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.
Have you thought about joining a team where you will be supported as you develop new skills and build on your existing knowledge and experience and wish to pursue a career in clinical research? 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 ECGs, 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.
About us
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.
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 - so that we can consider your application fairly & to get the best out of you during the selection process, 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. Such requests, of course, have to be made & considered formally, & will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.
Job 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 across 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
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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