Job summary
Are you interested in being at the heart of clinical trials at Wye Valley NHS Trust?
Our Trust is re-opening as a site to high-quality, national, reproductive health and childbirth trials, and we need a midwife to help us to support them.
In this role you will support the smooth running of trials from identification of participants, consent, data collection and follow up. You will have the opportunity to be trained in trial procedures such as Good Clinical Practice and consent for research studies.
If you are patient-centred and have a passion for evidence-based practice we would love to hear from you!
Main duties of the job
To promote clinical trials at Hereford, acting as a resource for Midwifery and Reproductive Health regarding current and future clinical trials.
This will involve establishing study feasibility, pre- trial set up, recruitment of participants, education and monitoring of research patients and the collection and documentation ofaccurate data .
About us
Wye Valley NHS Trust is a member of an NHS Foundation Group with South Warwickshire NHS FT and the George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust.
Located on the border with Wales in the shadow of the Black Mountains, we provide acute and community services across Herefordshire and into parts of Powys and run Hereford County Hospital and the community hospitals in Bromyard, Leominster and Ross-on-Wye.
We are a progressive and forward looking trust with ambitious plans to improve quality and integrate patient pathways through close collaborative working with our partners to deliver the quality of care wed want for our family and friends.
More than 3,500 people work for the Trust they tell us its a great place to work, blending the busyness of a DGH with the benefits of working in a beautiful rural and unspoilt county like Herefordshire.
We can offer a great work-life balance and have a fine tradition of working with staff to help them achieve their full potential.
Russell Hardy, Trust Chairman: The strength of the Trust is its amazing staff; a great place to work, a great place to develop your career and a great place to reach your potential.
Our values -Care, Accountability, Respect and Excellence - are at the heart of all we do. We believe in providing the right care in the right place at the right timeall the time.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Review new clinical trial protocols and guidelines and assess their impact on the department, reporting this information to the clinical trials team and offering support.
To attend multidisciplinary meetings, and clinics to screen and recruit new patients and to act as a resource to the members of the multidisciplinaryteam.
To provide ongoing advice and information to patients/volunteers (and their relatives) with regard to their participation in clinical research in order to facilitate effective informed consent within the legal guidelines for Research Governance and ICH-GCP.
To report appropriately any adverse or serious adverse events that may have occurred.
To maintain accurate documentation of patient events in midwifery/medical notes. Accurately document data collected into the case report forms (CRF).
To ensure that trial specific investigations are undertaken as required by the research protocol in order to establish eligibility and safety to enter the trial.
To ensure the administration of treatments and drugs that are given within the context of a clinical trial is in accordance with the protocol and local/national guidelines.
To provide ongoing follow up including information, education and support topatients (and their significant others) regarding research and their care.
Refer to other specialists as required in order to provide optimal care.
Communicate research information to midwifery teams, Principle Investigators and CRN and provide progress reports to keep the project on track ensuring research studies run to time and target.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Review new clinical trial protocols and guidelines and assess their impact on the department, reporting this information to the clinical trials team and offering support.
To attend multidisciplinary meetings, and clinics to screen and recruit new patients and to act as a resource to the members of the multidisciplinaryteam.
To provide ongoing advice and information to patients/volunteers (and their relatives) with regard to their participation in clinical research in order to facilitate effective informed consent within the legal guidelines for Research Governance and ICH-GCP.
To report appropriately any adverse or serious adverse events that may have occurred.
To maintain accurate documentation of patient events in midwifery/medical notes. Accurately document data collected into the case report forms (CRF).
To ensure that trial specific investigations are undertaken as required by the research protocol in order to establish eligibility and safety to enter the trial.
To ensure the administration of treatments and drugs that are given within the context of a clinical trial is in accordance with the protocol and local/national guidelines.
To provide ongoing follow up including information, education and support topatients (and their significant others) regarding research and their care.
Refer to other specialists as required in order to provide optimal care.
Communicate research information to midwifery teams, Principle Investigators and CRN and provide progress reports to keep the project on track ensuring research studies run to time and target.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Registered Midwife
- Evidence of continuing professional development
Desirable
- ICH GCP Trained
- Advanced Communication Training
- Teaching/assessing qualification such as ENB 998
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Registered Midwife
- Evidence of continuing professional development
Desirable
- ICH GCP Trained
- Advanced Communication Training
- Teaching/assessing qualification such as ENB 998
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
