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Job summary

Main area
Research
Grade
Band 6
Contract
Permanent
Hours
  • Full time
  • Flexible working
37.5 hours per week
Job ref
272-6200733
Employer
Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Doncaster Royal Infirmary
Town
Doncaster
Salary
£35,392 - £42,618 Pro Rata Per Annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
12/05/2024 23:59

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Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust logo

Research Sister/Charge Nurse

Band 6

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Research and Innovation Team.

You will be a compassionate, accountable individual who treats all colleagues, patients and service users with respect and seeks to deliver excellence in their role.

A key member of the Research Delivery Team, you will support the delivery of a wide range of research studies undertaken at DBTH. This post will focus on leading and supporting the delivery of research trials and studies being undertaken across the Trust. With the complexity of clinical trials increasing and more specialties becoming research active this is an opportunity to work with different teams within and external to the trust and offer patients the opportunity to take part in exciting clinical research.

Flexible working would be considered for this post.

Main duties of the job

This is an exciting opportunity to work as part of a multi-disciplinary research team, managing and coordinating clinical research studies. The aim of this post is to increase recruitment into research studies as part of the strategic development of Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

 

The post will involve recruiting patients into clinical studies, providing support and education whilst on the clinical study and the collection and documentation of accurate data.

The post holder will be responsible for co-ordinating the set-up of new studies, in conjunction with the R&D department. This will include studies adopted onto the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) portfolio and those commercially sponsored. The post holder will work as part of the larger team to ensure the research is delivered in accordance with the necessary requirements and regulations, including ICH Good Clinical Practice Guidelines.

Working for our organisation

DBTH is one of Yorkshire’s Leading acute trusts, serving a population of more than 440,000.  Our services are based over three main hospital sites and several additional services employing over 7,000 colleagues.   

It is our goal to give those who join Team DBTH the tools and opportunities to grow their career, it’s our pledge to help you Develop, Belong and Thrive, Here.

As an organisation that supports flexible working, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.

As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage applicants from all sectors of the community, particularly from under-represented groups including those with disabilities, members of our ethnic minorities and LGBTQ+ communities.

We offer a range of benefits to support our people including:
•    Extensive range of learning opportunities
•    NHS Pension Scheme
•    Generous holiday entitlement in line with Terms & Conditions
•    Comprehensive health and wellbeing support 
•    NHS Car Lease schemes and a range of salary sacrifice scheme
•    Discounts on restaurants, getaways, shopping and finance through external providers.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see attached to the advert a job description and person specification for further details. Please ensure you read both documents carefully. 

Please note, if your application is successful you will be required to present original certificates of qualifications that are listed in the person specification under essential.

Person specification

Experience

Essential criteria
  • First level registration
  • Able to undertake all nursing duties without supervision.
  • Demonstrates clinical skills and knowledge underpinned by theory.
Desirable criteria
  • ICH Good Clinical Practice training

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Post registration experience as staff nurse (or above) working in busy clinical environment
Desirable criteria
  • Experience of working in a clinical research environment

Personal Attributes & Skills

Essential criteria
  • Confident and articulate in all modes of communication
  • Motivated proactive, self-directed learner
  • Experience of effectively working in a team and independently
  • Ability to prioritise own workload effectively, working with minimal supervision
  • Able to work under own initiative and as an effective team member.
  • Able to organise and prioritise workload.

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Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Rebecca Pugh
Job title
Senior Research Sister
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
01302644092
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