Clinical Research Practitioner - Nottingham, United Kingdom - Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust

Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust

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Nottingham, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

The post holder will be a key member of the Orthopaedic Surgery Clinical Research team.

They will assist in the management, co-ordination and facilitation of clinical trial activities to support delivery of current and future studies in the research team to time and target.

They will provide specialist research and clinical care for participants and patients enrolling in a variety of research studies and project.

This post is open to highly motivated health care professionals with research experience in the clinical environment.

The post-holder will be required to work flexibly over a five day week.

You will need to familiarise yourself with the full job description and person specification documents attached to this advert.

The post holder will be responsible for the running of complex clinical trials both commercial and non-commercial, as well as other types of clinical research in the Trust.

You will need knowledge of clinical research studies in the clinical setting and exposure to research conducted in the NHS (on wards / theatres / outpatients etc.).

Experience of liaising with and maintaining good working relationships with other health professionals across all clinical disciplines at all levels is essential.

The post holder will be working independently and with a wider team, work across both sites (QMC & NCH). Full support and training will be provided by to the post holder.

We are changing the lives of millions of people through outstanding clinical research developed by world-leading clinicians, academics and scientists in Nottingham.

Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust is one of the biggest and busiest acute hospitals in England, employing over 16,000 staff.

We provide care to over 2.5million residents of Nottingham and its surrounding communities and specialist services to a further 3-4million people from neighbouring counties.

Clinical research is central to the care we provide for every patient.

We deliver over 400 clinical trials across all specialties working as part of the healthcare team, supported by experts in every part of the research process.

Our NIHR Nottingham Biomedical Research Centre is translating research discoveries into new treatments for common diseases including asthma and arthritis.

Central to our research is Nottingham's expertise in Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI).

Supporting all of our research is the NIHR Nottingham Clinical Research Facility; providing infrastructure, skills and knowledge essential to the delivery of high quality experimental medicine research for adults and children.

Through our dedicated Research Futures multi-professional school, we support the development of knowledge, skills and careers for all clinical and non-clinical roles in research.

Our vision is to drive the next generation of scientific discovery and enable every member of our research workforce to realise their full potential.

Clinical
Assist research nurses/ACP's/Clinicians in delivery of patient care to research participants.
Support and co-ordinate obtaining and processing of blood and tissue samples in the clinical
setting as well as optimising recruitment via clinics and MDT's.
Work alongside research nurses ensuring samples are collected and recorded per protocol.
Review and record treatments, adverse events and response to treatment to relevant study
documentation including source data and case report forms including electronic data entry.

Plan, prepare and participate in monitoring visits and respond to trial data queries.

Communication
To function as a member of the Research and Innovation Clinical Trials Team to provide
dedicated clinical trials support to research teams across NUH. Working within a multidisciplinary team, to co-ordinate a caseload of patients participating in local, national and
international clinical trials in various treatment types.

Disseminate information to consultants regarding new trials on the National Institute of

Health Research trial portfolio as well as non-adopted clinical trials, to enable optimal patient
recruitment.
Ensure ethics and R&D approval and indemnities are in place before recruitment of first
patients to a newly set up trial. Facilitate the set-up of trials on site i.e. SSI submission via
IRAS account, liaise with trial centre and other relevant staff to organise trial set-up visits.
Liaise with clinical teams to organise and ensure that trial specific investigations are
undertaken as and when required, obtain the results, ensure eligibility and randomise the
patient.
Liaise with medical staff to record organise and ensure the timely administration of treatment
and any necessary follow up investigations and visits.
Liaise with histopathology ensuring tissue samples are stored via Tissue Bank guidelines,
organising storage and catalogue of samples kept.
To ensure effective communication with support departments to request and obtain specific
trial related information. E.g. Radiology copy scans, histologica