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Senior Clinical Research Nurse

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Go back Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust Senior Clinical Research Nurse

The closing date is 13 July 2025

We are advertising for a dynamic and compassionate Research Nurse to join our PET Centre - Imaging CRF Research team.
The role includes a spectrum of research and clinical tasks including recruiting and obtaining consent, conducting pre- and post-PET assessments, interviewing and supporting patients and their families; preparing patients for their scan, phlebotomy, performing physiological observations, e.g. ECG, analysis of blood specimens; administering drugs, monitoring patients during and after their scan; performing data entry and assisting in the analysis and interpretation of trial data.
Further responsibility will include monitoring and raising the standard of care input within the team. The post holder will be instrumental in implementing team objectives to enhance the performance and development of the team.
Main duties of the job

The Clinical Research Nurse will be responsible for the nursing needs of the PET Centre's imaging research programmes. The post holder will play a key role in ensuring that all aspects of the PET Centre's Clinical Research activities are planned and undertaken in a manner that safeguards the well-being of the patients in accordance with Good Clinical Practice (GCP) and the Medicines for Human Use (Clinical Trial) Regulations 2004 as well as the Amended Regulations 2006.
The research nurse may contribute to the development of trial design by incorporating the patients' and nurses' perspectives. Liaison with pharmaceutical companies and academic institutions during trial development will be required. The post holder will work with a high level of autonomy, taking delegated responsibility from clinicians (including PIs) for clinical decision making, and taking a leading role in assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating expert nursing care for clinical research applications.
About us

Guy's and St Thomas NHS Foundation Trust have a long tradition of clinical and scientific achievement and - as part of King's Health Partners - we are one of England's eight academic health sciences centres, bringing together world-class clinical services, teaching and research.
The King's College London and Guy's & St Thomas PET Centre is one of the leading clinical PET centres in the UK with a large and varied clinical service and a substantial and expanding research track record. Our work includes providing a clinical PET service for patients under the NHSE PET II national contract and carrying out clinically related research with collaborators from the Hospital, the Medical School and other institutions.
We strive to recruit and retain the best staff as the dedication and skills of our employees lie at the heart of our organisation and ensure that our services are of the highest quality, safe and focused on our patients.
Job responsibilities

The research nurse will facilitate and aid in the recruitment of participants to ensure high quality studies and trials which will require the nurse to work flexibly to ensure the successful working of the clinical research projects they are assigned to. They will also act as a patient advocate providing support and assistance as required and assist in the co-ordination and management of a portfolio of clinical research studies.
Please see detailed Job Description and Person Specification
Person Specification

Qualifications/ Education

NMC Level One Registration Registered General Nurse - Adult
Educated to degree level in a health related or social sciences discipline
Professional knowledge acquired at degree level supplemented by specialist training, experience and short courses to master's level equivalent.
A relevant post graduate qualification in a research area involving patients or service users
Extensive experience of working within an NHS environment, preferably including in a research role
Experience in clinical trials, teaching and mentoring as demonstrated by individual portfolio.
Able to clearly demonstrate knowledge and understanding of current UK clinical trial regulations, good clinical practice and the Declaration of Helsinki 1996
Experience of being able to facilitate and undertake R&D activities as major job component
Be able to undertake research and lead clinical audit in own area
Experience of working within an Imaging Department
Experience of facilitating the gaining of Ethical and NHS permissions for a range of funded health related projects
Experience of working as a research practitioner within the NIHR Research Delivery Networks (RDN)
Experience of working with NHS patient database systems or NIHR RDN datasets
Skills/Knowledge/ Ability

Able to manage complex facts or situations, requiring analysis, interpretation and comparison in relation to research trials/studies
Extensive knowledge of a research area of relevance to the PET Centre or CRF
Able to develop specialist procedure protocols and adhere to all Trust policies and standard operating procedures
Organisation and management skills.
Knowledge of quality, standard setting, benchmarking and audit.
Competency in venepuncture and cannulation
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.
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