# Barts Bioresource (BBR) Nurse > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Barts Health NHS Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/barts-bioresource-bbr-nurse/a8e10962-794a-46eb-8785-9206ec553248 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/barts-bioresource-bbr-nurse/a8e10962-794a-46eb-8785-9206ec553248.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Barts Health NHS Trust - **Location:** St Bartholomew's Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Nurse (adult and children) - **Grade:** Band 5 - **Salary:** £32,073 - £39,043 per annum - **Contract type:** 12 months (Fixed term: 12 months) - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-09-16T22:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-09-02T08:42:11.006Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/London/London/Barts_Health_NHS_Trust/Barts_Bioresource_Whiteley/Barts_Bioresource_Whiteley-v8265806 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8265806?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.bartshealth.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview The Barts BioResource is looking for a compassionate and motivated Band 5 Nurse to join our core team. You will work as part of a modular team of three who embed within clinical areas to deliver safe, high‑quality participant recruitment and help local teams build the skills and confidence to recruit to the BBR independently. This is a rewarding role for a nurse who enjoys patient contact, teaching others and improving services. You will screen, consent and support participants with clarity, model excellent practice and occasionally process and aliquot biological samples in line with laboratory standards. Every aspect of the role reflects our WeCare values and our commitment to outstanding patient and staff experience. ### Main duties of the job The postholder will be a core member of the Barts BioResource (BBR) team, working within a modular team of three nurses who embed into clinical areas across the Trust, to deliver safe, compassionate participant recruitment and build local capability. The role combines participant‑facing activity with training, coaching and quality improvement. The postholder will also support biological sample processing and aliquoting in line with laboratory SOPs when required. Every aspect of the role reflects our WeCare values and commitment to excellent patient and staff experience. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below. Although this position is a 12 months fixed-term contract, the actual contract duration will be adjusted to account for the time taken to advertise the post, complete the hiring process, and finalise pre-employment checks. This means the contract will begin when the candidate starts the role and may be slightly shorter than 12 months. ### 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. ## Person Specification ### Other **Essential** - Comfortable working in different clinical and academic environments at both Barts and QMUL. - Adaptable to change. - Working with staff from a range of professional backgrounds and seniority. - Working collaboratively in a team. - Committed to continuous improvement. - Compassionate, calm and aligned with WeCare values. - Willing to work to contracted hours within BBR service hours 08:00-18:00. - Willingness to participate in emergency on-call rota. **Desirable** - Interest in genomics, research or service development. ### Skills **Essential** - Excellent communication. - Strong attention to detail. - Ability to prioritise. - Strong record keeping. - Problem-solving mindset. - Ability to coach and support others. - Phlebotomy - Cannulation **Desirable** - Experience of using research databases - Electronic logging systems. - Sample handling and processing ### Knowledge **Essential** - Understanding of safeguarding, confidentiality and data protection. - Awareness of the Health Research Authority. **Desirable** - Awareness of clinical networks, NIHR or similar research programmes - Human Tissue Act ### Experience **Essential** - Patient facing clinical experience. - Experience explaining clinical information clearly. - Experience with clinical data collection. **Desirable** - Knowledge of and preferably experience in, the conducting of clinical trials - Training or coaching others - Experience of clinical trials and research approvals process ### Qualifications **Essential** - Registered Nurse (NMC) **Desirable** - Good Clinical Practice (GCP) training ## Documents - [job description (pdf, 293.8kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10580192) - [our values and behaviours (pdf, 334.9kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1119) - [candidate information pack (pdf, 549.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2446) - [policy statement on the recruitment of ex-offenders (pdf, 92.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1120) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.