Paediatric Research Nurse (Band 5/ 6 Development) - Peterborough inPeterborough inPeterborough PUBLISHED FRI 14 MAR 2025
In this dynamic role, you'll collaborate with a supportive team of clinicians and researchers, guiding young patients and their families through the journey of clinical trials. Your excellent communication skills will shine as you explain research processes to parents and ensure participants feel informed and safe throughout their involvement. You’ll play a critical role in obtaining informed consent and maintaining the highest safety standards for our study participants while handling essential research tasks. If you’re passionate about making a difference in paediatric healthcare, we encourage you to reach out for an informal chat with our Research Team Leader, Susie O'Sullivan, at s.osullivan1@nhs.net or call 01733 676981. Your rewarding career in research starts here!
Are you an experienced and innovative NMC Registered Paediatric registered staff member looking to apply your knowledge and skills to a research setting?
This is a unique opportunity for an enthusiastic Registered Paediatric Nurse to join our Paediatric Research Team and help us deliver high-quality research.
Our team consists of both clinical and non-clinical staff, local clinicians, and research groups. As workload dictates, cross clinical divisions will be required.
This is a fixed term/secondment role for 12 months based at Peterborough City Hospital. You may be required to work across the Trust.
We are able to offer a band 5 development role with promotion to a band 6 dependant on achieving relevant clinical research competencies.If you can provide evidence of essential experience, we will offer you a band 6 position.
Experience in the Paediatric speciality is essential. You will demonstrate excellent communication and interpersonal skills, along with attention to detail.
Your research skills and knowledge acquired through proven CCPD will be valuable to our research team. Training will be provided; however, you will be familiar with GCP.
You will collaborate with local R&D members to assess capacity and capability for research studies, working with members of the research teams to inform potential participants of relevant projects.
We are committed to ensuring that you achieve your full potential and have a rewarding career in research.
You will be working effectively within our clinical research team across the Trust supporting the staff, manage caseload of patients.
You will maintain effective communication with participants, carers and professionals to ensure service delivery. You will provide research information to patients and their relatives, and act as a resource and support to them, explaining practical aspects of clinical research.
Patients' consent in research is very important. Therefore, you facilitate the informed consent process, in compliance with Good Clinical Practice (GCP), ensuring that the participants and relatives fully understand the nature of the research.
A main responsibility of your role will be ensuring that the study-specific investigations are undertaken as required by the research protocol, to ensure safety of study participants safety to enter the study.
As part of your research duties, you will monitor treatment toxicity/side effects and ensure changes to treatment as required by the research protocol. You will arrange collection of blood and any other research samples required as part of the clinical research, and ensure safe and appropriate storage of specimens in conjunction with local clinical and nursing teams, phlebotomy and laboratory staff.
We are strongly encouraging you to contact Susie O'Sullivan, Research Team Leader for an informal chat about the role or to arrange a visit to learn more about what the role would involve.
About us
The post holder will assist with participant identification and recruitment, obtaining informed consent from patients and will have responsibility for organising patient visits, collection and processing of patient samples, completion of case report forms and maintenance of study documentation according to Good Clinical Practice (ICH -GCP).
You will have experience working in either the Surgical Divisions and ideally be familiar with their systems. Clinical research experience within the NHS is desirable but full training and mentoring will be provided.
The post holder will assist with participant identification and recruitment, obtaining informed consent from patients and will have responsibility for organising patient visits, collection and processing of patient samples, completion of case report forms and maintenance of study documentation according to Good Clinical Practice (ICH -GCP).
Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for further details (band 5 & 6 are attached for reference)
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