Clinical Research Nurse Job London area,Greater London England UK,Healthcare

Location: Greater London

Fulfil your potential in hospitals that make history:

Charing Cross, Hammersmith, St Mary’s, Queen Charlotte’s & Chelsea and Western Eye.

With five world-renowned hospitals, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust is full of opportunity if you are looking to develop your healthcare career.

We are an NHS Trust of approximately 16,000 people, providing care for over a million and a half patients from north west London and beyond every year.

We have a rich heritage and an ambitious vision for the future of our patients and local communities.

With our partners, Imperial College London, and The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, we form Imperial College Academic Health Science Centre, one of 6 academic health science centres in the UK, working to ensure the rapid translation of research for better patient care and excellence in education.

We are proud of our heritage in innovation and we are early adopters of new insights in technologies, techniques and treatments for improving health.

Job overview

We are looking to recruit a Band 6 Clinical Research Nurse to join the dynamic Peart Rose Research Team – Pulmonary Hypertension and Other Cardiology (PHOC) hub. The Peart Rose Research Team manages the delivery of a wide variety of studies within the Cardiovascular Directorate; co-ordinating research trials across three acute hospital sites (Hammersmith Hospital, St Mary’s Hospital and Charing Cross Hospital).

Much of the role will be conducted at Hammersmith Hospital; however, flexibility with time and adaptability to work in different environments especially across three sites will be necessary to meet study requirements.

Main duties of the job

To facilitate efficient, safe and participant-focused research across Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust.
To contribute to the management of the local portfolio of clinical research studies.
To work according to the principles of Good Clinical Practice & research governance standards for clinical research studies.
To establish working relationships with Clinical Trials Units and clinical research study personnel to ensure the smooth running of research studies
to be the first point of contact for your research studies.
To input into the feasibility and set-up processes for new studies, including patient target setting.
To organise/attend relevant meetings such as site initiation meetings
To recognise if the design of studies conflicts with regulatory frameworks and legal requirements and to act on concerns raised.
To ensure that the clinical study protocols you are working on are adhered to and that research does not deviate from them.
To identify and help recruit patients eligible to enter clinical research studies.
To seek and participate in informed consent processes prior to any research-related procedure, in accordance with the study protocol and local procedures.
To register/randomise patients into research studies.
To identify barriers to recruitment to research studies and ensure that the Team Leader is aware of them, and to support and develop action plans and strategies to overcome these barriers as required.

Working for our organisation

At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care.

Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You’ll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career.

Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to Work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.

We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the…