Skip to main content
Please wait, loading

Job summary

Main area
317 CR Team 5 570303
Grade
Band 6
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref
317-2025-03-047
Employer
The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Trustwide
Town
317 Trustwide
Salary
£37,338 - £44,962 per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
28/01/2025 23:59
Interview date
17/02/2025

Employer heading

The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust logo

Research Nurse

Band 6

Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the busiest and largest NHS foundation trusts in the country, with around 15,000 staff and an annual budget of £1.6 billion.

We have a long history of providing high quality care, clinical excellence, and innovation in medical research regionally, nationally and internationally.

We’re in the top five providers of specialised health services in the country, supporting people with a range of rare and complex medical, surgical and neurological conditions, cancers and genetic orders. 

Our staff oversee around 6,500 patient contacts each day, delivering high standards of healthcare.

We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and recognise the benefit in providing an inclusive environment. We value and respect the diversity of our employees and aim to recruit a workforce which reflects the communities we serve, and is equipped to deliver the best service to our patients. We welcome all applications irrespective of people’s race, disability, sex, sexual orientation, religion or belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity and in particular those from under- represented groups.

Newcastle Hospitals are proud to be one of the exemplar organisations across the NHS on sustainability, with a long history of delivering Sustainable Healthcare in Newcastle (Shine) and the first healthcare organisation in the world to declare a climate emergency. Our strategy includes commitments to being Net Zero by 2030, for our direct carbon footprint, and Net Zero by 2040 for our footprint plus. Delivering these ambitions will not be possible without the help, support and action of every single member of our team.

Job overview

This post is an opportunity for a Nurse to join the Orthopaedic Research team. We are a multidisciplinary team that delivers research across both the Royal Victoria Infirmary and Freeman Hospital sites in elective ortho, trauma and sarcoma, as well as working closely with Plastics Research. Newcastle Hospitals is home to a Major Trauma Centre, the North of England Bone and Soft Tissue Tumour Service, and the Regional Burns Service, among other specialist services, affording us the opportunity to work on a wide variety of studies and trials.

This post will predominantly be based at the RVI working in a variety of areas including sarcoma and spines, but there will be a need for cross-site and cross-specialty working.

Our service runs Monday to Friday, and can involve early starts and occasional late finishes, however there are no weekend or unsocial hours commitments.

  • Interview Date Monday 17 February 2025
  • 37 Hours 30 Minutes/Week
  • You will be redirected to Trac to apply for the vacancy.  Please expand the job details section and read all of the information before applying for the vacancy

NO AGENCIES PLEASE

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will be expected to:

  • lead a number of research studies and trials
  • work to all regulatory guidelines including Good Clinical Practice, Informed Consent and Data Protection
  • be a mentor and positive role model to other members of the team

We are looking for people will a keen eye for detail and excellent organisational skills, who want to be at the forefront of advances in clinical practice.

Working for our organisation

Our staff oversee over 6,500 patient contacts every day, delivering high standards of healthcare from the following sites:

•    Freeman Hospital
•    Royal Victoria Infirmary (RVI)
•    Health Innovation Neighbourhood (on the former Newcastle General Hospital and Centre for Ageing and Vitality site)
•    Newcastle Dental Hospital
•    Newcastle Fertility Centre
•    Northern Centre for Cancer Care, North Cumbria
•    Northern Genetics Service
•    Cramlington Manor Walks

These include a range of flagship services which deliver cutting-edge care (supported by state-of-the-art diagnostic services in both radiology and pathology) and are a catalyst for innovation to support pioneering clinical practice in the NHS. 

We also have offices at Regent Point in Gosforth and community sites.

Please see attached information on what Staff Benefits we have to offer at our Trust under ‘Documents to download’ or ‘Supporting documents’.

For further information on The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust please visit: Careers | Newcastle Hospitals | NHS | Newcastle Hospitals and Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

  • To participate in the creation and maintenance of a high-quality clinical research environment.
  • To initiate and manage nursing activities related to academic studies and clinical trials, from initiation to termination, according to ICH good clinical practice guidelines.
  • Supervise junior members of the team.

 

Person specification

Qualifications & Education

Essential criteria
  • Registered Nurse (appropriate to branch)
  • Academic attainment at diploma level and prepared to undertake degree level study
  • Meets Nursing and Midwifery council requirements for mentorship
Desirable criteria
  • Current driving licence if relevant to role
  • Academic attainment at degree/masters’ level

Knowledge & Experience

Essential criteria
  • An understanding of the application of research in the clinical governance agenda
  • An understanding of research governance and the research process
  • Substantial post registration experience in clinical speciality area and/or clinical research delivery
  • Evidence of research activity and ability to demonstrate research competency
Desirable criteria
  • Experience of working within speciality
  • Experience of supporting clinical research delivery
  • Experience related to information retrieval and research application
  • Experience of mentoring junior staff
  • Evidence of current role expansion that can be applied to the role
  • Experience of project management

Skills & Abilities

Essential criteria
  • Excellent IT knowledge/skills
  • Advanced interpersonal and communication skills
  • Advanced clinical skills (i.e., venepuncture, cannulation, ECG)
  • High level of organisation and time management skills
  • Ability to work on own initiative

Employer certification / accreditation badges

We are a Living Wage EmployerVeteran AwareApprenticeships logoNo smoking policyPositive about disabled peopleAge positiveInvestors in People: GoldArmed Forces Covenant Gold AwardRIDI Awards Finalist 2021Mindful employer.  Being positive about mental health.Disability confident employerStonewall Gold 2022Better Health at Work Award - Maintaining ExcellenceDefence Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS) - Gold

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.

Documents to download

Apply online now

Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Karen Smith
Job title
Research Team Lead
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
01912448949
Apply online nowAlert me to similar vacancies