Band 6 Clinical Research / Nurse Practitioner

"An opportunity has arisen for a professional and highly organised person with an interest in working in clinical research to join the friendly Research and Innovation (R&I) team at Barking, Havering and Redbridge Trust. You will be working within the oncology research team on a day-to-day basis to support the delivery of an effective and efficient service. This role will be an integral part of the research service, working closely with the multi-disciplinary team to provide a clinical trials service with a focus on both non-commercial (hosted) and commercially sponsored studies. The department is looking for someone who is highly motivated and passionate about clinical research. You will be working with a variety of clinical doctors, nurses and allied health professionals in a friendly and supportive environment to support the delivery of NIHR portfolio adopted studies. The successful candidate will need to be able to work independently as well as being an excellent team player., The function of the Clinical Research Nurse/Practitioner is to provide a clinical trials service to Barking Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust. As a research nurse/practitioner, you will be responsible for assessing and managing the care of trial participants and their carers/family members. This will involve the recruitment, education and monitoring of trial participants and the collection and documentation of accurate data.

You will work collaboratively within the multidisciplinary team, managing a caseload of clinical trial participants. This role requires an innovative person with a commitment to providing quality patient care to a high standard. The role involves using in-depth knowledge of trial protocols and their application in practise, research methodology and an in-depth working knowledge of local, national and international research regulation requirements.

There is a requirement to have excellent written and verbal communication skills, be enthusiastic about contributing to the clinical trials process, have the ability to adapt to changing situations and be able to organise and prioritise own workload.

We're an organisation that is getting better and better. We were the most improved Trust in England for A&E performance in 2023/24; we're no longer in special measures; and Matthew Trainer, our Chief Executive, has been named the top CEO by the Health Service Journal. Our improvements are driven by a determination to deliver care we're proud of and that our patients are happy with.

Many of our 8,000 staff - who come from 146 different countries - live in the three diverse London boroughs we serve and the majority are from black, Asian and minority ethnic groups. More than 400 of them are on apprenticeship programmes and we're proud to be a London Living Wage employer.

We operate from two main sites - King George Hospital (KGH) in Goodmayes and Queen's Hospital in Romford. We have two of the busiest emergency departments in London - more than 300,000 people visited our A&Es in 2023.

Patients across north east London are benefitting from two new state of the art theatres at KGH and our Community Diagnostic Centres at Barking Community Hospital and St George's Health and Wellbeing Hub will significantly increase the number of scans that can be carried out.

We're looking forward to introducing an electronic patient record next year. This will mean the records of any patient visiting one of the seven hospitals run by BHRUT and Barts Health will be accessible to the clinical teams. It'll make things easier for staff and will be better for patients.