Job summary
- Main area
- Nursing
- Grade
- Band 7
- Contract
- Fixed term: 2 years (Secondment)
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 120-NMR159-0224-A
- Employer
- Velindre Cancer Centre
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Velindre Cancer Centre
- Town
- Cardiff
- Salary
- £44,398 - £50,807 per anum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- Today at 23:59
Employer heading
Research Nurse/Practitioner/Early Phase Team Lead
Band 7
Thank you for your interest in working for Velindre Cancer Centre (VCC), which is a committed equal opportunities employer. VCC welcomes applications from people who share our vision;
Velindre University NHS Trust will be recognised locally, nationally and internationally as a renowned organisation of excellence for patient and donor care, education and research.
our values;
- BE Accountable
- BE Bold
- BE Caring
- BE Dynamic
& who will complement our current experienced and specialist employees who are passionate about working in an organisation with the ambition to provide world class services & care to our patients.
VCC is an amazing place to work & develop your career. It is undertaking a 5 year transformation programme which will enable cancer services to meet the future needs of our patients across South East Wales. Not only will programme see VCC moving into a new purpose built cancer hospital, it will provide opportunities for patients to receive treatments closer to their homes. The infrastructure changes will offer our employees opportunities to work across a number of sites, in new and different ways, create development opportunities & increase flexible working practices.
VCC provides our employees with a favourable salary and reward / staff benefits & support package.
For more information on this vacancy please contact the recruiting manager, who will be pleased to discuss it with you.
Please check your email account regularly. Successful applicants will receive all recruitment related correspondence via the email account registered on the application form.
The Trust also reserves the right to close a vacancy early or withdraw an advertisement at any stage of the process, to enable internal staff requiring to be redeployed in suitable roles.
Applications may be submitted in Welsh. Applications submitted in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than an application submitted in English.
Please be advised that there is a temporary top up for Bands 1,2 and 3 to reflect the incorporation of the top up to the living wage of £12 per hour - £23,465 per annum. This temporary top up will be in place until the annual pay uplift for 2024/25 is confirmed
Job overview
Velindre University NHS Trust, Cardiff and Vale UHB and Cardiff University have agreed a shared ambition to work in partnership to develop the Cardiff Cancer Research Hub. The CCRH delivers Early Phase Trials and Advanced Cellular Therapies for solid cancer and haematological cancers and will support Translational (Bench to Bedside) & Reverse Translational studies.
This exciting role will provide management oversite at 2 research delivery sites, Velindre and Cardiff & Vale, managing a highly skilled team delivering cutting-edge new research.
Advanced Therapies are emerging drug therapies and it has been identified as a training need for Early Phase Research Nurses. This post will work closely with the Senior Research Nurse to develop and upskill the research team in readiness for Advanced Therapies and more complex studies. The post holder would be the link with the CRF and Haematology ATMP nursing teams on delivery on these collaborative studies.
This post also involves being part of growing and developing a research study portfolio of site specific cancer clinical trials and translational research, collaborating with research colleagues across the partnership.
This post is fixed term/secondment for 24 months to meet the needs of the service.
If you are interested in applying for the secondment position, you must obtain permission from your current line manager prior to applying for this post.
Main duties of the job
- Provide nurse research management oversite at 2 research delivery sites, Velindre University NHS Trust (VUNHST) and Cardiff & Vale University Health Board (CVUHB)
- Provide high level clinical oversight and management of the trials within the Multidisciplinary Team
- Provide clinical supervision, advice and develop the nursing research team.
The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply.
Working for our organisation
Here at Velindre University NHS Trust we are extremely proud of the specialist services we provide across the whole of Wales in our cutting-edge Velindre Cancer Centre and our award-winning Welsh Blood Service, as well as the expertise of our corporate functions that bring the two divisions together. We are also fortunate to host the NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership and Health Technology Wales and have developed strong partnership working with these expert services.
Formed in 1999, the Trust has a dedicated workforce that continuously strives to apply the key principles of value based healthcare through a wide array of roles. We play a vital role in the communities we support and have ambitious plans for the future to continue to improve the services we deliver. We strive to maintain our core values in everything we do by being; accountable, bold, caring and dynamic, and ensuring the best possible care for our patients and donors.
If you want to work for an organisation that prides itself on making a real difference and offers exciting career opportunities then Velindre University NHS Trust is the place for you.
Visit our website to find out more https://velindre.nhs.wales/
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
You will be able to find a full Job Description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click "Apply now" to view in Trac.
Person specification
Qualifications and Knowledge
Essential criteria
- 1st level registered nurse or professional health care equivalent.
- Masters degree or equivalent experience or qualification.
- Evidence of continued professional development
- Working knowledge of G.C.P and its application in the NHS research environment
Desirable criteria
- Clinical Research Qualification
- Teaching qualification E.C.D.L
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience as a specialist nurse.
- Experience of caring for patients within the research setting
Desirable criteria
- Experience of caring for patients in the Cancer setting
- Phase 1 trial experience.
- Clinical skills in delivering novel early phase therapies
Skills and Attributes
Essential criteria
- Ability to work on own initiative
- Excellent communication skills
- Computing skills
- Good patient advocate
- Teaching and presentation skills
- Counselling skills
- Knowledge of the research process and regulatory requirements – G.C.P and research governance.
- Knowledge of MS Office application and E-mail
- Ability to work autonomously and as part of a Team
- Enthusiastic and motivated
- Attention to detail
Other
Essential criteria
- Ability to travel, in the course of duties
- Flexible approach to working hours according to service needs
Desirable criteria
- Welsh Speaker (Level 1) or willingness to work towards
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Welsh language skills are desirable
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Claire Lang
- Job title
- Senior Research Nurse
- Email address
- [email protected]
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