The Christie NHS Foundation Trust
EMCT Clinical Nurse Specialist
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Clinical Specialist Nurse (CNS) for the Experimental Cancer Medicine Team (ECMT)
The post of Clinical Specialist Nurse (CNS) for the Experimental Cancer Medicine Team (ECMT) presents an exciting opportunity to join an established and very successful research team with a varied and growing portfolio of pan disease, early phase studies. The team supports a large number of industry-led, non-commercial and academic led trials and includes CTIMPS, observational and device trials.
We are seeking an enthusiastic and highly motivated individual who will provide a comprehensive nursing service for ECMT patients from trial recruitment to discharge, leading the patient discharge pathway back to local teams or community, providing support for patients over the transition and communicating effectively with internal and external teams. The post holder will work collaboratively alongside the team of Consultants, Clinical Fellows, Research Nurses, Clinical Trial Pharmacists, Translational Research Facilitators and Clinical Trial Coordinators/Data Managers. The post holder will participate in the submission of timely reports to the National Institute of Health Research (NIHR) alongside the ECMT leadership team.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide a specialist nursing care, expertise and advice to patients and carers within the field of ECMT clinical trials
- Develop the post and service according to the team needs and targets and demonstrate the positive effect on patient care
- Have excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Possess strong motivation
- Ability to work independently
- Background in oncology and early research is essential
- Experience in leadership and flexibility in working
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You will interact with a variety of research professionals across The Christie including the NIHR Manchester Clinical Research Facility as well as across Manchester ECMC and the wider ECMC network. You should have a proactive approach to self-development as well as being able to demonstrate initiative and expertise in team development and wider training programmes.
In return the post holder will be supported by a highly motivated team, working together in a fast-paced research setting working with patients in support of the development of innovative therapies and treatment regimens for cancer patients.
About The Christie
The Christie is one of Europe’s leading cancer centres, looking after more than 64,000 patients a year. We are based in Manchester and serve a population of 3.2 million across Greater Manchester & Cheshire, but as a national specialist around 25% patients are referred to us from other parts of the country.
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- Largest radiotherapy provider in the NHS with one in 20 treatments delivered at The Christie
- Operate the largest chemotherapy unit in the UK on our main site and treatments are also provided at 13 other networked sites, and in patients homes
- Specialist tertiary surgical centre, focusing on rare cancers, complex procedures, and multidisciplinary approaches to cancer surgery, specialising in colorectal, peritoneal, gynaecological, urological and plastic surgery
- International leader in research, with world first breakthroughs for over 100 years
- Named by the UK’s National Institute for Health Research (NIHR), as one of the best hospitals providing opportunities for patients to participate in clinical research studies, with more than 800 studies open at any time, caring for over 3,000 patients
Contact Information
For further details / informal visits contact:
- Name: Jessica Longland
- Job title: Clinical Research Matron
- Email address: Jessica.longland@nhs.net
- Telephone number: 07484039069
Amy Smith
ECMT Clinical Nurse Specialist
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