Job overview

Do you want to give exceptional care and be involved in providing state-of the art treatments to patients?   
 
We are seeking to appoint an experienced, enthusiastic and highly motivated nurse to become part of the Research Nursing Team at the National Institute for Health Research UCLH Clinical Research Facility (CRF). The NIHR UCLH Clinical Research Facility UCLH is a well-established Clinical Research Facility covering two sites. The Leonard Wolfson Experimental Neurology Centre is a dedicated neuroscience experimental medicine facility at the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery (NHNN) at Queen Square (QS);  and the NIHR UCLH Clinical Research Facility is a comprehensive Cancer and Medical research facility (incorporating the Experimental Cancer Medicine Centre - ECMC) on the Bloomsbury campus (BC) at Tottenham Court Road.  The staff will be based in LWENC and are expected to cross cover on other CRF sites.  
The research nursing team in the CRFs provide exceptional specialist nursing care to a wide variety of patients taking part in early phase clinical trials of experimental cancer and medicine treatments. This includes First-in-Human medicines and experimental early phase treatments in oncology, hematology, medicine and neurology.  
We are looking for an individual with excellent communication and organisational skills and a keen attention to detail. 

Main duties of the job

Work according to the NMC Code of Professional Conduct and relevant professional guidelines, taking responsibility for the coordination and support of clinical trials within the CRF. 

Responsible for but not limited to coordination of care of patients on trials, collection and preparation of biological samples, administration of experimental agents and monitoring of expected and unexpected side effects of drugs and other treatment modalities, and patient/carer education. 
 
Develop and maintain competencies and compliance with specialised skills and knowledge relating to the conduct of clinical trials, the therapies and relevant disease types. 

Act as patient’s advocate by having sufficient skills to enable the patients to make informed choices concerning their involvement in clinical trials by providing advice and information.
 
Responsible for liaising with drug companies if required and other study sponsors and ensuring the accurate collection and submission of data, in line with the study protocols and research regulations, as well as to deputise for the Senior Research Nurses in their absence and to take an active role in supporting and developing new members of the CRF team.  

Working for our organisation

University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH) is one of the most complex NHS trusts in the UK, serving a large and diverse population. We provide academically led acute and specialist services, to people from the local area, from throughout the United Kingdom and overseas. Our vision is to deliver top-quality patient care, excellent education, and world-class research.  

We provide first-class acute and specialist services across eight sites:  

 

·         University College Hospital (incorporating the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Wing)  

·         National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery  

·         Royal National Throat, Nose and Ear Hospital  

·         Eastman Dental Hospital  

·         Royal London Hospital for Integrated Medicine  

·         University College Hospital Macmillan Cancer Centre  

·         The Hospital for Tropical Diseases  

·         University College Hospitals at Westmoreland Street  

 

We are dedicated to the diagnosis and treatment of many complex illnesses. UCLH specialises in women’s health and the treatment of cancer, infection, neurological, gastrointestinal and oral disease. It has world class support services including critical care, imaging, nuclear medicine and pathology.  

 

At UCLH, we have a real ‘One Team’ ethos, and our values – safety, kindness, teamwork and improving, are central to the way we work. This is supported by our staff, who voted us as the #1 NHS Acute Trust to work for in the whole of England.