Senior Clinical Research Nurse

The post holder will act as an autonomous practitioner, leading and supporting the delivery of a portfolio of commercial and non-commercial clinical trials across a range of specialties. You will play a key role in the coordination, management and delivery of research studies, ensuring high-quality patient care, regulatory compliance and achievement of recruitment targets., This is a leadership role requiring advanced clinical and research knowledge, with responsibility for supporting and developing research staff, promoting a positive research culture and ensuring research is embedded within clinical pathways across the Trust., Possess highly developed specialist knowledge of research activity, research governance and at least one clinical disease area.

Undertake complex work planning on a daily basis, coordinating own workload, study teams and activities to ensure organisational, study and patient requirements are met.

Allocate and reallocate tasks in line with staffing levels and service needs.

Support and coordinate the set-up and delivery of clinical trials, recruiting participants to both commercial and academic studies within the Trust.

Ensure accurate data management and timely reporting of safety findings in accordance with ICH GCP, HRA, REC and MHRA requirements.

Contribute to the delivery of Research Delivery Network (RDN) objectives across the North East and North Cumbria region.

Establish and maintain effective communication with local specialty teams, support services, external research teams and commercial partners.

Undertake research-related training to support the safe and high-quality delivery of clinical research.

Experience of working within a research environment is essential. Applicants must have a minimum of two years' experience as a Research Nurse, with senior research nurse experience being desirable, particularly within a community setting.

We manage three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick on Tweed, in addition to our state-of-the-art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England. We also care for people in their homes and provide services from facilities in local communities such as health centres.

We give people greater choice and control over their care to help them to live independently at home and avoid hospital admission where appropriate. High quality patient care is at the heart of everything we do and we strive to ensure every single patient and service user has an exceptional experience with us. We have one of the most extensive patient experience programmes of any trust in England.