Roving Research Nurse in Poole

This is an exciting role for an experienced Research Nurse to join a collaboration of practices who wish to deliver research to their patients to enable better health outcomes, to help find new innovative treatments to help treat diseases with evidence-based research within the NIHR CRDC (Primary Care). Research is at the heart of our values and part of everyday practice in the NHS. It gives hope to patients and helps improve current treatment, medicines and develop new treatments which enables hope to happen. As part of the NIHR CRDC (Primary Care) there are 5 practices in the Poole locality and 1 practice in the Purbeck locality.

Main duties of the job

The Roving Research Nurse (RRN) would be expected to work across all sites to help set up research services and deliver commercial clinical research trials. The RRN will work with the Lead Roving Research Nurse to ensure that the highest professional standard of nursing care is delivered to research participants and, where relevant, their families, in partnership with all clinical teams and in adherence to all NIHR CRDC (Primary Care) and TAP protocols/policies and guidelines. The role of the RRN needs to be flexible in line with the present atmosphere for change within health service delivery and the variance of research studies undertaken. It is essential that the RRN must work under their own sphere of competency and be able to work autonomously across all collaboration sites while recognising the need to reach out for help when required. It is the role of the RRN to adhere to Good Clinical Practice (GCP) at all times enabling a safe research journey for each.

About us

The Adam Practice is a partnership of 16 GPs located across 4 surgeries in Poole, Dorset. This is an exciting opportunity to join our growing primary care team in a forward-thinking, innovative general practice, which has a current CQC rating of Outstanding in Care. Our Research team gives the best possible patient care and benefits our patients. We have been an active research centre for the past 10 years and have worked on early phase studies up to later phase. We are now an accredited NIHR CRDC (Primary Care) facility. As well as our work at the research hub, we are continuing to recruit into complex commercial trials. Additional benefits include access to NHS Pension Scheme and NHS discounts, 7.6 weeks annual leave (inclusive of bank/public holidays that fall in the holiday year). Entitlement is pro-rata for part-time employees.

Job responsibilities

It is expected that the RRN will have the ability to work autonomously across the collaborative partners, demonstrating a high level of co-ordination and effective communication skills to ensure the smooth running of all trial-related work conducted within each practice. It is expected the RRN will be a beacon of research expertise, guiding research naive sites to produce gold standard research while maintaining patient safety at all times.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• NMC registered Nurse.
• Evidence of ongoing professional development.
• Professional knowledge acquired at degree level of relevant years of experience.
• Evidence of leadership and management development.
• GCP trained & certificate in date.

Qualities and Attributes

• Knowledge of research governance and regulations (ICH GCP & EU directives).
• Knowledge of research design and methodologies.
• Knowledge of clinical trials protocols & their application in practice.
• Excellent communication & interpersonal skills.
• Ability to initiate, manage & sustain change.
• Knowledge of clinical governance.
• Good attendance at work.
• A flexible approach to work.
• Effective time management.
• Ability to work independently & as part of the team.
• Ability to organise, prioritise, co-ordinate own self & work.
• Takes accountability for one's actions.
• Shares information & good practice appropriately.
• Treats others with courtesy & respect at all times.

Experience

• Substantial experience within research.
• Experience of problem solving & the ability to work autonomously.
• Experience of developing & implementing policies, procedures & SOPs.
• Experience of recruiting, educating & monitoring participants in clinical trials.
• Venepuncture trained.
• Experience in the setup of clinical trials.
• Experience of producing proformas & lab worksheets.
• Experience of using a centrifuge, -20 -80 freezers and experience of using Dry Ice.
• IATA trained.

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. The candidate will be expected to move across sites within the collaboration.