Site Mount Vernon Cancer Centre Town Northwood Salary £37,338 - £44,962 per annum, plus 15% High Cost Area Supplement Salary period Yearly Closing 13/02/2025 23:59 Interview date 17/02/2025
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 a Research Nurse to join the Renal and Melanoma Research Team, who shares our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients.
Here at Mount Vernon Cancer Centre, our Research Nurses recruit patients to studies via multiple local DGH teams as well as from within the Cancer Centre. As well as promoting studies to our referral hospitals and recruiting and coordinating the care of our trial participants, you will also administer some of the research drugs. You may be required to take responsibility for the safe administration of experimental drugs and for monitoring the expected and unexpected side effects of drugs and other treatment modalities.
We are extremely committed to providing the best possible treatments for our patients and to progressing the field forward.
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
1. Screen & identify patients eligible for clinical trials and to maintain detailed knowledge of the protocols for the clinical trials associated with the designated site-specific groups.
2. To attend relevant outpatient clinics to assist with recruitment, to monitor the progress, and to collect data of patients involved in clinical trials. To attend inpatients involved in clinical trials as necessary.
3. To act as a contact point and coordinator for patients requiring information and support and to refer patients/families on to other professional/agencies as appropriate.
4. Assist in the provision of background information about potential clinical trials to obtain approvals from Research Governance and Local Ethics Committees.
5. To be involved in protocol review, advising regarding specialised equipment and resources required to undertake the trial and to ensure ethical issues are adequately addressed.
6. To be involved in clinical trial protocol design and development, including being responsible for high quality patient information sheets.
7. Contributes to the financial processes of planning, running and closing clinical research studies.
Working for our organisation
At East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general & specialist services we provide & our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. 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.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
ENHT is seeking to maintain and expand the Mount Vernon Cancer Centre staff as we move to an exciting new future.
We welcome applications from those who would relish the opportunity to be part of new and developing cancer service, building on the excellent reputation, research and patient experience the Cancer Centre already delivers.
In addition, you will receive a High Cost Area Supplement of 15% of your basic salary, subject to a minimum payment of £4,314 and a maximum payment of £5,436 per annum pro rata.
Person specification
Qualifications/Training
* Registered Nurse
* Post graduate level qualification/courses or equivalent experience within research and /or a related field
* Evidence of CPD and maintenance of PDP
* Willingness to undertake training as appropriate for role.
Previous Experience
* Experience of working with patients and families within relevant clinical areas in the NHS environment
* Evidence of research activity
* Proven ability to communicate effectively in writing and verbally.
* Proven ability to work under pressure.
* Proven effectiveness as working as part of a multidisciplinary team
* Experience of formal/informal teaching
* Experience of explaining complex concepts to patients in a clear and simplified manner
* Experience of running concurrent research studies in a healthcare setting with minimal supervision/clinical trials experience.
* Experience related to information retrieval and research application
Skills
* Excellent organisational and time management skills
* Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
* Ability to work cross boundaries integrating with multidisciplinary staff
* Ability to make clinical judgments regarding patient needs where appropriate
* Ability to work autonomously using own initiative, and as a member of a team
* Computer literate with Microsoft Office software. (including word, Excel)
* Demonstrates evidence ability to take charge and delegate duties
Knowledge
* Awareness of research governance issues
* Awareness of research design and methods; understanding of the analytical process
* Proven knowledge of ICH GCP and current legislation
Other Requirements
* Understanding of, and commitment to, equality, diversity and inclusion
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. In particular we encourage applications from candidates with disabilities, and candidates from Black, Asian and Minority ethnic (BAME) backgrounds who are currently under-represented in various parts of our workforce.
We understand the importance of balancing work and home life. We are committed to support flexible working for our staff wherever possible and all our employees are given the opportunity to discuss potential for flexible working.
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 by emailing resourcing.enh-tr@nhs.net
We are also proud to support our UK armed forces by supporting Reservists, Cadet Instructors, Veterans and military spouses/partners into employment and offering supportive policies that value their contribution to the community and to our Trust.
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