Job summary
- Main area
- Research and Innovation
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time - 30 hours per week
- Job ref
- 362-A-24-6954470
- Employer
- Stockport NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Stepping Hill Hospital
- Town
- Stockport
- Salary
- £37,338 - £44,962 Pro rata Per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- Today at 23:59
- Interview date
- 05/03/2025
Employer heading
Clinical Research Nurse
Band 6
Stockport NHS Foundation Trust
There are lots of good reasons to choose to come and work at Stockport NHS Foundation Trust. A dynamic integrated Trust with integrity and vision. Exactly the same qualities you’ll see in yourself. Stockport NHS Foundation Trust aims to be the organisation of choice for patients and an employer of choice for staff. In order to continually improve all aspects of our patient experience, we rely upon having a highly skilled, motivated, diverse, productive and patient focused workforce.
Stockport Foundation Trust is one of four ‘specialist’ hospital sites in Greater Manchester. Being a ‘specialist’ hospital will enhance our general surgery, anaesthetics, critical care and emergency medicine for the benefit of people in Stockport, High Peak, Cheshire and across Greater Manchester.
Our values ‘We Care, We Respect, We Listen’ are at the heart of everything we do, and come from our promise: ‘Making a difference every day.’ They drive the behaviour and actions for everyone in our organisation.
In your application for this post, please describe how your experience and skills align with 'Our values-based behaviours' ( see additional documentation) and provide examples.
Greater Manchester Continuous Service Commitment
As well as recognising previous NHS service, Stockport NHS Foundation Trust is a member of the Greater Manchester Continuous Service Commitment. If you are currently employed by Greater Manchester Local Authority, Combined Authority, GMFRS, TfGM as well as other public service organisations, Stockport NHS Foundation Trust will recognise your previous service for sickness and maternity/paternity/adoption entitlement and also for annual leave purposes (providing there has been no break in service). If you currently work for one of the above organisations and successfully apply for a post with Stockport NHS Foundation Trust, please ensure the Recruitment team are aware so that this service is reflected in your contract of employment.
Our Values:
We Care
About each other
Our patients and their families
The communities we serve
The environment
We support them and deliver on their promises
We Respect
Each other
Our patients and their families
Our partners
We are kind and helpful, and we expect the same in return
We Listen to
Each other
Our patients and their families
Our partners
We act and learn from what we hear
Job overview
The post holder will be a key member of the Research and Innovation (R&I) team providing specialist research and clinical care for participants enrolled in clinical research studies. They will support and promote the set-up and delivery of such studies within the Trust, demonstrating a clear commitment to patient safety. They will have responsibility for a portfolio of clinical research studies across multiple specialisms and take a lead role in development of this portfolio, by identifying new opportunities and liaising with study sponsors, internal and external parties.
Please note the interview may be held over 2 days.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will be involved in recruiting patients into clinical research studies. They will provide research nursing support for research staff, patients, volunteers and relatives as appropriate to the studies undertaken, and will ensure they are conducted to the appropriate regulatory standards. They will provide clinical leadership to nursing and support staff, including monitoring and raising the standard of research and care. They will be involved in development of team objectives to enhance the performance and expansion of research at the Trust.
Working for our organisation
We hold a unique position in the Stockport community as the provider of healthcare and we are one of its largest employers.
We believe that the best organisations are those that reflect the communities they serve. We are therefore seeking to improve the diversity of our workforce to make it truly representative of our local population.
We actively encourage applications irrespective of race, age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage & civil partnership, or pregnancy or maternity. Recognising those communities that are underrepresented within our workforce, we would particularly welcome applications from you.
If you require support with your application please contact a member of the recruitment team, who can discuss alternative application methods.
We recognise that flexible working is important. We take requests for flexible working seriously, consider any request we receive and try to work with you, so we can explore if your request may fit with the needs of the service.
Benefits we offer to you:
- Between 27-33 days of annual leave plus bank holidays
- NHS pension scheme membership
- Salary sacrifice schemes for lease cars, home electronics and more, to make your salary go further
- NHS Staff discounts
- Cycle to work scheme
- Salary finance – for loans, savings, budget planning and tips on managing debt
- Stockport Credit Union– for local financial advice
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The post holder will be a key member of the Research and Innovation (R&I) team providing specialist research and clinical care for participants enrolled in clinical research studies. They will support and promote the set-up and delivery of such studies within the Trust, demonstrating a clear commitment to patient safety. They will have responsibility for a portfolio of clinical research studies across multiple specialisms and take a lead role in development of this portfolio, by identifying new opportunities and liaising with study sponsors, internal and external parties.
The post holder will be involved in recruiting patients into clinical research studies. They will provide research nursing support for research staff, patients, volunteers and relatives as appropriate to the studies undertaken, and will ensure they are conducted to the appropriate regulatory standards. They will provide clinical leadership to nursing and support staff, including monitoring and raising the standard of research and care. They will be involved in development of team objectives to enhance the performance and expansion of research at the Trust.
The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment and promote safeguarding by implementing the Trust’s policies and procedures, acting promptly on concerns, communicating effectively and sharing information appropriately.
If successful this vacancy will require an enhanced DBS check at a cost of £54.50. This cost will be deducted from your first Trust salary
In addition to this it will be a condition of your employment that you will join the DBS update service and pay the annual subscription fee of £13.
COVID-19 vaccination remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course our patients from the virus when working in our healthcare settings. Whilst COVID-19 vaccination is not a condition of employment at this time, we do encourage our staff to get vaccinated. We will be checking the vaccination status of all new starters so that we can manage individual and environmental risks, and so that we can support those who may be undecided about vaccination. If you are unvaccinated and you would like some advice or information, including how to get vaccinated, please email [email protected]. There is a current Government consultation underway which will determine whether some new starters may need to be vaccinated.
Person specification
Education and Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Current First Level registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Council
- Evidence of continuing professional development
Desirable criteria
- Recognised recent ICH-GCP training
- Teaching and assessing qualification
- First degree/ on degree pathway or relevant clinical experience
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Good understanding of the purpose of clinical research, including ICH-GCP
Desirable criteria
- Understanding of the regulatory agencies, frameworks and legislation underpinning clinical research
- Knowledge of clinical research processes
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of working autonomously and as part of a multi-disciplinary team
- Experience of working across a variety of clinical areas
Desirable criteria
- Experience of working in a clinical research environment
- Experience of writing standard operating procedures
Skills and Abilities
Essential criteria
- Highly effective communication skills
- Good written and analytical skills
- Ability to plan and manage workload autonomously
- Demonstrable IT skills (including use of Microsoft suite)
- Clinical skills competency in venepuncture
- Effective team working across professional and organisation boundaries
Desirable criteria
- Involvement in informed consent process within scope of professional practice
- Co-ordination of specialist patient care pathways
Work Related Circumstances
Essential criteria
- Some flexibility in working hours to meet service need
- Ability to travel independently between hospital sites or to attend research related meetings (as required)
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Julie Melville
- Job title
- Senior Clinical Research Nurse
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0161 419 5893
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