Senior Clinical Academic Nurse Researcher
Band 8a
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: Today at 23:59
Interview date: 04/03/2025
As an organisation, we recognise the value of a healthy work-life balance. When applying, speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate flexible working.
We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates as they are under-represented within the Trust.
Are you an ambitious, talented, and motivated Registered Nurse with a passion for research ready to take the next step in your career?
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.
BRHC is committed to building research capacity and capability for NMAHPs, strengthening existing partnerships with local Higher Education Institutions and developing sustainable research collaborations with world-class researchers.
The closing date for the post will be 18th February 2025 at 12pm. Interviews will be face to face in Bristol and are scheduled for Tuesday 4th March 2025 at Bristol Royal Hospital for Children.
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.
Working for our organisation
University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW) is one of the largest acute Trusts in the country, bringing together a combined workforce of over 13,000 staff and over 100 different clinical services across 10 different sites, serving a core population of more than 500,000 people across South West England.
UHBW has been rated by the CQC as ‘Good’ overall and our staff are proud to deliver excellent care to the people of Bristol, Weston and beyond. As a forward-thinking multi-award winning Trust and a digital exemplar committed to improving patient care, our world-leading research and innovations are having a positive local and global impact.
Our hospitals are spread across Bristol and Weston, join us and you can enjoy the very best of both worlds; city living within a stone’s throw of the countryside or beside the seaside, both with easy access to all that the South West has to offer.
UHBW is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For a more detailed job description, main responsibilities, and person specification, please refer to the job description document attached to this vacancy.
Person specification
Qualifications & Training
* 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
Knowledge & Experience
* 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
Skills & Abilities
* 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 UHBW 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.
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