Senior Clinical Academic Nurse Researcher
Posted 8 days 18 hours ago by University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust
Main area: Band 8a Clinical Research Nurse
Contract: Fixed term - 33 months (2yrs 9 months)
Hours: Part time - 15 hours per week
Job ref: 387-WC2962-DA
Site: Bristol Royal Hospital for Children
Salary: £53,755 - £60,504 pa pro rata
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 18/02/:59
Interview date: 04/03/2025
We are looking for a Registered Nurse to support the development of nursing research within Bristol Royal Hospital for Children (BRHC) which is part of University Hospitals Bristol and Weston (UHBW) NHS Foundation Trust. The post will be based within the Faculty of Children's Nurse Education (FCNE), which has recently expanded their remit to the Faculty of Children's Nurse Education and Research. The post holder will work closely with the Lead Clinical Academic Nurse Researcher on research capacity and capability building within BRHC.
Main duties of the job- Encourage and facilitate Nursing, Midwifery and Allied Health Professional (NMAHP) research knowledge, skills and potential within BRHC to empower staff to lead, use, deliver and participate in research.
- Support the implementation of the UHBW research and NMAHP specific strategy to enable research opportunities for the workforce.
- Support the generation and implementation of evidence into practice to benefit patients, carers and our workforce.
- Develop and build relationships and initiatives with partner HEIs to support the growth in the number and diversity of nurse leaders in research.
- NMC Registered nurse - ideally Child Branch
- Bachelor's degree in nursing or closely health related degree
- Master's Degree or experience
- Post graduate knowledge of research techniques, analysis and use of information
- Additional related paediatric critical care specialist qualification
- Good Clinical Practice Research training
- Post graduate teaching / assessing qualification
- Recent experience at a senior level including, change management, & multidisciplinary working
- Experience of leading & managing large improvement and academic research projects/study
- Evidence of having delivered a research portfolio
- Experience of leading research projects in a complex organisation
- Experience and understanding of key nursing and MDT objectives and how research and education links to the Nursing / MDT strategy
- Extensive experience of teaching, developing and facilitating research and innovation programmes to the inter-professional team across health and social care settings
- Evidence of current clinical practice in a range of acute care settings
- Evidence of conference presenting
- Evidence of leading projects across health & social care settings /clinical practice, teaching and research
- Evidence of competitive grant capture/income generation
- Experience of developing complex training and education programmes
- Excellent problem-solving skills using internal and external sources of expertise when appropriate
- Sensitive to clinical and political demands
- Innovative thinker with the ability to cut through barriers to change
- Evidence of ability to analyse & present complex, multi-stranded data in appropriate forms
- Ability to identify and evaluate options for education, training and research programmes in delivering the aims of BRHC and UBHW and the wider health and social care community
- Presents plans supported by reasoned argument and evidence
- Ability to sustain high workload through times of service and organisational pressure
- Ability to chair and/or participate actively in meetings, seminars and conferences
- Ability to diagnose and take remedial action where research or innovation programmes are slipping from their targets
- Business focused
- Develop and present workable solutions to complex service and research and innovation issues taking into account internal and external political environments
- Performance management skills and techniques to enable accurate real-time progress
- Experience of using statistical packages and qualitative data management tools
- Ability to lead and build successful teams
- Ability to influence and motivate staff to deliver challenging targets
- Able to influence the direction and decisions of Nursing research services, Trust and external audiences as required including Higher Education Institutions and commissioning organisations
- Ability to present highly complex data to a variety of audiences
- Excellent communications skills (written/oral) to the multi-professional team at a variety of levels
- Able to undertake clinical duties as required by a registered nurse within BRHC
- Able to work flexibly across areas and different locations as required
- Comprehensive IT skills to manage & report on complex performance management information systems
- Ability to manage conflict
- Able to move and handle teaching and training equipment
We hope that you will decide to join us and become part of this exciting journey, helping us to shape our future together.