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Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

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Contact
- Address
- Trust Offices
- St Thomas' Street
- London
- SE1 9RT
- Contact Number
- 020 7188 7188
Clinical Research Nurse ILD
Accepting applications until: 05-Oct-2025 23:59
Vacancy status: Open
Accepting applications until: 05-Oct-2025 23:59
Key details
Location
- Site
- Guys Hospital
- Town
- London
- Postcode
- SE1 9RT
- Major / Minor Region
- London
Contract type & working pattern
- Contract
- Fixed term: 12 months (Maternity cover)
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Compressed hours - 4 days per week (Mon-Fri) [08:00-18:00])
Salary
- Salary
- £46,419 - £55,046 per annum incl. HCA
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Grade
- (NHS AfC: Band 6)
Specialty
- Main area
- Respiratory within PACCS
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
A unique opportunity to support the ILD research team during maternity leave cover.
Working on a variety of commercial and non-commercial studies with a dedicated team made up of Consultants, Registrars, CRP and Research Nurse.
Working closely with other respiratory research teams including Asthma and COPD.
Opportunity for self development within respiratory research and possibility to support leads in non-commercial projects. Attending conferences and research specific meetings as required.
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- Screening and recruiting patients.
- Providing intervention and follow ups.
- Taking bloods and processing.
- Data entry.
- Monitoring and data queries.
- New study set up preparation.
Working for our organisation
The department of respiratory medicine includes chest clinics on both St Thomas' and Guy's sites, lung function laboratories on both sites and also the sleep disorder centre in Nuffield House on the Guy's site'.
The service offers out-patient clinics at both sites for all respiratory disorders with the exception of cystic fibrosis. There are a number of specialist clinics including lung cancer, tuberculosis, asthma, COPD, pleural disease and assessment for pulmonary rehabilitation.
The department also offers a range of diagnostic services including fibreoptic bronchoscopy, endoscopic bronchial ultrasound, induced sputum, pleural aspiration, pulmonary function testing, full cardiopulmonary exercise testing, TB testing and contact tracing. The service has close links with the departments of allergy, thoracic surgery, Lane Fox Unit, oncology and radiotherapy and the respiratory consultants are also involved in the care of inpatients for general medicine, ICU and HDU.
The Research team is committed to undertaking clinical research and has built up a core of expertise and is leading and collaborating in an interesting portfolio of studies, including delivering on National Institute of Health Research funded studies and commercially funded studies.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The Research Nurse will play a key role in ensuring that any research undertaken within the department safeguards the well being of the 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, facilitate the production of good quality of research.
The research nurse will facilitate and aid in the recruitment of patients to ensure high quality clinical studies and trials within ILD which will require the nurse 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.
Assess, plan, implement, and evaluate expert research nursing care and provide support to patients attending the Department who have been or have the potential to be recruited onto a clinical trial programme.
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.
Due to recent changes in the UK immigration rules which affect Skilled Worker Visas, Global Business Mobility, Higher Skill Level and Increased Salary Thresholds, please ensure that you are able to meet the requirements to live and work in the UK before applying. Further information about eligibility is available on the UK Government website.
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Applicant requirements
Person specification
Education Qualifications
Essential criteria
- RN1 / RN2 Registered Nurse on the NMC Register
Desirable criteria
- Research Qualification
Previous Experience
Essential criteria
- Extensive experience of working within an acute adult ward environment as a qualified nurse with previous acute NHS experience particularly in respiratory.
- Previous post registration experience within the clinical speciality of ILD.
Desirable criteria
- Experience in Clinical Research
Skills Knowledge and Ability
Essential criteria
- Extensive knowledge of Respiratory
- Competency in medication administration including IV drugs
- Organisation and management skills.
Other
Essential criteria
- Flexible approach towards teamwork and patient/family involvement
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Gill Radcliffe
- Job title
- Research Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07966123385
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