Site Southampton General Hospital
Town Southampton
Salary £46,148 - £52,809 pa pro rata or per annum
Salary period Yearly
Closing 12/01/2025 23:59
Interview date 30/01/2025
Job overview
University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust is delighted to offer a fantastic opportunity to work with us.
Please see below for detailed job description of the role.
Main duties of the job
The research conducted at UHS is focused on the health and well-being of our patients and their families and significantly contributes to the future progress of healthcare for all patients.
We currently have a fantastic opportunity for a dynamic and motivated research nurse (adult or paediatric) with significant research experience, who takes pride and ownership in delivering high quality patient centred care, to lead the delivery of our education and clinical skills programmes for the staff within Southampton Research.
Working for our organisation
There are approx. 300 Research Nurses, AHPs, Midwives, Clinical Research Practitioners and Clinical Trials Assistants, as well as a team of non-clinical support staff, led by a Senior Research Nursing Team, working together across the Trust in all specialities. Our teams are award winning and bring exciting research opportunities to UHS for the benefit of our patients and for the future of healthcare at UHS.
As one of the largest acute teaching Trusts in England, we offer learning and development opportunities to help you achieve the career you aspire to. UHS is rated ‘Good’ by the CQC and in the latest national NHS Staff Survey, we were in the top 10 acute trusts for staff engagement and for staff recommending the hospital as a place to work or receive care.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
If you are passionate about education and preparing research staff to give patients the opportunity to take part in high quality ethical clinical research, with excellent research knowledge, clinical skills and experience, this could be a very interesting opportunity for you.
Working in the NIHR Clinical Research Facility and alongside the other teams within Southampton Research you will provide expert supervision, teaching and assessment of competence to support research nurses, AHPs and Clinical Trial Assistants working on complex multi-centre studies within a range of specialities in addition to early phase and experimental medicine.
Job Summary:
This job is there to ensure the quality of practice learning environments and to propose interventions for improvement for all types of learners including our apprentices and student learners from HEIs, through leadership and strategic development. The post holder will ultimately ensure high quality education delivery with particular focus on Clinical Research Facility staff.
The role also entails developing, delivering and evaluating the education delivery across the area of specialism and more broadly considering trust and CRF / R&D objectives. This role is supported by the Clinical Educator.
Minimum Requirements:
Registered nurse on relevant part of the register (NMC).
Highly developed specialist professional knowledge acquired through Post Graduate degree level education or equivalent experience.
Mentoring/coaching/education qualification to postgraduate diploma level or equivalent evidence of supporting learners in practice.
Leadership qualification or significant equivalent experience.
Evidence of ongoing professional development.
Significant experience of Clinical Research delivery.
Experience of educating others in a formal or informal setting.
Broad awareness of trust initiatives/pressures.
Knowledge of the Research Governance Framework (RGF), International Conference on Harmonisation/Good Clinical Practice.
Further education at a master's degree level in the relevant practice area.
Able to manage and prioritise frequent, unpredictable demands and interruptions.
Person specification
Qualifications
* Registered Nurse on relevant part of the professional register (NMC)
* Highly developed specialist professional knowledge acquired through Post Graduate degree level education or equivalent experience
* Mentoring/coaching/education qualification to postgraduate diploma level or equivalent evidence of supporting learners in practice
* Evidence of ongoing professional development
* Further education at a master's degree level in relevant practice area
Knowledge and experience
* Significant experience of Clinical Research delivery
* Experience of educating others in a formal or informal setting
* Broad awareness of trust initiatives/pressures
* Knowledge of the Research Governance Framework (RGF), International Conference on Harmonisation/Good Clinical Practice
* Able to manage and prioritise frequent, unpredictable demands and interruptions
Skills and competencies
* Research Skills
Values and behaviours
* Patients First
* Always Improving
* Working Together
Please be advised that this vacancy may close earlier than stated if we receive a large number of applications. We will not accept any applications or queries via agencies, under any circumstances.
Our commitment to equality
Equality remains at the centre of our policymaking, service delivery, and employment practice, giving all employees equal opportunity to develop, apply for promotions, and have working arrangements that enable them to achieve a manageable work-life balance.
UHS actively promotes a work environment free from harassment and discrimination and provides training for managers and staff to ensure this happens.
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