Main area Research and Development Grade NHS AfC: Band 4 Contract Fixed term: 12 months (Post will be offered as secondment for successful internal candidates) Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week Job ref 361-7009757
Site Lister Hospital Town Stevenage Salary £26,530 - £29,114 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 17/04/2025 23:59 Interview date 29/04/2025
Here at East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust,
Our mission is:
Providing high-quality, compassionate care for our communities
Our vision to 2030 is:
To be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service
Job overview
We are recruiting for a Clinical Trials Practitioner who shares our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients. You will work with the research team recruiting patients to clinical trials and other NIHR research studies.
Research skills and competency-based training will be provided which are combined with practice placements to deliver an integrated approach to clinical research training.
At the heart of everything we do are our core values: Include, Respect, and Improve. We encourage you to embrace these values throughout the recruitment process and in your role with us.
Main duties of the job
You will be working with doctors and research nurses in recruiting patients to different surgical and medical research studies and assisting with their care, including taking bloods, performing ECG's and vital signs. Training will be provided for other clinical skills.
You will also be supporting with the administrative side of the studies, e.g. preparing notes, collecting scan reports and assisting the non-clinical team in locating and extracting data from patient records.
Working for our organisation
At East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general & specialist services we provide. Our ability to be flexible & innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.
We run the following hospitals:
* The Lister Hospital, Stevenage
* New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City
* Hertford County, Hertford
We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation; our staff & patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.
We understand that finding and starting a new job is an important life decision. If you need reasonable adjustments for a disability, or a life event, such as menopause, please let us know.
We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. Employees are entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns & we are committed to listen and consider all requests.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification applicant pack for further detailed information regarding this role.
Person specification
Qualifications/Training
* Willingness to undertake training as appropriate for role
* Evidence of CPD and maintenance of PDP
Previous Experience
* Proven ability to communicate effectively in writing and verbally.
* Proven ability to work under pressure.
* Experience of teaching and mentoring
* Experience of working with patients and families within relevant clinical areas.
* Proven effectiveness as working as part of a multidisciplinary team.
* Experience of working within a healthcare environment.
Skills
* Excellent organisational and time management skills
* Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
* Ability to work cross boundaries integrating with multidisciplinary staff
* Computer literate with Microsoft Office software (including Word, Excel)
* Ability to make clinical judgments regarding patient needs where appropriate.
Knowledge
* Awareness of GCP (Good Clinical Practice)
* Awareness of research governance issues
Our values
We want our staff to believe in, demonstrate and live our values in everything we do.
Include
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.
Respect
We create a safe environment where we are curious of the lived experience of others, seek out best practice and are open to listening and hearing new ideas.
Improve
We are committed to consistently delivering excellent services and continuously looking to improve through a creative workforce that feels empowered to act in service of our shared purpose.
Committed to our Community
East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust is committed to equality, diversity and inclusion for all job applicants, staff, patients and the wider community. We want to create a workforce which represents the communities we serve. We are on a journey to become a more inclusive organisation and we welcome applications from everyone regardless of their background.
We understand the importance of balancing work and home life. We are committed to support flexible working for our staff wherever possible.
We are proud to be a Disability Confident employer and achieved our status in 2019.
We will remove barriers that prospective candidates might face at any stage of our recruitment process. If you have a disability and would like the advert in an alternative format, or would like to talk about how we can adjust the interview process to best support you, please contact us.
When you apply...
Please note that vacancies may close prior to the advertised closing date in certain circumstances. Please ensure that you make your application as soon as possible.
All correspondence relating to vacancies will be via the e-mail address you have provided on your application form.
As a publicly funded employer, we need to ensure we utilise our funds responsibly, this may mean we are unable to support sponsorship required to gain the right to work for particular positions.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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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