Research nurse

Job responsibilities

Main duties and Responsibilities

• Work collaboratively with the Lead GP for Research, wider research team members, practice staff and NIHR staff.
• Liaise effectively with the wider team members.
• Undertake required training for each research study.
• Recruit and consent patients to trials; gather relevant data and perform follow-up per trial protocols.
• Support health promotion initiatives and encourage patient self-care.
• Travel to other research sites as needed.

Key Responsibilities

• Contribute to the planning and logistics of carrying out research trials.
• Maintain familiarity with study protocols and their amendments.
• Ensure accurate and regulatory-compliant data entry into study documentation.
• Communicate effectively with participants, carers, and MDT's.
• Safeguard participant rights and welfare throughout study involvement.
• Support the safe administration of trial medications and treatments.
• Record and report adverse events to the Lead GP.
• Assist with participant recruitment, consent, follow-up, and data management.
• Conduct pre-study screening of participants.
• Manage the receipt, storage, and accountability of study medications under the supervision of the Principal Investigator.
• Maintain secure storage of clinical supplies and ensure equipment functionality.
• With appropriate training, collect clinical samples for research purposes.
• Independently manage daily workload.
• Engage in CPD and role-specific training.
• Promote health education and self-care practices among patients.
• Uphold participants' rights, privacy, dignity, and cultural beliefs.

Experience

Essential

• Evidence of professional development
• Willing to learn and acquire new skills and competencies relevant to the role
• Interest in research
• Venepuncture
• Change-management skills and ability to support patients to change lifestyle
• Communication skills
• Ability to listen
• Ability to use IT systems
• Comfortable working autonomously
• Aware of accountability of own role and other roles in a nurse led service
• Well developed inter-personnel skills and communication skills both written and verbal
• Flexibility
• Motivated and Enthusiasm
• Car driver /access to own transport to work at practices as directed.
• Gets on well with people at all levels

Desirable

• Experience of working in a Primary Care setting
• Practice nurse experience
• Experience working with EMIS clinical system and conducting searches
• Good clinical practice training
• Awareness of clinical governance issues in primary care
• Ability to integrate nursing knowledge & skills with research aspects of the job
• Research-related training or experience performing clinical procedures
• Audit
• Knowledge of needs of patients with long-term conditions
• Knowledge of patient group directions and associated policy
• Knowledge of health promotion strategies
• Positive role model

Qualifications

Essential

• NMC registered nurse
• Interest in research
• Venepuncture
• Change-management skills and ability to support patients to change lifestyle
• Communication skills
• Ability to listen
• Ability to use IT systems

Desirable

• Research related courses or qualifications and/or experience.
• Practice nurse experience

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).