Senior Research Nurse - Research and Development

Overview

To be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service. Our values are:
Include, Respect and Improve. We value the diversity and experience of our community colleagues and partners, creating relationships and climates that provide an opportunity to share, collaborate and grow together. We are recruiting for a Senior Nurse - Research & Development who shares our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients.

As Senior Research Nurse, the post holder will be responsible for delegated leadership and management of a team of nurses/AHPs. The role will involve setting up and recruiting patients to a variety of high quality research studies for medical and surgical specialties, including commercially sponsored studies. You will be part of a well supported research delivery staff within a Trust that views research as an essential part of everyday activity to enhance patient experience and outcomes through research and innovation.

The post holder will take responsibility for the co-ordination and management of a clinical research portfolio, collaborating with key personnel throughout the NIHR Clinical Research Network/ENHT to ensure continued care and support for patients involved in clinical trials.

The post holder will be responsible for the safe administration of experimental drugs and for monitoring the expected and unexpected side effects of drugs and other treatment modalities. They will be expected to have sufficient skills to enable patients to make informed choices concerning their involvement in the clinical trials by providing advice and information and acting as the patients advocate.

• Lead and manage a team of nurses/AHPs within the clinical research portfolio.
• Set up and recruit patients to high quality research studies across medical and surgical specialties, including commercially sponsored studies.
• Coordinate and manage clinical research activities in collaboration with NIHR Clinical Research Network/ENHT to support patients in clinical trials.
• Ensure safe administration of experimental drugs and monitor expected and unexpected side effects.
• Provide information and advice to patients to help them make informed decisions about trial participation and act as their advocate.

• Experience in clinical research settings with leadership or management responsibilities.
• Ability to enable patients to make informed choices about trial participation.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills to work with multidisciplinary teams.

East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust is committed to equality, diversity and inclusion for all job applicants, staff, patients and the wider community. We aim to create a workforce representative of the communities we serve and welcome applications from everyone, including candidates with disabilities and candidates from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) backgrounds who are under-represented in parts of our workforce.

We are committed to flexible working where possible and to balancing work and home life. We are proud to be a Disability Confident employer and welcome requests to adapt the interview process or provide alternate formats for applicants with disabilities.

We support our UK armed forces by offering opportunities to Reservists, Cadet Instructors, Veterans and military spouses/partners, with policies that value their contribution.

We are a carer-friendly environment, working with Carers in Hertfordshire to provide support for staff with caring responsibilities, and we are a member of Carers UK to provide resources for balancing work and caring commitments.

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At East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust, we operate several hospitals:
The Lister Hospital (Stevenage);
New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII) (Welwyn Garden City);
Hertford County (Hertford);
Mount Vernon Cancer Centre (MVCC) (Northwood).

We are committed to a positive work-life balance and welcome flexible working requests, balanced against service needs.