Research NurseNHS

Job summary

This role involves using an in depth knowledge of research protocols and their application in practice, alongside a working knowledge and compliance with the local, national and international research regulations. The Research Nurse is an independent practitioner who is supported by other clinical experts, relevant to specific research studies, and who reports and is responsible to the Director of Research and Chief Nursing Officer respectively.

Please note that we are unable to offer visa sponsorship for this position. Applicants will be required to demonstrate their right to work in the UK at interview.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be responsible for the management, co-ordination and facilitation for a defined group of concurrent research studies, from set up to archiving, ensuring that agreed patient recruitment targets are safely achieved. This will involve direct patient contact in the recruitment, education and monitoring of patients taking part in research studies and the collection and documentation of accurate data and will include clinical procedures.

Job description

To deliver safe, high quality research nursing services within the Primary Care setting. Working within the NMC Code of Conduct and professional boundaries, the post holder will deliver health care interventions and care as defined by the parameters of the research studies and as directed by the Director of Research. The post holder will work to support relevant service development, the safe delivery and implementation of policy and procedures, and demonstrate effective professional nurse standards, advocacy and performance.

About us

LAKESIDE HEALTHCARE is at the forefront of Primary Care based Clinical Research Trials. We are a National leader in the delivery of cutting edge Research Trials such as two Covid-19 Vaccination Trials where we were in the top 5 for recruitment for both studies. We are a large multi-site General Practice Organisation and strive to provide the opportunity for all of our patients to have access to Innovative Clinical Research Trials.

We have a dedicated Clinical Trials Research Unit based at our Corby Site Headquarters with a complement of Research Physicians, Research Nurses, a Research Coordinator and Research Administrators. We are expanding our team due to the rapid increase in the number of Clinical Trials we are working on.