Paediatric Research Nurse
Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain’s leading healthcare providers.
The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.
Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time.It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.
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Job overview
Barts Health NHS Trust has a vision to be a high performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in East Londonand beyond.
An exciting opportunity for a Band 6 Research Nurse to join the Children’s research team at Barts Health NHS Trust, this will be for Maternity Cover. The research that we conduct is focused on the holistic approach to patient care and significantly contributes to the future progress of healthcare for all.
Working clinically with the team you will promote high standards of both patient care and research practice and contribute to the recruitment and retention of patients in clinical research studies.
The post holder’s primary role will be to contribute actively to the conduct, coordination and delivery of clinical research studies at Royal London Hospital. Working effectively with the immediate and broader multidisciplinary team, being responsible for ensuring that high standards of clinical care planning, delivery, safety and patient satisfaction is to a very high standard, compliant with trust policy, study protocol requirements, local and national guidance and legislation
Main duties of the job
The post holder will be responsible for assessing and managing the care pathways for patients and carers participating in trials. This will involve the recruitment, education and monitoring of children in studies and the collection and documentation of accurate data.You will work closely with your extended team, sponsors, R&D, investigators and the study / clinical teams. You will undertake and complete studies on the National Institute of Health Research (NIHR) portfolio in a reliable, timely and efficient fashion.
You will work collaboratively with the wider multi-disciplinary team (MDT) in the management of your own caseload of children and carers in the clinical studies. The post holder will deliver the studies under the leadership of the Senior Research Nurses at the Royal London Hospital Children’s Clinical Research Facility
This post represents an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic, self-motivated, organised nurse to develop their clinical research skills. Computer skills, team-working, flexibility and initiative will be required to ensure the success of this post.You will need to have an excellent level of written and verbal communication skills. Previous research experience is desirable for the post.
This is a 1.0 wte full time, temporary post and a secondment opportunity is welcome. For more information, please contact Nicolene Plaatjies ([email protected]) on 02035941551/02035941455.
Working for our organisation
Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain’s leading healthcare providers.
The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.
Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time.It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.
We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
“Although this position is a 12 months fixed-term contract, the actual contract duration will be adjusted to account for the time taken to advertise the post, complete the hiring process, and finalise pre-employment checks. This means the contract will begin when the candidate starts the role and may be slightly shorter than 12 months.”
Please note: When calculating the basic salary for sponsorship, HCAS (High Cost Area Supplement) is not included for non-medical roles. This ensures fairness and consistency within our organisation, as some of our sites fall under inner HCAS, while others are classified as outer HCAS
The full job description of provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below.
For more information, please contact Nicolene Plaatjies ([email protected]) on 02035941551/02035941455.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria- Registered Children’s Nurse with current NMC registration.
- Evidence of on-going professional development
- First level degree
- Health care management/ leadership qualification.
- Valid GCP certificate
Experience
Essential criteria- Experience of recruiting to research studies including clinical trials in a healthcare setting
- Substantial post registration experience working as band 6 children’s nurse in the NHS care setting
- Experience of co-ordinating and managing patient care.
- Evidence of ability to lead /coordinate a shift/ area of department
- Experience in learning from incidents/ complaints and supporting changes in practice.
Knowledge
Essential criteria- Understanding of current issues in children’s nursing
- To identify a child at risk and to know the process of safeguarding in children, young people, and vulnerable adults
- Leadership and management development
- Understanding of Good Clinical Practice (GCP
Skills
Essential criteria- Skilled in performing holistic clinical assessments
- Effective decision-making and problem-solving ability and ability to initiate change
- Ability to work under own initiative.
- Ability to work well within a multi-disciplinary team environment
- Good organisational and time management skills.
- Basic IT skills including MS Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
- Good presentation skills.
- Good verbal and written communication and listening skills.
- Ability to work under pressure across competing demands to meet tight deadlines
- Good leadership and People skills.
- Ability to articulate the principles of safeguarding and mental capacity
- Ability to engage and recruit patients into clinical trials.
- Venepuncture and cannulation skills
Other
Essential criteria- Awareness of equality and diversity
- Flexible approach to work.
- Positive and enthusiastic attitude and being Supportive
- Approachable and friendly.
We aim to create an equitable working environment where every individual can fulfil their potential.
As an Equal Opportunities Employer we actively support applications from individuals’ who apply under the Guaranteed Interview Scheme and will process your application as appropriate.
We reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once a sufficient number of applications has been received and we regret that we are unable to provide notification if your application is unsuccessful.
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Barts Health is committed to safeguarding the welfare of children and to child protection. The Trust aims to ensure as far as is possible that anyone, paid or unpaid, who seeks to work in our organisation and who gains access to children, is safe to do so.As such, you may be required to undertake a Disclosure and Barring Check as part of the recruitment process if appointed to a post with direct access to children or vulnerable adults.