Responsibilities will also include co-ordination of the collection of tissue samples from various departments throughout the hospital including theatres, identifying patients through MDTs / screening notes; explaining studies to patients and their families prior to informed consent; collecting on treatment and follow-up data where required; designing databases for local studies; data entry for local studies and liaising with external trial centres for multi-centre studies. In addition, with training and support, it is hoped that the post holder will become proficient in paediatric/adult venesection. One of the roles we have available will be split between two teams: teenage and young adults and the paediatric oncology team. This is an exciting new opportunity. The post holder will be autonomous in their workload and responsible for recruiting and coordinating an agreed portfolio of research projects. We have a team of around 300 Research Nurses, AHPs, Midwives and Clinical Trials Assistants, working together across the Trust, within our award winning teams to bring exciting research opportunities to UHS for the benefit of our patients and for the future of healthcare. The Research team is composed of multidisciplinary researchers from hospital and university backgrounds, embedded and working in collaboration with clinical services and teams, aiming to deliver a variety of studies to improve patient care and outcomes. Applicants will be expected to cover the service this may include early shift's, late shifts and possibly weekends.