe and a £160 million Cancer Centre opened in 2016. As part of our commitment to provide care closer to home, in 2017 we also opened a cancer centre and a kidney treatment centre at Queen Mary’s Hospital in Sidcup. St Thomas’ has one of the largest critical care units in the UK and one of the busiest emergency departments in London. It is also home to Evelina London Children’s Hospital.
Evelina London cares for local children in Lambeth and Southwark and provides specialist services across south east England including cardiac, renal and critical care services. We lead a number of specialist service networks aiming to ensure children are treated locally where possible, but have access to specialist expertise when they need it. Our community services include health visiting, school nursing and support for families of children with long-term conditions.
Our adult community services teams deliver care at the heart of the local communities we serve, working in partnership with GPs, local authorities and other healthcare and voluntary sector organisations. Working with our partners in Lambeth and Southwark, we are focusing on new ways of working to improve care for local patients.
In February 2021 the Royal Brompton and Harefield joined Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, bringing together world-leading expertise in the care and research of heart and lung disease. Our merger provides a once in a generation opportunity to build a lasting, world-renowned heart and lung centre, providing the highest quality care for patients and conducting world-leading research.
We have a reputation for clinical excellence and high quality teaching and research. We are part of King’s Health Partners, one of eight accredited UK academic health sciences centres. In partnership with King’s College London we have dedicated clinical research facilities including an MHRA accredited Phase I clinical trials unit.
Patients are at the heart of everything we do and we pride ourselves on ensuring the best possible patient experience as well as safe, high quality care. We are proud to have one of the lowest mortality rates in the NHS. Following a comprehensive Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspection in 2019 we maintained our overall rating of ‘good’. Our adult community services achieved a rating of ‘outstanding’.
The commitment of our 23,500 staff is key to our success. We are one of the largest local employers and we aim to develop and support all our staff so they are able to deliver high quality, safe and efficient care. The 2019 NHS staff survey results show that we have one of the most engaged and motivated workforces in the NHS. We know this has a positive impact on the care provided to our patients.
We have one of the most ambitious capital investment programmes anywhere in the NHS.
Job overview
Are you interested in becoming a Guy’s and St Thomas’ Emergency Medicine / Department (ED) Research Nurse?
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Band 6 Research Nurse to work as part of the ED Services at St Thomas’ hospital. This is a 12 month fixed term position initially, with the possibility to extend the contract subject to funding availability. We may also consider a secondment position.
The Emergency Department is a highly functioning unit within South London CRN delivering to a wide range of ED studies on the NIHR portfolio. These studies range from observational to randomised controlled trials incorporating a number of research strands including translational, secondary prevention and rehabilitation. Within the portfolio, there are opportunities to be involved in delivering CTIMPs to a wide range of patients attending the ED unit at St Thomas’.
You will have the opportunity to collaborate with senior ED clinicians with a wealth of clinical and research experience in a supportive, educational and clinically effective environment. St Thomas’ has a strong track record in delivering major multi centre trials testing acute interventions in different emergency conditions, many of which have now been translated into clinical practice.
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The Research Nurse will be responsible for the ED portfolio of clinical trials to improve patient recruitment and ensure accurate and timely completion of trial data and documentation. Duties will include identifying potential patients to participate in trials, coordinating trials as per study protocols, collection of clinical data on Case Report Forms (CRFs), and following the principles of Good Clinical Practice (GCP).
Please refer to the attached detailed Job Description and Person Specification
Working for our organisation
The candidate will be joining a dynamic, hardworking and supportive team of ED clinical and research nurses and Principal Investigators within the Acute Medicine directorate covering novel and exciting clinical research trials. You will be working alongside leaders in the field of Emergency Research and will have close links with academics through Kings College London (KCL).
As a clinical research nurse in the ED unit you will find many exciting opportunities to develop as well as delivering to ED studies, you will be exposed to the clinical environment of ED and the many facets of evidence -based care deployed.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The successful candidate will be registered nurse, with previous Emergency Department clinical experience as well as some research experience in any other speciality. You must have a good communication and clinical skills, as well as the ability to identify deteriorating patients and take appropriate action. Previous experience and understanding of Good Clinical Practice (GCP) and the regulatory environment that surrounds clinical research, as well as previous experience of clinical data management would be an advantage.
Please refer to the attached detailed Job Description and Person Specification
Guy’s and St Thomas’ celebrates, respects and values the diversity of its staff and patients. We review our policies, procedures and practices to ensure that all employees, patients and carers are treated equitable according to their needs. We are actively committed to ensuring that no one who applies for a job, works or study’s at the Trust, or accesses our services is discriminated against on the grounds of race, ethnicity, nationality, disability, religion or belief, age, gender identity , gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity/paternity, or marital/civil partnership.
Applications are welcomed from applicants with a disability. We can make reasonable adjustments and offer support and advice in a variety of ways throughout the application process. Equality of opportunity is our policy.
As an organisation we are committed to developing our services in ways that best suit the needs of our patients. This means that some staff groups will increasingly be asked to work a more flexible shift pattern so that we can offer services in the evenings or at weekends.
Flexible working
We are committed to supporting all employees to achieve a healthy work life balance and to work in a way that is best for them and our patients. We will consider all requests to work flexibly, taking in to account the individual’s personal circumstances as well the needs of the service. We encourage all prospective applicants to discuss their individual circumstances with the recruiting manager as part of the on-boarding process.
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Applicant requirements
Person specification
Knowledge / Qualifications
Essential criteria
- RN1 / RN2 Registered Nurse on the NMC Register
- Degree/ Diploma in Nursing
- Relevant specialist course or equivalent experience
Desirable criteria
- A Clinical Research qualification
Previous experience
Essential criteria
- Extensive experience of working within a ward, acute NHS environment and/or Emergency Department environment as a qualified nurse
- Experienced and competent in the management of patients within the speciality
- Experience in Clinical Research
- Familiar with Good Clinical Practice & Research Governance
- Experience with accessing research Databases
Desirable criteria
- Experience in Emergency Medicine / Department Research
Skills
Essential criteria
- Competency in venepuncture, cannulation, medication administration including IV drugs and IV infusions
- Knowledge of quality, standard setting, benchmarking and audit
- Ability to work effectively under pressure.
- Organisation and management skills
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Laura Hunter
- Job title
- Emergency Medicine Consultant
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Additional information
Hema Sreeneebus, Research Matron ([email protected])
Scarlett Gillespie, Research Manager ( [email protected])
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