NHS Lothian
GR - Clinical Support Worker, Clinical Research Facility
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Nursing and Midwifery Strategic Plan
Our Nursing and Midwifery Strategic Plan sets out our Vision, Ambitions and Values that enable excellent care for our patients and service users. It also demonstrates what you can expect from our organisation and what you can aspire to in your own career development.
A collaborative, person-focused approach is at the very centre of everything we aspire to achieve, and necessary to deliver care that is high quality, compassionate, safe and effective. We continue to work towards having a diverse and inclusive culture for people who work for us and use our services. We want everyone to realise their full potential and make a positive contribution. We encourage applications from people from all backgrounds and communities.
We are committed to supporting the development of a nursing and midwifery workforce that is made up of diverse skills and experiences. We are interested in your passion for developing with us as a leader as well as demonstrating alignment with the values and ambitions set out in our Strategic Plan. We are committed to providing the strong foundations of clinical education with our Clinical Education and Training team, our education coordinators, robust induction programmes and preceptorship as well as working with you to build on your leadership strengths.
A link to the NHS Lothian Nursing and Midwifery Strategic Plan can be found via the following link:
Recruitment Process
We use a values and competency-based recruitment process that is linked to the ambitions set out in our Strategic Plan. Click the link below for more information on our interview questions.
Edinburgh Clinical Research Facility (CRF)
Edinburgh’s Clinical Research Facility (CRF) incorporates The Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Facility (WTCRF) at the WGH, the RIE Clinical Research Facility (RIECRF), Lothian Commercial Research Delivery Centre (LCRDC) & Children’s Clinical Research Facility (CCRF) at the Royal Hospital for Children and Young People. Jointly they provide a streamlined service to investigators of all disciplines to conduct their clinical research efficiently and safely.
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What We Can Offer You
By joining our team you will have the opportunity to extend your clinical skills and work in a supportive and dynamic environment. Edinburgh CRF provides a robust staff induction to all new members of the team along with ongoing education and development.
Roles
As part of a multidisciplinary team the post holder will contribute to the efficient service provision within the CRF by providing clerical, clinical and sample processing support, under direct and indirect supervision of senior nursing staff, assisting in the provision of routine clinical and research care for participants. More detail on the role of the post outlined in bullet points below.
- Provide research support to the research team in approximately 20-30 concurrent research studies.
- Provide care to participants taking part in research studies, including providing technical, invasive and physical aspects of care.
- Support with obtaining and processing a variety of biological samples (e.g. blood, sputum and urine), in a number of studies for both patients and volunteers in a number of different specialities.
- Maintain clinical stock levels.
- Participate in the daily functioning of the CRF, including supporting clerical duties.
- Interact with the CRF multidisciplinary team and clinicians involved in each study, nursing staff involved in the patient’s/subjects care and where appropriate, with other study centres & departments e.g. Clinical areas across NHS Lothian, procurement, medical physics.
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Please note that this post is not eligible for Certificate of Sponsorship due to the minimum salary threshold required by the UK Home Office.
For Further Information
For further information on the post and informal visits please contact:
RIECRF: [email address] or
Tel no. 0131 242 7186
If you are an internal NHS Lothian Band 3 candidate we will not proceed with shortlisting and interview and instead you will move to our internal transfer process.
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