CRF Senior Clinical Research Nurse

• Lead on participant communications and well-being issues,providing specialist advice relevant to clinical research nursing
• Be responsible for leading aresearch nurse team to support screening of eligible research participants including providing information and support to participants, clinical follow-up, data collection and safety reporting according to requirements
• Work with the CRF Matron to establish and maintain key strategic relationships with networks of clinicians, researchers and health service managers for effective roll-out of the trials
• Work alongside a team of trial coordinators, data managers and database developers to ensure compliance with GCP, data protection and research governance frameworks, regulations and sponsor requirements
• Supportthedevelopment of trainingmaterialsfor clinical research staff at study sites including study specific and informed consent training and elements of GCP
• Monitor participants experience and identify important participants well-being issues
• Be a central point of contact for site staff for trial-specific procedures including support to participants, eligibility assessment, informed consent, and sample management.

Essential

• NMC Level One Registration - RN Adult
• Your professional knowledge acquired at degree level will be supplemented by specialist training, experience and/or short courses
• ICH GCP certificated

Essential

• Substantial experience in clinical trials, teaching and mentoring as demonstrated by your individual portfolio.
• Knowledge and understanding of current UK clinical trial regulations, good clinical practice and the Declaration of Helsinki 1996
• Experience delivering specialised programmes of care, and provide highly specialised advice for patients and healthy volunteers who are participating in clinical trials
• Experience facilitating and undertaking R&D activities as major job component and undertake research, lead clinical audit in own area.
• Knowledge and experience of handling complex relationships
• Demonstrable managerial/ team leader experience
• Experience of mentoring and developing staff
• Experience of collaborating with other agencies

Desirable

• Experience of planning and delivery of training and associated resources

Essential

• Able to provide and receive complex, sensitive information, communicating this highly sensitive information to patients using empathy and reassurance, gain cooperation where required and overcome barriers to understanding by possessing excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Able to plan and organise complex activities and programmes, requiring formulation and adjustment as necessitated
• You will recruit to, support and develop a specialist nursing service provision
• You will have the dexterity and coordination needed for undertaking venepuncture, intramuscular, skin punch biopsies and accuracy required for e.g. intravenous injections, syringe pumps and infusions
• You will possess basic laboratory skills such as centrifugation and sample separation
• You will be able to teach/deliver core training of individual clinical trial/study protocols to junior members of staff
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Ability to work autonomously and as a member of a small team, as well as part of the wider multidisciplinary team
• Ability to set direction and lead a team of research professionals
• Ability to work across boundaries, integrating with multidisciplinary staff in relation to research trials

Desirable

• SACT accreditation