Band 6 Heart Failure Research Nurse - Cardiology inLondon inLondon PUBLISHED 14 MAY 2024

The key themes of research excellence in cardiology are: structural heart disease, electrophysiology, inherited cardiac conditions, sports cardiology, cardiac intervention procedures including devices trial and heart failure which includes drug tial and phase II studies.
Job summary

The post holder will be responsible for the co-ordination and management of an agreed heart failure cardiology research portfolio at St George's Hospital. The post holder will work collaboratively with the research teams and wider multidisciplinary team in the management of their own caseload of clinical trials patients and be accountable for the achievement of local and national targets in relation to the service.

The post holder will be responsible for the co-ordination and management of an agreed clinical research portfolio at St George's Hospital. The post holder will work collaboratively with the research teams and wider multidisciplinary team in the management of their own caseload of clinical trials patients and be accountable for the achievement of local and national targets in relation to the service.

Responsibilities include: facilitating study set-up; identifying suitable patients through the process of MDT's/screening notes; collecting data; interviewing; supporting and monitoring patients and data entry. The post holder will also be expected to have sufficient skills to enable patients to make informed choices concerning their involvement in clinical trials by providing advice and information and acting as the patients advocate.

The post holder must also be willing to move to different clinical specialties within the remit of their qualifications and where the need to do so is identified.

Main duties of the job

St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust are looking to appoint an enthusiastic and committed individual to join the heart failure research team conducting high quality research in clinical studies involving patients with cardiovascular disease.

This is an exciting opportunity for a nurse with at least 2 years cardiology experience and/or clinical research to join the cardiology department within the Clinical Research Facility(CRF). The successful candidate will be responsible for recruitment into heart failure trials and co-ordinating research studies from set up to archiving.

The key themes of research excellence in cardiology are: structural heart disease, electrophysiology, inherited cardiac conditions, sports cardiology, cardiac intervention procedures including devices trial and heart failure which includes drug tial and phase II studies. These are well represented and further enhanced by linked cardiac topics including ECG, cardiac MRI, Echocardiogram and pathophsiology.

The department participates in many trials, including NIHR portfolio work. Participation in high quality trials is critically important for cardiology to maintain its position as a leader in the cardiology research field worldwide and the successful candidate will be key to this. The successful candidate will join an existing research team and work closely to establish and further develop cardiovascular research.

About us

Our acute Heart Failure Unit opened in 2with 11 beds. It is the only dedicated specialist heart failure unit in the UK. We specialise in managing the most complex and high-risk heart failure patients in the hospital. There are daily consultant led ward rounds, supported specialist heart failure nurses, physiotherapist, occupational therapist, dietician and pharmacist.

We provide a heart failure service covering the entire hospital. We have daily Consultant ward rounds reviewing inpatients with heart failure on medical and surgical wards. We are proactive in identifying all new admissions with heart failure in the hospital and have an inpatient specialist heart failure nurse covering all the cardiology and cardiothoracic wards.

Our lead Heart Failure consultant Dr Lisa Anderson chairs the British Society for Heart Failure. St George's Hospital leads and participate in numerous heart failure research studies to create and improve treatment for our patients to give longer and healthier lives.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached Job description and personal specification which contains more information about the role.

Job description
Job responsibilities

Please see the attached Job description and personal specification which contains more information about the role.

Person Specification

Qualifications and Training

Essential

  • RGN with NMC PIN
  • Educated to diploma/degree level in Nursing
  • Relevant post Registration programme
  • Teaching Course
Desirable

  • Good Clinical Practice or willingness to be trained
Experience

Essential

  • Relevant post registration experience
  • Previous experience in audit and evaluation
  • Experience of explaining complex concepts to patients in a clear and simplified manner
Desirable

  • Experience in Clinical Research
Skills

Essential

  • Excellent communication, interpersonal & management skills
  • Well developed clinical skills
  • Demonstrates ability to prioritise workload
Desirable

  • experience in ECG's Spirometry and Phlebotomy
Knowledge

Essential

  • Understanding of clinical research and treatment protocols / participation in basic clinical or nursing research
  • Ability to prioritise workload
Other

Essential

  • Motivated & demonstrates enthusiasm for the clinical speciality
  • Adaptable & responsive to changing needs
  • Able to use own initiative
Essential

Essential

  • Year experience
Desirable

  • Research Experience
essential

Essential

  • Cardiology experience
Desirable

  • Research Experience
Person Specification
Qualifications and Training

Essential

  • RGN with NMC PIN
  • Educated to diploma/degree level in Nursing
  • Relevant post Registration programme
  • Teaching Course
Desirable

  • Good Clinical Practice or willingness to be trained
Experience

Essential

  • Relevant post registration experience
  • Previous experience in audit and evaluation
  • Experience of explaining complex concepts to patients in a clear and simplified manner
Desirable

  • Experience in Clinical Research
Skills

Essential

  • Excellent communication, interpersonal & management skills
  • Well developed clinical skills
  • Demonstrates ability to prioritise workload
Desirable

  • experience in ECG's Spirometry and Phlebotomy
Knowledge

Essential

  • Understanding of clinical research and treatment protocols / participation in basic clinical or nursing research
  • Ability to prioritise workload
Other

Essential

  • Motivated & demonstrates enthusiasm for the clinical speciality
  • Adaptable & responsive to changing needs
  • Able to use own initiative
Essential

Essential

  • Year experience
Desirable

  • Research Experience
essential

Essential

  • Cardiology experience
Desirable

  • Research 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

Additional information
UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see

Employer details

Employer name

St George's Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Address

St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Blackshaw Road

Tooting

SW17 0QT

Employer's website
Job summary

The post holder will be responsible for the co-ordination and management of an agreed heart failure cardiology research portfolio at St George's Hospital. The post holder will work collaboratively with the research teams and wider multidisciplinary team in the management of their own caseload of clinical trials patients and be accountable for the achievement of local and national targets in relation to the service.

The post holder will be responsible for the co-ordination and management of an agreed clinical research portfolio at St George's Hospital. The post holder will work collaboratively with the research teams and wider multidisciplinary team in the management of their own caseload of clinical trials patients and be accountable for the achievement of local and national targets in relation to the service.

Responsibilities include: facilitating study set-up; identifying suitable patients through the process of MDT's/screening notes; collecting data; interviewing; supporting and monitoring patients and data entry. The post holder will also be expected to have sufficient skills to enable patients to make informed choices concerning their involvement in clinical trials by providing advice and information and acting as the patients advocate.

The post holder must also be willing to move to different clinical specialties within the remit of their qualifications and where the need to do so is identified.

Main duties of the job

St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust are looking to appoint an enthusiastic and committed individual to join the heart failure research team conducting high quality research in clinical studies involving patients with cardiovascular disease.

This is an exciting opportunity for a nurse with at least 2 years cardiology experience and/or clinical research to join the cardiology department within the Clinical Research Facility(CRF). The successful candidate will be responsible for recruitment into heart failure trials and co-ordinating research studies from set up to archiving.

The key themes of research excellence in cardiology are: structural heart disease, electrophysiology, inherited cardiac conditions, sports cardiology, cardiac intervention procedures including devices trial and heart failure which includes drug tial and phase II studies. These are well represented and further enhanced by linked cardiac topics including ECG, cardiac MRI, Echocardiogram and pathophsiology.

The department participates in many trials, including NIHR portfolio work. Participation in high quality trials is critically important for cardiology to maintain its position as a leader in the cardiology research field worldwide and the successful candidate will be key to this. The successful candidate will join an existing research team and work closely to establish and further develop cardiovascular research.

About us

Our acute Heart Failure Unit opened in 2with 11 beds. It is the only dedicated specialist heart failure unit in the UK. We specialise in managing the most complex and high-risk heart failure patients in the hospital. There are daily consultant led ward rounds, supported specialist heart failure nurses, physiotherapist, occupational therapist, dietician and pharmacist.

We provide a heart failure service covering the entire hospital. We have daily Consultant ward rounds reviewing inpatients with heart failure on medical and surgical wards. We are proactive in identifying all new admissions with heart failure in the hospital and have an inpatient specialist heart failure nurse covering all the cardiology and cardiothoracic wards.

Our lead Heart Failure consultant Dr Lisa Anderson chairs the British Society for Heart Failure. St George's Hospital leads and participate in numerous heart failure research studies to create and improve treatment for our patients to give longer and healthier lives.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached Job description and personal specification which contains more information about the role.

Job description
Job responsibilities

Please see the attached Job description and personal specification which contains more information about the role.

Person Specification

Qualifications and Training

Essential

  • RGN with NMC PIN
  • Educated to diploma/degree level in Nursing
  • Relevant post Registration programme
  • Teaching Course
Desirable

  • Good Clinical Practice or willingness to be trained
Experience

Essential

  • Relevant post registration experience
  • Previous experience in audit and evaluation
  • Experience of explaining complex concepts to patients in a clear and simplified manner
Desirable

  • Experience in Clinical Research
Skills

Essential

  • Excellent communication, interpersonal & management skills
  • Well developed clinical skills
  • Demonstrates ability to prioritise workload
Desirable

  • experience in ECG's Spirometry and Phlebotomy
Knowledge

Essential

  • Understanding of clinical research and treatment protocols / participation in basic clinical or nursing research
  • Ability to prioritise workload
Other

Essential

  • Motivated & demonstrates enthusiasm for the clinical speciality
  • Adaptable & responsive to changing needs
  • Able to use own initiative
Essential

Essential

  • Year experience
Desirable

  • Research Experience
essential

Essential

  • Cardiology experience
Desirable

  • Research Experience
Person Specification
Qualifications and Training

Essential

  • RGN with NMC PIN
  • Educated to diploma/degree level in Nursing
  • Relevant post Registration programme
  • Teaching Course
Desirable

  • Good Clinical Practice or willingness to be trained
Experience

Essential

  • Relevant post registration experience
  • Previous experience in audit and evaluation
  • Experience of explaining complex concepts to patients in a clear and simplified manner
Desirable

  • Experience in Clinical Research
Skills

Essential

  • Excellent communication, interpersonal & management skills
  • Well developed clinical skills
  • Demonstrates ability to prioritise workload
Desirable

  • experience in ECG's Spirometry and Phlebotomy
Knowledge

Essential

  • Understanding of clinical research and treatment protocols / participation in basic clinical or nursing research
  • Ability to prioritise workload
Other

Essential

  • Motivated & demonstrates enthusiasm for the clinical speciality
  • Adaptable & responsive to changing needs
  • Able to use own initiative
Essential

Essential

  • Year experience
Desirable

  • Research Experience
essential

Essential

  • Cardiology experience
Desirable

  • Research 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

Additional information
UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see

Employer details

Employer name

St George's Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Address

St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Blackshaw Road

Tooting

SW17 0QT

Employer's website


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