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University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust
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For your NHS career, think UHS
As one of one of England's largest acute teaching trusts, University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust (UHS) can help you to achieve your career aspirations, whatever your discipline.
We're one of only a few trusts in the UK that have the ability to care for people before their birth through to the end of life, providing almost every specialism they could need along the way, 24/7. We employ more than 11,500 staff delivering services to over 1.9 million people within our specialist care groups, children’s hospital, and major trauma centre.
Because UHS is essentially a micro city, we can offer almost every job imaginable. Some require a medical background, such as nurses, allied health professionals (AHPs) and healthcare scientists, but there are also plumbers, electricians, porters, secretaries and catering experts, as well as finance, communications, HR and informatics specialists.
Whatever role you're interested in, we can offer fantastic training and development giving you the best possible opportunities to achieve the career you want.
Our values guide the work we do every day, they are:
Patients first
Patients and families will be at the heart of what we do and their experience within the hospital, and their perception of the Trust will be our measure of success.
Working together
Our clinical teams will provide services to patients and are crucial to our success. We have launched a leadership strategy that ensures our clinical management teams are engaged in the day-to-day management and governance of the Trust.
Always improving
Our reputation is research and development and our approach to education and training will continue to incorporate new ideas, technologies greater efficiencies in the service we provide.
Our careers website
If you'd like to find out more about UHS, the benefits we offer our employees, or if you are thinking of moving to the Hampshire area and would like some guidance, head to
https://careers.uhs.nhs.uk/Why-UHS/About-the-Trust/COVID-19-UPDATE.aspx
for more information.
Research Nurse
Accepting applications until: 03-Nov-2024 23:59
Vacancy status: Open
Accepting applications until: 03-Nov-2024 23:59
Key details
Location
- Gwefan
- Southampton General Hospital
- Cyfeiriad
- Tremona Rd,
- Tref
- Southampton
- Cod post
- SO166YD
- Major / Minor Region
- Hampshire
Contract type & working pattern
- Contract
- Permanent
- Oriau
- Full time
- Part time
- Flexible working
Salary
- Gradd
- Band 5
Specialty
- Prif leoliad
- Research & Development
- Dyddiad y cyfweliad
- 11/11/2024
Trosolwg o'r swydd
University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust is delighted to offer a fantastic opportunity to work with us.
Please see below for a detailed job description for the role.
Advert
Do you want to make a difference? Are you looking for an exciting, rewarding career pathway?
We have a unique opportunity for an enthusiastic Band 5 Nurse with the appropriate skills and registration to join our Research Team. This post offers the chance to maintain and develop your clinical competences alongside developing research delivery skills.
This vacancy is a full-time post within the Early Phase Oncology Team and is a nurse only post due to the duties required to fulfil the vacancy needs. We run a 24/7 service with the onsite hours dictated by the study protocol and patient need but in the main, the work is office hours Monday to Friday.
We have a team of around 300 Research Nurses, AHPs, Midwives and Clinical Trials Assistants, working together across the Trust, within our award-winning teams to bring exciting research opportunities to UHS for the benefit of our patients and for the future of healthcare. The research Team is composed of multidisciplinary researchers from hospital and University backgrounds all striving to ensure that research is considered a realistic treatment option for all eligible patients.
Gweithio i'n sefydliad
As one of the largest acute teaching Trusts in England, we offer learning and development opportunities to help you achieve the career you aspire to.
UHS employees are able to access a range of NHS discounts, are entitled to a minimum of 35 days paid holiday (pro rata), and we offer a generous pension scheme.
Southampton is an attractive place to live and work situated on the south coast, with an international airport and direct trains to London. The New Forest National Park and beaches of the Jurassic coast are also right on our doorstep. The city offers living costs 20% lower than London and 14 schools rated outstanding by Ofsted.
Specific to this role we are open to discussing flexibility in the hours that you work. Please talk to us at interview about the flexibility you need, and we will explore what’s possible for the role and service.
Swydd ddisgrifiad a phrif gyfrifoldebau manwl
As a Band 5 Research Nurse you will provide specialist research and clinical care to our participants within the scope of your education and training.
You will take on the responsibility for managing and coordinating delegated research studies; getting involved with study set up, patient scheduling, booking assessments, carrying out patient visits, administering new novel treatments, data collection and data entry and facilitating communication with the patient and clinical team.
You will be guided and mentored by our experienced senior research nurses to develop within your role providing gold standard care through the delivery of new and novel treatments.
You will also provide clinical supervision to unregistered staff and students once you are comfortable within the role.
The expectation is to provide high standard, research-based care to our patients whilst following the guidelines set out within the NMC, GCP and the Trust which ensures patient safety and data integrity.
We are looking for an enthusiastic Nurse who is organised, self-motivated, compassionate and who aspires to further their career within clinical research.
You will have oncology experience and ideally have experience of clinical research, although this is not essential for the role. Full research training will be given, via our excellent induction and ongoing educational programme.
Team-working skills and flexibility will be required to ensure the success of this post.
You will be delivering complex studies and therefore need to have an excellent level of written and verbal communication, backed up with excellent IT proficiency.
You will work in collaboration with a multidisciplinary team, implementing studies to translate scientific discoveries into improved patient outcomes.
THIS IS A PATIENT FACING, HANDS ON CLINICAL ROLE
We are interested in applicants with good clinical experience, a keen willingness to learn and natural compassion. If you are interested in this research role and you are not sure if you have the relevant skills or background, please do get in touch with us to discuss further.
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.
Person specification
Trust Values
Meini prawf hanfodol
- Patients First
- Always Improving
- Working Together
Skills and competencies
Meini prawf hanfodol
- Communication
- Attention to detail
- General IT skills
- Microsoft Office skills
- Report writing
- Research skills
- Teamwork
Qualifications, knowledge and experience
Meini prawf hanfodol
- Registered Nurse / Statutory Registered Allied Health Professional on relevant part of the register NMC / HCPC
- Evidence of on-going professional development
- Post registration experience in a relevant clinical speciality
- Recent NHS experience or equivalent
- Understanding of personal accountability
- Provide evidence of teaching and supporting learners in practice
Meini prawf dymunol
- International Conference on Harmonisation/Good Clinical Practice (ICH/GCP) Certification
- Venesection and cannulation
- Clinical Research experience
- Ward/department management experience
- Knowledge of UK Policy Framework for Health & Social Care, ICH/GCP
- Experience as an NMC sign-off mentor or clinical practice assessor
Further details / informal visits contact
- Enw
- Andria Staniford
- Teitl y swydd
- Deputy Senior Nurse
- Cyfeiriad ebost
- [email protected]
- Rhif ffôn
- 0238120 5184
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