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GR - Paediatric Research Nurse
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Clinical Support Worker - Clinical Research Facility
About Us
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: https://services.nhslothian.scot/nursingandmidwifery/strategic-plan-2023-2028/
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Edinburgh Clinical Research Facility (RIE)
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 discipline to conduct their clinical research efficiently and safely.
We are recruiting innovative and enthusiastic Registered Nurses to assist us in providing high quality planned nursing care for patients and volunteers participating in clinical research.
The advert refers to a post available in the Children's Clinical Research Facility, Royal Hospital for Children and Young People (RHCYP)
What We Can Offer You
We work with researchers from most clinical specialities with the aim of improving peoples’ health and better understanding of clinical conditions. Our focus is on developing new ways of diagnosing and treating disease.
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 programme to all new members of the team along with ongoing education and development.
Role
Research nurses play a vital role in the delivery of NHS Lothian’s Research and Development objectives through the coordination of studies, management of research data and the delivery of specialist nursing care required as part of the studies.
As part of the clinical research team, Research Nurses will have responsibility for the delivery of direct and indirect care and associated data collection for research studies undertaken in the CRF, in accordance with Good Clinical Practice (GCP) Guidelines, to ensure the effective running of research studies on a day-to-day basis, while having responsibility and accountability for maintaining clinical, staff and research governance.
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If you are an internal NHS Lothian Band 5 candidate we will not proceed with shortlisting and interview and instead you will move to our internal transfer process.
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http://intranet.lothian.scot.nhs.uk/Directory/GenericRecruitment/Pages/Internal-Transfers.aspx
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