Director of Nursing - Hexham, Northumberland, United Kingdom - OH Sourcing

Description

Lead Clinical Research Nurse opportunity to join leading Contract Research Organisation at their site in Hexham.


The Position:
Full time, 37 hours, Permanent

Monday to Thursday 8am-4:30pm, Friday 8am-4pm

As a Lead Clinical Research Nurse, you will be a key member impacting the development and research for therapeutics for patients.

You will act as the lead coordinator on multiple ongoing clinical trials, collaborating closely with monitors and other stakeholders. You will also be able to provide training and mentorship to junior team members.

• Acts as the lead and subject matter expert in conducting clinical studies according to FDA/GCP and ICH regulations and guidelines.
• Provides medical care to patients, always ensuring patient safety comes first.
• Schedules subject visits within protocol windows, ensuring scheduling capacity is improved.
• Performs all defined study activities (i.e., informed consent, screening, and protocol procedures which include but not limited to vital signs, pregnancy tests, height, weight, ECG's, blood samples, etc.).
• Performs clinical assessments of participants, monitors laboratory safety reports, and communicates any serious or potentially serious adverse events as per the company procedure.
• Serves as a primary point of sponsor contact for all research activities for studies assigned.
• Acts as a back-up to direct people manager. This includes but is not limited to, coordinating and assigning work to team members, scheduling, and monitoring time.
• Involved in the interview and hiring process of new team members.
• Assists in the training of new team members and provides mentoring.
• Provides input into evaluations performance reviews of team members.
• Performs other study related duties as qualified by documented training.

The Requirements:

• A qualified Nurse, a registration with no limitations to practice within the Nursing and Midwifery Council (Adult)
• Extensive nursing experience
• Clinical Research experience (Preferred)