Research Nurse / Practitioner

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a highly motivated and enthusiastic Research Nurse/Practitioner to join the internationally recognised research teams within the Division of Cardiovascular Medicine (CVM), University of Oxford. CVM is renowned for its excellence in translational and clinical cardiovascular research, delivering innovative studies that improve patient care and outcomes worldwide. As Research Nurse/Practitioner, you will drive the AdipoRedOx study, which investigates the mechanisms by which adipose tissue, the vascular tissue and the heart muscle interact. You will play a key role in screening and recruiting eligible participants into the study, organising and/or performing imaging scans (e.g., ultrasound and CT scans), and obtaining and processing blood samples. Responsibilities will include facilitating the informed consent process and providing ongoing information, education, and support to participants, in addition to ensuring that collected data is accurately documented and maintained. The postholder will work closely with laboratory researchers and clinical study personnel within a multidisciplinary environment., Recruit and screen new participants in order to establish their eligibility and safety to enter the study and to register participants into studies Facilitate the informed consent process and provide ongoing information, education and support to participants Perform ultrasound measurements on recruited participants as required by the study protocols Collect and process blood and other samples as required by the study protocols Organise Computed Tomography scans and accompany participants to the study sites Provide ongoing follow up care whilst a participant is in the clinical study Accurately document data collected into the case report forms and to ensure that clinical study recruitment records are accurately maintained Coordinate ethics applications and handle amendments Attend multi-disciplinary meetings, and appropriate clinics, and to act as a resource to the members of the multidisciplinary team Liaise with laboratory researchers and clinical study personnel both within the department and outside the hospital, as necessary

The Division of Cardiovascular Medicine comprises approximately 200 people across a range of staff groups and locations and has a total turnover of approximately £18M per annum of which external grants amount to around £10M, with a total grant portfolio of around £70M. Professor Stefan Neubauer is the Head of the Division of Cardiovascular Medicine. The Division was returned as part of the Clinical Medicine unit of assessment in the 2021 REF, with 59% of research in this area rated as 4

• (the highest quality, defined as world-leading) and a further 34% returning a 3 rating (internationally excellent).
The molecular genetics and model organism programmes are based in laboratories at the Centre for Human Genetics and close links are maintained with the epidemiological work of the Clinical Trials Service Unit (CTSU) in the adjacent building (both on the Old Road Campus site). CV Meds base, together with laboratories for molecular and cellular studies, is housed in the West Wing of the John Radcliffe Hospital. Clinical research is also based at the John Radcliffe, currently largely focused around the Oxford Centre for Clinical Magnetic Resonance Research (OCMR), the Acute Multidisciplinary Imaging and Interventional Centre (AMIIC), and Cardiovascular Clinical Research Facility (CCRF) which are all classified as Small Research facilities (SRFs).