About this role
Job summary
The Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust is committed to promoting and embedding research activity across Nursing and Allied Health Professionals within the Trust and in collaboration with academic, commercial and non-commercial partners.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will be responsible for providing professional leadership and support Nursing and Allied Health Professionals engaged in clinical research within the Trust. Working closely with multi professional clinical research teams, the Lead Research Nurse will lead to delivery of safe and effective clinical research and with an agreed quality performance framework.
About us
At Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust (CWPT), we deliver a wide range of physical, mental health, learning disability and autism services, and are proud to serve communities across Coventry, Warwickshire and beyond.
We put 'people at our heart'; this ethos is at the centre of everything we do and how we do it. We care for our staff and colleagues as much as they care for others and offer a wide range of benefits and development opportunities.
generous annual leave entitlement which increases during your time with us excellent learning and development opportunities, including apprenticeship frameworks, distance learning, internal training, coaching and mentoring, and much more salary sacrifice schemes for lease car/ vehicle, Cycle to Work, home and electronics, gym membership and more discounts with a range of retailers, restaurants and entertainment venues through our Employee Assistance Programme and NHS discount schemes wellbeing support, including an in-house counselling service, external helpline and more staff networks and support group We're always on the lookout for people who share our passion for improving the lives and wellbeing of people in our community, as well as our values of compassion, collaboration, excellence, integrity and respect.
Job description Job responsibilities
The post holder will support the ongoing development and implementation of the Quality Framework, along with supporting data collection and facilitating groups.
Develop and deliver research nursing secondments within the Partnership Trust, in collaboration with the Head of R&I Operations.
Supervise/peer support is offered to directorate leads.
Develop and deliver a package of support, training, mentorship for individuals. This will include addressing individual staff members personal and professional development needs.
Ensure that these staff are working in a professional manner and that all are working as accountable practitioners.
Be responsible for the setting and monitoring professional standards and ensure that Trust policies and procedures are adhered to.
Be responsible for creating a dynamic learning environment for Nursing and Allied Health Professional staff, overseeing the provision of education, research and practice development.
Act as an expert resource to other clinicians in order to support delivery of research in the Trust. This will require the post holder to be highly visible across the Trust, particularly to nurses and allied health professionals. This is a senior Nursing role within the organisation and there is an expectation that the post holder will fully participate in the clinical and professional leadership within the organisation.
Act as a role model, employ professional behaviour that encourages and coaches their team members to challenge their current competencies, whilst seeking opportunities to enhance their roles. This includes the creation of a culture of appraisals and personal and professional development whilst setting clear smart objectives to meet the needs of the individual, clinical area and organisation.
Work with the Head of Research and other stakeholders to assess the feasibility of portfolio and commercial studies, including attending meeting with internal and external partners and providing expertise in nurse-led research delivery.
Assist in the delivery of research studies as and when necessary, including clinical interventions, for example, phlebotomy, ECGs, BP, infection swabs, processing bloods.
Contribute to verbal and written reports in a timely and appropriate manner.
Work with team members and relevant stakeholders to oversee all research projects, to achieve time and target objectives.
Person Specification
Qualifications Essential
First level registration Educated to degree level in health related subject Provide evidence of continuous professional development, documented within CPD portfolio
Experience Essential
Clinical research experience at a senior level Evidence of involvement and leadership in teaching and mentorship Fully aware of principles of infection control and health and safety issues
Other Essential
oMust have independent means of transportation and be able to travel to different sites around the Trust
Disclosure and Barring Service Check This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details Employer name Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust
Address Wayside House
Wilsons Lane
Coventry
CV6 6NY
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.covwarkpt.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)