Main area Research Delivery Grade Band 6 Contract Fixed term: 2 years (secondment considered - to meet the needs of the service) Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Hours worked Mon-Fri, with occasional flexibility to cover over evenings and weekends in the future. Applicant will also be required to cover occasional on-calls, and work across UHW and UHL sites.) Job ref 001-NMR018-0225
Employer Cardiff and Vale University Health Board Employer type NHS Site Clinical Research Facility, University Hospital of Wales Town Cardiff Salary £37,898 - £45,637 per annum, pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 12/03/2025 23:59
Practice Development Nurse - Research Delivery
Band 6
WHO WE ARE:
Cardiff and Vale University Health Board is one of the largest Integrated Health Board in the UK, employing over 16,000 staff and providing over 100 specialist services. Serving a population of around 500,000 people living in Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan, we are focussed on the health and care needs of our local population whilst also working with our partners to develop regional services. Together we are committed to improving health outcomes for everyone and to delivering excellent care and support.
Our mission is “Living Well, Caring Well, Working Together”. We have recently refreshed our strategy, Shaping Our Future Wellbeing, which sets out the Health Board’s Vision for improving the health and wellbeing of the populations we serve by 2035 through the delivery of our strategic objectives; Putting People First, Providing Outstanding Quality, Delivering in the Right Places, and Acting for the Future.
We are a values-driven organisation and our goals will only be realised if our values are at the heart of everything we do. Created by colleagues, patients and their families and carers, our values are:
* We are kind and caring
* We are respectful
* We have trust and integrity
* We take personal responsibility
Job overview
Health and Care Research Wales is a research infrastructure funded by the Division of Research & Development, Welsh Government. The overarching vision of Health and Care Research Wales is to be internationally recognised for its excellent health and social care research that has a positive impact on the health, wellbeing and prosperity of the people in Wales. A Support and Delivery infrastructure was established in 2015 in order to achieve maximum efficiency and effectiveness and international competiveness in the research environment within Wales.
The NHS R&D Department is led by a R&D Director to provide local services for research support and facilitates the sponsoring and hosting of studies within each UHB. Part of this service includes a NHS research delivery team consisting of Research Nurses, Clinical Studies Officers, Research Officers and Administrators, employed by NHS organisations to support the delivery of high quality health and social care studies. The Practice Development Nurse will be a part of these NHS research delivery teams.
Main duties of the job
This post is a Fixed term/Secondment for 2 years to meet the needs of the service.
An exciting position has arisen for a Practice Development Nurse to support the Cardiff and Vale Research Delivery Team. The post holder will be working under the direction of the Research Team Lead and Senior Nurse for Research, to develop and implement training programmes for the clinical development of research staff, obtaining and maintaining essential clinical skills required for the delivery of clinical trials.
The successful applicant will be supporting a diverse team, covering research across the UHB including in the University Hospital of Wales and University Hospital Llandough, across specialisms such as surgery, medicine, infectious diseases, early phase research, obstetrics and gynaecology, mental health research, vaccines etc.
The post holder will be encouraged to link in with the wider UHB Education and Training networks and Practice Development Forums, to ensure that up to date information and training is distributed across the team.
An essential requirement of the role includes the post holder being proficient in clinical skills such as venepuncture, cannulation, medicines management (including IV therapies), urinalysis, and pregnancy test training. Therefore, the role will be suited to someone who is clinically experienced with a passion for sharing skills and knowledge with other team members, and takes a keen interest in the development of staff.
Working for our organisation
Cardiff and Vale University Health Board is one of the largest Integrated Health Boards in the UK, employing over 17,000 staff, providing over 100 specialist services. Working across 6 hospital sites, we have a diverse range of career opportunities to offer. Serving over 500,000 people living in Cardiff and the Vale, we are focussed on the health and care needs of our local population whilst working with our partners to develop regional services. Together we are committed to improving health outcomes for everyone, delivering excellent care and support.
Our mission is “Living Well, Caring Well, Working Together”, and our vision is that every person’s chance of leading a healthy life should be equal. Our 10-year transformation and improvement strategy, Shaping Our Future Wellbeing, is our chance to work collaboratively with the public and our workforce to make our health board more sustainable for the future.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply.
You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click “Apply now” to view in Trac.
Informal visits welcomed.
Person specification
Qualifications
* Registered Nurse/NMC registration
* Pertinent postgraduate qualification and willingness to undertake relevant postgraduate study when in post
* Willingness to study at masters level
Experience
* Experience of working within a research delivery team
* Experience of supervision of junior staff
* Working knowledge of research and audit, and good clinical practice
* Experience of mentoring pre-registration nursing/midwifery/ODP students
Skills
* Clinical skills - including venepuncture, cannulation, medicines management, IV therapies etc
* Teaching skills
* Ability to organise and prioritise own time, meeting deadlines
* Ability to maintain accurate records and supervise the documentation of others
* Clinical Skills Assessor Trained
Special Knowledge
* Able to demonstrate specialist knowledge of research delivery in Wales.
* Able to demonstrate specialist knowledge within relevant speciality.
* Welsh Speaker
Personal Qualities
* Ability to work within a team and independently without supervision
* Flexible approach to meet the needs of the service
* Able to work under pressure
MANAGING YOUR APPLICATION:
We are committed to promoting inclusion, where all staff have a sense of belonging. We welcome applications from everyone and recognise the need for our workforce to represent the diversity of the population we serve. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment where staff treat one another with dignity and respect and where diversity is celebrated.
Applicants are invited to apply in Welsh. Any application submitted in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than an application made in English.
The UHB reserves the right to close this vacancy after 24 hours if a large number of suitable applications are received. Therefore, we encourage early applications to ensure consideration for this post.
Please check your email account regularly. Successful applicants will receive all recruitment related correspondence via the email account registered on the application form.
To work in the UK, all candidates who are not UK or Republic of Ireland (RoI) nationals require sponsorship to obtain either a Health and Care visa or Skilled Worker visa, unless you have permission to work via another route.
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This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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