Nursing Team Leader - Manchester, United Kingdom - The Christie NHS Foundation Trust

Description

The Christie NHS Foundation Trust is an international leader in cancer research and development and is the largest cancer treatment centre of its kind in Europe.

In a global survey we have been ranked as one of the top 10 most technologically advanced cancer centres in the world outside North America.

Our strategic ambition to be one of the world's leading comprehensive cancer centres for translational research.

We want to transform the clinical care of our patients by developing and implementing a personalised medicine strategy and undertake relevant and innovative research to improve outcomes for our patients.

This post presents an exciting opportunity to lead and manage a group of established research teams with a varied portfolio of phase 1 to phase 3 studies specialising in treating patients with oncological cancers.

The team under this post's portfolio will consist of the GI/HPB Research Teams.

The post holder will take responsibility for leading the teams from a strategic perspective and have direct line management responsibility for Senior Clinical Research Nurses and Research Portfolio Support Managers.

An understanding of the strategic objectives of the Trust and how these relate to national policy and to the objectives of the Research division.

You will work collaboratively with the other members of the study team and with the wider multi-disciplinary research community.

We provide radiotherapy through one of the largest radiotherapy departments in the world chemotherapy on site and through 14 other hospitals highly specialist surgery for complex and rare cancer and a wide range of support and diagnostic services.

We are also an international leader in research, with world first breakthroughs for over 100 years. We run one of the largest early clinical trial units in Europe with over 300 trials every year.

Cancer research in Manchester, most of which is undertaken on the Christie site, has been officially ranked the best in the UK.

Management and Leadership

Provide professional and management leadership to support the development of clinical research activity for defined research recruitment and delivery teams.

Ensure appropriate processes are in place to oversee and influence performance of teams including ensuring local and national research targets are met.

Conduct trial feasibility to assess the impact on workload in defined research groups and the Trust to establish whether there are adequate resources available to meet clinical trial activity.

To have full oversight of clinical trial submission process within teams and overall responsibility from feasibility through to close out of a team portfolio of clinical trials.

Provide divisional representation on relevant trust wide committees relating to governance structures and operational management, where appropriate.
Work autonomously in all areas of practice relating to clinical research.
Take a proactive approach in ensuring local and national performance and recruitment metrics are adhered to and met.
Work with Trust R& I department and research staff to ensure regulatory and governance frameworks are adhered to.
Identify strategies for recruiting patients to clinical trials and support team members in implementing these strategies.
Ensure all Trust-wide policies and practices are adhered to and implemented within teams

Contribute to the development and implementation of the R& I strategy and objectives.
Contribute to and implement relevant strategies within the trust including the NIHR Nursing strategy.
Foster strategic links and work in close partnership with appropriate key stakeholders to ensure all local, corporate, and national initiatives and targets are met

Finance and Business Management

Work with the research income and costings team in forecasting projected income to secure funding for the retention and expansion of Clinical trial team nursing and administration posts.

Oversee the management, implementation, and facilitation of clinical trial delivery.
Set up processes/patient pathways in specialist research areas to promote a cost-effective timely service for individual protocols (including specialist clinics)

Assimilate complex information relating to clinical trials and communicate this information to patients and staff at a level appropriate to their understanding.

Education and Training

To support pre and post registration education development through ensuring all members of staff have access to relevant and required training within the field of research and ensure staff work towards relevant competencies.

Actively promote the workplace as a learning environment, ensuring all staff make effective use of learning opportunities.
To develop and facilitate educational programs to meet the competencies of the Clinical research nursing and administration teams.

Maintain professional development whilst evaluating own specialist knowledge and practice through a process of appraisal, revalidation, and personal development planning.

Quality

Ensure that all research activity is conducted within the relevant governance frameworks and according to local SOPs.
Lead on and participate in service improvement projects and development programmes that contribute to excellent patient experience.
Promote a culture of effective collaboration and continuous improvement by implementing the quality strategy and objectives

Information Management

Can use a variety of clinical research related information systems including CWP, R-PEAK

Produce and utilize reports to manage team performance, including, but not limited to, HR, Financial, patient recruitment, and other KPIs.

Ensure teams are involved with, and influences trust Digital strategies in relation to the requirement of the R& I division

Represent the Division and Trust at specialist research forums or consultative groups in relation to clinical research.
Process highly complex, scientific and sometimes sensitive patient information and when required, communicate this to a wide range of multi-disciplinary staff groups
Ensure that there is effective communication, across all organisational boundaries in relation to clinical trial activities

Ensure the interests of the research division are considered in the planning and development of new systems and processes.

To raise the profile of clinical research nursing locally and nationally.

oMaster's degree or evidence of post graduate study

oSubstantial Oncology Experience
oSignificant experience undertaking, coordinating and managing clinical research.
oEvidence of management/leadership

oDemonstrate broad range of management skills
oWorking knowledge of office-based packages

Expert knowledge of clinical trials process and regulatory frameworks
Working knowledge of professional and NHS issues and policy relating to all sectors of oncology

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