Clinical Research Practitioner - #66222

Would you like to be part of a busy team offering research to our patients to support the discovery of future treatments and diagnostics?

Do you have a passion for improving patient outcomes through clinical research?

Are you an individual with a clinical background, who is keen to gain experience in the field of research delivery? Or an individual currently working in an administrative research role who is keen to move into a patient facing research delivery role to progress in their career?

The role of Clinical Research Practitioner could be for you...

An exciting opportunity has arisen to be part of the Research & Innovation Team at Northampton General Hospital.

The Research & Innovation Team are a multi-disciplinary team who work in all clinical areas at Northampton General Hospital, in partnership with hospital staff, to deliver a vast array of clinical trials. This is a unique and exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic, committed and disciplined clinical research practitioner to join the team. You will be working as part of the Research & Innovation Team, supporting the delivery of a wide variety of clinical research studies.

Informal visits are strongly encouraged if you are interested in applying. We would love to show you around our Clinical Research Facility to meet our team and discover what we do.

The Research & Innovation Team at Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust leads on supporting Principal Investigators (PI’s) in the setup, delivery and close out of research across all specialities within the Trust. Areas covered by the team include Rheumatology, Dermatology, Oncology, Haematology, Cardiology, Stroke, Diabetes and Women’s and Child Health. The Clinical Research Practitioner will report to the Research nurse team. Research & Innovation sits within the Medical Directors Directorate.

The post-holder will support the delivery of research throughout the Trust, developing the research collaboration and maximising opportunities to increase research and innovation capacity and capability, with the aim of increasing the number of staff and patients participating in high quality research.

The Clinical Research Practitioner will be responsible for the collection, recording and maintaining of data for patients on research studies.

The post holder will support current research staff in ensuring the completeness, accuracy and consistency of the data in order to meet standards expected for reporting to regulatory bodies.

The individual will provide clinical support to patients in clinical trials; such as taking samples, performing tests and physical measurements in accordance with the clinical trial protocol, and Good Clinical Practice.

Northampton General Hospital is one of the largest employers in the area and we are on an exciting journey. All of our divisions are committed to doing things better, with more efficiency as we update, modernise, and advance. We have also entered into a Group Model with neighbouring Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and become University Hospitals of Northamptonshire.

Our Excellence Values

Compassion

Accountability

Respect

Integrity

Courage

We want to recruit the best people to deliver our services across the University Hospitals of Northamptonshire and help to unleash everyone’s full potential. As an organisation, we value how we communicate and promote our vacancies to all communities.

We are a Defence positive trust, supporting our reservists, veterans, spouses and partners.

The Hospital Group encourages applications from people who identify from all protected groups, especially those from BAME, Disabled and LGBTQ+ backgrounds as these are underrepresented in our hospitals.

We understand that we need to work with colleagues from diverse backgrounds and make sure the environment they work in is inclusive and collaborative.

We have active Networks that promote and support colleagues from all backgrounds. This ensures everyone feels supported and has a sense of belonging working for Kettering and Northampton General Hospitals.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Lucy Dudgeon Job title: Clinical Research Manager Email address: [email protected] Telephone number: 01604 545124

We would love to show you around our Clinical Research Facility to meet our team and what we do if you are interested in applying