Clinical Research Nurse

Job overview

Health and Care Research Wales is a research infrastructure funded by the Division of Research & Development, Welsh Government. The overarching vision of Health and Care Research Wales is to be internationally recognised for its excellent health and social care research that has a positive impact on the health, wellbeing and prosperity of the people in Wales. A Support and Delivery infrastructure was established in 2015 in order to achieve maximum efficiency and effectiveness and international competitiveness in the research environment within Wales. This included a Support Centre to provide centralised functions and services at a National level and local R&D functions via NHS R&D Departments at each organisation.

The NHS R&D Departments led by a R&D Director provide local services for research support and facilitates the sponsoring and hosting of studies within in each UHB.   Part of this service includes a NHS research delivery team consisting of Research Nurses, Clinical Studies Officers, Research Officers and Administrators, employed by NHS organisations to support the delivery of high quality health and social care studies. The  Clinical Research Nurse will be a part of these NHS research delivery teams.

This post is fixed term/secondment for 1 year from the start date,  to meet the needs of the service.  If you are interested in applying for the secondment position, you must obtain permission from your current line manager prior to applying for this post.

Main duties of the job

An exciting opportunity has arisen within Cardiff and Vale University R&D for a Research Nurse to become part of the Medicine research delivery team.

We are seeking to employ a band 5 Registered Nurse with either Research and/or clinical experience with an interest in research.  The post holder will contribute to the assessment and management of the care pathways for patients  participating in clinical trials. This will include the recruitment, education, monitoring of trial patients, the collection and documentation of accurate data.

The post holder will be based at the University Hospital of Wales and will  be employed to support the portfolio of  studies for the medicine and surgical teams.

The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post. Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click “Apply now” to view in Trac