About this role
Job summary
The Research & Innovation Department at Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is a vital component of our commitment to delivering healthcare that is effective, efficient, and grounded in research. We are seeking a dedicated individual to join our team as a Clinical Research Practitioner.
As a Clinical Research Practitioner, you will play a crucial role in supporting the ongoing research efforts within our Trust. You will work closely with current portfolio research staff to ensure the completeness, accuracy, and consistency of data, adhering to the highest standards expected for reporting to regulatory bodies. Your responsibilities will include providing clinical support to patients enrolled in clinical trials, performing various tasks such as sample collection, tests, and physical measurements as outlined in the clinical trial protocol and in accordance with Good Clinical Practice guidelines.
Main duties of the job
To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.
About us
We are an award-winning NHS Foundation Trust working alongside health and social care colleagues across the county to provide acute and community healthcare services to more than 420,000 people across Mansfield, Ashfield, Newark and Sherwood, and parts of Derbyshire and Lincolnshire.
We put the patient at the heart of everything that we do and it is our aim to make sure that every patient is treated as we would want a member of our own family to be treated. At the same time, we expect our staff to be caring, kind and courteous to each other and to look out for each other. We believe that we are truly a clinically-led organisation.
We are proud that our Trust colleagues have voted us the best acute Trust to work for in the East Midlands for seven years running in the National NHS Staff Survey, while the Care Quality Commission has rated our Trust as 'outstanding' for care and our King's Mill Hospital as the only 'outstanding' NHS-run hospital in the East Midlands.
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Job description
Job responsibilities
Person Specification
Knowledge Requirements
Essential
- Knowledge of clinical trials
- Previous recent research/data collection/data input/clinical audit experience
- Knowledge of GCP and Research Governance
Desirable
- Ability to evaluate patient eligibility for entry into clinical trials against defined protocols
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to Diploma level or equivalent level of experience
- Required to participate in CPD
- Administrative qualifications
- An understanding of the research process
- Proven verbal communication skills with different staff groups
Desirable
- Study beyond GCSE
Further Training
Desirable
- Hospital computer systems e.g. Medway, case note tracking, ORION
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working in an NHS setting
- Knowledge of clinical trials
- Previous recent research/data collection/data input/clinical audit experience
- Hospital systems experience (Care Flow, EDGE)
- Practical Experience and competent in Microsoft Office
- Experience of working in a laboratory setting
- Cannulation and Phlebotomy Skills and ECG's
- Knowledge of GCP and Research Governance
- Experience of working within Clinical Trials
Desirable
- NHS or healthcare related
- Experience in the clinical care of patients enrolled in research studies
Contractual Requirements
Essential
- Standard, as stated in Agenda for Change
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.
Employer details
Employer name
Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Address
King's Mill Hospital
Mansfield Road
Sutton in Ashfield
NG17 4JL
United Kingdom
Employer's website
https://www.sfh-tr.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)