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Client: hVIVO
Location: London, United Kingdom
Job Category: Other
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EU work permit required: Yes
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Job Reference: 8ba3b26a77c7
Job Views: 29
Posted: 22.06.2025
Expiry Date: 06.08.2025
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Job Description: Overview
This is an exciting opportunity for a Senior Research Nurse to join our team at hVIVO working in the pioneering world of human based clinical trials. This is a full-time, permanent role based between Whitechapel, E1 and Canary Wharf, E14 (from mid 2024).
hVIVO conducts human challenge studies offering services to both pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies using a range of different clinical trial methodologies across differing viral challenges. The end goal of our clinical trials is to potentially eradicate common illnesses like the common cold and flu completely – or at least make treatment of them as easy and effective as possible. Volunteers are central to the work that we do. Our studies focus on testing new treatments on real people, in a safe, controlled, clinical environment.
The Senior Research Nurse plays a key role in the coordination of clinical unit activities, appropriate staff scheduling , the development of quality service delivery, providing management, support and guidance to all staff and ensuring a GCP customer focussed servicefrom screening to final study visit.
Practicing at an advanced level demonstrating a high level of autonomy and clinical decision-making, performing diverse responsibilities requiring considerable analysis, judgment, and detailed understanding of clinical research processes and staff development and engagement.
Acting as clinical project lead from clinical start-up to close out, this role is responsible for providing support as study coordinator on trials, and as a line manager for Research Nurses. This role provides mentoring and supervisory support to the clinicalteam, study support to project teams and to maintain a ward environment conducive to study delivery. With other members of the senior clinical team, the Senior Research Nurse ensures that all staff work in accordance to evidence based nursing practice, maintaining high standards of care.
Main Responsibilities
Responsible for leading studies from a clinical perspective from set up to close out of studies;
Acting as a catalyst for change and improvement in performance quality at a cross departmental level;
Hire, train, and manage Research Nurses, support staff
Creating and analysing metrics towards continuous improvement;
Quality focused management, tracking training and procedural compliance;
Overall responsibility for the supervision of clinical staff in the clinical environment, providing guidance and mentoring to Research Nurses and clinical support staff towards clinical excellence;Development and implementation of study delivery strategies commensurate with caseload, staff skill mix and resource;
Active involvement in process improvements and development of SOPs and other procedural documents
Support Clinical Operations to ensure the appropriate clinical training is delivered and that desired standards of competency are monitored maintained and documented, including providing revalidation support;
Interpret health legislation and directives with regard to their impact on, or applicability to the Research Environment and ensure effective implementation as appropriate;
Ensure that staff apply current developments in clinical practise;
Provide input to the hSITE Management Plan and maintain the hSITE Risk Register;
Responsible for regular review of hSITE quality systems driving process change, CAPA completion and coordinating audit responses;
Develops strategies to promote staff compliance with process and training.
Preparing, planning and execution of daily clinical activities;
Provide guidance and mentoring to staff in the clinical environment;
Ensure competence in performing their own and team’s daily tasks;
Supervision and training of new ancillary staff in the clinical environment as required;
Create or review and complete study related documents e.g. SOPs, logs, source data and CRF’s;
Overseeing clinical consumables, equipment maintenance, emergency procedures and staff training
Promote and adhere to Company SOP’s, protocols and Health and Safety Regulations;
Study Coordinator; act as a lead nurse in given projects
Ensure volunteer safety and comfort by ensuring an infrastructure is in place for the volunteer journey.
Skills & Experiences
Solid experience in leading clinical studies from set up to close out in an NHS or commercial setting
Good knowledge of Good Clinical Practice/Previous experience in a clinical trial setting
Ability to work with a degree of flexibility and multi-task
Demonstrated Leadership and strong motivational skills
Previous demonstrable experience of managing the workload of a nursing team
NMC Registered
Valid Immediate Life Support certification
Completed Immunisation and Vaccination (DPC Healthcare providers)
Excellent time management and organisational skills
Good communicationskills
Sound clinical knowledge
Ability to delegate and supervise
Ability to prioritise own workload
Competence in the recording of medical history, vital signs, ECG, phlebotomy and the ability and willingness to learn new skills
Demonstrated ability to manage a eam of clinical professionals and create a productive, satisfying work environment
An understanding of ethical practice and confidentiality
Good IT skills including Word and Excel
Experience working within the UK healthcare structure a minimum of 12 months
Well-developed knowledge and understanding of clinical supervision
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This is an exciting opportunity for a Senior Research Nurse to join our team at hVIVO working in the pioneering world of human based clinical trials. This is a full-time, permanent role based between Whitechapel, E1 and Canary Wharf, E14 (from mid 2024).
hVIVO conducts human challenge studies offering services to both pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies using a range of different clinical trial methodologies across differing viral challenges. The end goal of our clinical trials is to potentially eradicate common illnesses like the common cold and flu completely – or at least make treatment of them as easy and effective as possible. Volunteers are central to the work that we do. Our studies focus on testing new treatments on real people, in a safe, controlled, clinical environment.
The Senior Research Nurse plays a key role in the coordination of clinical unit activities, appropriate staff scheduling , the development of quality service delivery, providing management, support and guidance to all staff and ensuring a GCP customer focussed servicefrom screening to final study visit.
Practicing at an advanced level demonstrating a high level of autonomy and clinical decision-making, performing diverse responsibilities requiring considerable analysis, judgment, and detailed understanding of clinical research processes and staff development and engagement.
Acting as clinical project lead from clinical start-up to close out, this role is responsible for providing support as study coordinator on trials, and as a line manager for Research Nurses. This role provides mentoring and supervisory support to the clinicalteam, study support to project teams and to maintain a ward environment conducive to study delivery. With other members of the senior clinical team, the Senior Research Nurse ensures that all staff work in accordance to evidence based nursing practice, maintaining high standards of care.
Main Responsibilities
Responsible for leading studies from a clinical perspective from set up to close out of studies;
Acting as a catalyst for change and improvement in performance quality at a cross departmental level;
Hire, train, and manage Research Nurses, support staff
Creating and analysing metrics towards continuous improvement;
Quality focused management, tracking training and procedural compliance;
Overall responsibility for the supervision of clinical staff in the clinical environment, providing guidance and mentoring to Research Nurses and clinical support staff towards clinical excellence;Development and implementation of study delivery strategies commensurate with caseload, staff skill mix and resource;
Active involvement in process improvements and development of SOPs and other procedural documents
Support Clinical Operations to ensure the appropriate clinical training is delivered and that desired standards of competency are monitored maintained and documented, including providing revalidation support;
Interpret health legislation and directives with regard to their impact on, or applicability to the Research Environment and ensure effective implementation as appropriate;
Ensure that staff apply current developments in clinical practise;
Provide input to the hSITE Management Plan and maintain the hSITE Risk Register;
Responsible for regular review of hSITE quality systems driving process change, CAPA completion and coordinating audit responses;
Develops strategies to promote staff compliance with process and training.
Preparing, planning and execution of daily clinical activities;
Provide guidance and mentoring to staff in the clinical environment;
Ensure competence in performing their own and team’s daily tasks;
Supervision and training of new ancillary staff in the clinical environment as required;
Create or review and complete study related documents e.g. SOPs, logs, source data and CRF’s;
Overseeing clinical consumables, equipment maintenance, emergency procedures and staff training
Promote and adhere to Company SOP’s, protocols and Health and Safety Regulations;
Study Coordinator; act as a lead nurse in given projects
Ensure volunteer safety and comfort by ensuring an infrastructure is in place for the volunteer journey.
Skills & Experiences
Solid experience in leading clinical studies from set up to close out in an NHS or commercial setting
Good knowledge of Good Clinical Practice/Previous experience in a clinical trial setting
Ability to work with a degree of flexibility and multi-task
Demonstrated Leadership and strong motivational skills
Previous demonstrable experience of managing the workload of a nursing team
NMC Registered
Valid Immediate Life Support certification
Completed Immunisation and Vaccination (DPC Healthcare providers)
Excellent time management and organisational skills
Good communicationskills
Sound clinical knowledge
Ability to delegate and supervise
Ability to prioritise own workload
Competence in the recording of medical history, vital signs, ECG, phlebotomy and the ability and willingness to learn new skills
Demonstrated ability to manage a eam of clinical professionals and create a productive, satisfying work environment
An understanding of ethical practice and confidentiality
Good IT skills including Word and Excel
Experience working within the UK healthcare structure a minimum of 12 months
Well-developed knowledge and understanding of clinical supervision
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