# Clinical Research Nurse

**Company**: Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
**Location**: London
**Salary**: £47951.00 to £56863.00
**Category**: Healthcare
**Industry**: Healthcare

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## Description

We are seeking a dynamic, patient-centred Clinical Research Nurse to join the NIHR Clinical Research Facility (CRF) at Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust. The successful candidate will have previous experience of clinical research projects and SACT competency, and will be a team player with effective communication and time management skills.

The role involves assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating expert research nursing care for patients attending the Department who have been or have the potential to be recruited onto a clinical trial programme. The Research Nurse will play a key role in ensuring that any research undertaken within the department safeguards the well-being of patients and is conducted according to Good Clinical Practice (GCP) and the Medicines for Human Use (Clinical Trial) Regulations 2004 and Amended Regulations 2006.

Key responsibilities include:

- Assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating evidence-based, individualized patient/volunteer care

- Recruiting patients to, and following up, patients within studies

- Acting as a patient advocate, enabling patients to make informed choices concerning their involvement in clinical trials

- Ensuring sufficient skill mix of staff for patient safety during clinical trials

- Assisting in clinical trials, including venepuncture and cannulation of volunteers

- Maintaining accurate documentation in clinical trial documents and patient notes

- Participating in audits and suggesting changes to improve standards

- Educating and counselling volunteers, family, and those who volunteer for clinical trials

The post holder will take responsibility for supervising the safe administration of experimental therapies, and for monitoring the expected and unexpected side effects of drugs and other treatment modalities used in these trials. The successful candidate will have a flexible approach towards teamwork and patient/family involvement, and be enthusiastic, professional, and accountable.

The salary for this post is £47,951 to £56,863 per annum.

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## Skills

### Required
- Good Clinical Practice
- clinical research
- patient care
- teamworking
- communication skills
- medication administration
- phlebotomy
- cannulation

### Nice to have
- Specific Clinical Research qualification
- post registration experience in a relevant specialty

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