Research Nurse/Midwife/ Clinical Research Practitioner (CRP)

Research Nurse/Midwife/ Clinical Research Practitioner (CRP)

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a motivated band 6 Research Nurse (as per JD title) to join the General Surgical Research Team supporting the delivery and management of the surgical portfolio.

It is a full time post (1.0 WTE), with a permanent contract and will be based at SJUH.

In addition to being responsible for ensuring that high standards of clinical care planning, delivery, safety, and patient satisfaction are to a very high standard, compliance with Trust policy, study protocol requirements, local and national guidance and legislation is required.

If you are interested in the post, we would like to encourage you to contact the recruiting manager for an informal discussion.

Expected Shortlisting Date: 23/04/2025

Planned Interview Date: 06/05/2025

Main duties of the job

The post holder will contribute actively to the conduct, coordination and delivery of the General Surgery/Emergency Surgery Research Portfolio, under the leadership of the Senior Research Nurse.

Working effectively with the immediate and broader multidisciplinary team (MDT), being responsible for ensuring that high standards of clinical care planning, delivery, safety and patient satisfaction are to a very high standard, compliant with Trust policy, study protocol requirements, local and national guidance and legislation.

The post holder will support the Senior Research Nurse, Principal Investigators and associated multidisciplinary colleagues in the planning, scheduling, conduct, recruitment, patient care, support and data collection required for all studies within the department.

They will be responsible for developing their own clinical practice, maintaining competencies (related to the research portfolio) and where appropriate taking delegated responsibility for the clinical elements of studies in line with Trust policies and study protocols.

Working effectively and proactively with agreed external agencies and collaborative partners, the individual will adhere to agreed study pathways and processes to derive accurate and robust data capture, and ensure pharmacovigilance is maintained.

About us

Research is at the heart of our Trust. Leeds Teaching Hospitals is involved in research at all levels, developing and trialling new treatments for patients.

We believe that being involved in cutting-edge research helps us provide better care to our patients.

Over the next 5 years, we aim to be the best Trust to deliver high-quality clinical research and to champion research amongst our staff.

We also aim to support and grow our world-class clinical infrastructure and assets for research and innovation.

We have a very proactive Research Academy offering an extensive programme of education and training tailored to meet the needs of individuals and teams involved in clinical research delivery in Health and Social Care.

Our five Trust values, developed by staff, are what make us different:

1. Accountable
2. Empowered

Leeds Teaching Hospitals is committed to our process of redeploying 'at risk' members of our existing workforce to new roles. As such, all our job adverts are subject to this policy and we reserve the right to close, delay or remove adverts while this process is completed. If you do experience a delay in the shortlisting stage of the recruitment cycle, please bear with us while this process is completed, and contact the named contact if you have any questions.

Job responsibilities

The post holder will contribute actively to the conduct, coordination and delivery of the General Surgery/Emergency Surgery portfolio, under the leadership of the Senior Research Nurse.

Working effectively with the immediate and broader multidisciplinary team (MDT), being responsible for ensuring that high standards of clinical care planning, delivery, safety and patient satisfaction are to a very high standard, compliant with Trust policy, study protocol requirements, local and national guidance and legislation.

The post holder will support the Senior Research Nurse, Principal Investigators and associated multidisciplinary colleagues in the planning, scheduling, conduct, recruitment, patient care, support and data collection required for all studies within the department.

They will be responsible for developing their own clinical practice, maintaining competencies (related to the research portfolio) and where appropriate taking delegated responsibility for the clinical elements of studies in line with Trust policies and study protocols.

Working effectively and proactively with agreed external agencies and collaborative partners, the individual will adhere to agreed study pathways and processes to derive accurate and robust data capture, and ensure pharmacovigilance is maintained.

Person Specification Experience

• Relevant clinical experience
• Research Experience
• Knowledge of clinical research specific issues
• Experience of computer databases, Microsoft Office and Excel

Other Criteria

• Able to fulfil Occupational Health requirements for post

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse (Level 1 or 2) (RN Adult for adult areas and RN Child for children's areas), Midwife or HCPC AHP or Clinical Research Practitioner registered (including registration to AHCS)
• Recognised teaching/assessing qualification

Skills and Behaviours

• Autonomy
• Capable of lateral thinking
• IT Skills
• Time management
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Implementation of good clinical practice
• Clinical Research

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.