Clinical Trials Assistant - Urgent Care inPortsmouth inPortsmouth PUBLISHED 15 MAY 2024

Company Description


Here at Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust, we are proud to provide expert, compassionate care for our local population. We are ranked as the third in the country for research, embedding education and training across the organisation. Our main hub is the Queen Alexandra Hospital, which is one of the largest hospitals on the south coast employing over 8,700 staff.

Our patients come from all walks of life and so do we. We hire great people from a wide variety of backgrounds because it makes our hospital stronger. If you share our values and our enthusiasm for getting it right for patients, colleagues, and our community, you will find a home at Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust


Job Description


Do you want to make a difference? Are you looking for a new and different career pathway or wish to expand your experience? If so we have an exciting opportunity for a Clinical Trials Assistant based in the Clinical Delivery team, covering a range of specialties including The Emergency Department, Women and Children and Diabetes. This is a substantive contract for 37.5 hours a week (1.0 WTE), within the Research Department, Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust. The post holder will be responsible for supporting the day to day running of clinical trials from the National Institute of Health Research (NIHR) Portfolio across the Clinical delivery Division; predominantly working within the Emergency Department/AMU Team.

As a clinical trials assistant you will be involved in all aspects of research delivery from study start up through to completion, supporting patient identification, recruitment and follow up in clinical trials ensuring their smooth running and support for the patients involved. Study specific training will be given to ensure you are confident to care for patients enrolled in the various studies being run by the Emergency Department, Women and Children and Diabetes.


Job Summary:

• To contribute to maintaining a high standard of day-to-day clinical care for all patients eligible for and recruited into Clinical Trials within the departments. To recruit patients into Clinical Trials designated as 'portfolio' studies by the NIHR Clinical Research Network.
• To work as part of a team to deliver Clinical Trials within Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust, providing both clinical and data management support for clinical trial activities undertaken at PHU.
• Work alongside the clinical team to coordinate and set up new clinical trials, ensuring accurate recording of patient data onto trial case reporting forms and databases.
• To provide support to the study Research Team and ultimately the Trust Director of Research in delivering high quality clinical research.
• Ensure research participant safety is maintained and participant experience is positive by treating all participants, relatives and colleagues with respect, dignity, and courtesy in accordance with Trust Values.
• Support the Trust culture of collaborative, flexible cross-team working and commitment to delivering quality services and outcomes, which support the Government's policies on public health.
• The expectations within this job description will be achieved through hands-on clinical practice, education and training e.g. Phlebotomy, patient care procedures and specimen collection.
  
  

Qualifications


Job Description


Essential

• NVQ 3 in Health and Social Care or equivalent relevant experience
• Completed Care Certificate or ability to complete within 3 months of appointment
• English and Maths GCSE qualification/Functional skills at level 1 or equivalent
  
  

Desirable

• Good Clinical Practice (GCP) training for research
  
  

Experience



Essential

• Can demonstrate understanding of and share the Trust values of Working Together for Patients with Compassion as One Team Always Improving
• Desire to deliver compassionate hands-on care in the hospital environment as per study protocol
  
  

Desirable

• Previous experience of clinical trials or research projects
• Experienced in phlebotomy and vital signs observations
  
  

Essential



Skills and Knowledge

• Effective interpersonal skills
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to gather data, compile information and prepare reports to present to key stakeholders
• Skill in organising resources and establishing priorities including time management
• Ability to maintain record keeping systems and procedures
• Ability to operate a PC with knowledge of word processing, including spreadsheets, database, and presentation software
• Strong customer service skills
  
  

Desirable

• Strong customer service skills, compassionate towards patient care and demonstrates Trust values
  
  

Additional Information

The research team work very closely with the Trust values, despite research being spread across the majority of specialties we are one big team and believe in supporting one another to deliver high quality/safe research trials throughout the trust. We have a culture of training and education and are enthusiastic to continually improve ourselves and the quality of care we give to our participants.

The health and wellbeing of our staff is at the forefront of everything we do. We are proud to be able to offer our staff some fantastic benefits including our on-site Nursery, access to our free Beach Hut for those long summer days, our on-site Wellness Centre including a gym and a swimming pool, access to our fantastic staff networks including LGBTQ, Race Equality and DisAbility, and awards ceremonies to recognise your achievements. We believe we can offer support to all of our staff when they need it the most.

We welcome the unique contributions that you can bring in terms of your education, opinions, culture, ethnicity, race, sex, gender identity and expression, nation of origin, age, languages spoken, veteran’s status, colour, religion, disability, sexual orientation, and beliefs.