The Christie NHS Foundation Trust
Matron CRF
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This is a rare opportunity for an experienced senior oncology nurse to join the NIHR Manchester Clinical Research Facility (CRF) at The Christie NHS Foundation Trust as Matron.
The CRF is a nationally recognised specialist facility delivering early-phase, experimental medicine and complex oncology trials across outpatient, day-case and inpatient services, giving patients access to new and innovative treatments.
We are looking for a credible, compassionate and forward-thinking nurse leader with experience in clinical research, senior nursing leadership and clinical governance. The successful candidate will have excellent communication skills, sound professional judgement and the ability to lead and support the team through significant change. They will be passionate about patient care and staff development, fostering a supportive culture that maintains high standards of clinical and research governance and enables staff to deliver world-class research.
The CRF is entering an important period of development, including a major refurbishment, increased research capacity and staged progression towards 24/7 working. The Matron will play a pivotal role in shaping this next phase, working with senior clinical, operational and research leaders at The Christie and contributing to wider NIHR Manchester CRF objectives.
The Matron will lead the CRF clinical team and provide visible professional nursing leadership across outpatient, day-case and inpatient services.
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They will hold senior oversight of clinical quality, patient safety and experience, ensuring care is delivered in line with Trust policies, Good Clinical Practice, research governance requirements and professional standards. This will include review and reporting of risks, incidents, complaints and audit findings, ensuring learning is shared and improvements are embedded in practice.
The post holder will lead clinical workforce planning, recruitment, performance, wellbeing and professional development, ensuring staff have the skills, competence and support required to deliver complex research safely. They will provide senior nursing input into the review and implementation of new and complex studies, including cell and gene therapies and other novel cancer treatments.
Working closely with the CRF Operational Lead, Medical Directors, R&I Associate Chief Nurse and Lead Research Nurse, they will contribute to strategic planning, service improvement and delivery of the CRF refurbishment and staged progression towards 24/7 working.
The Christie is one of Europe’s leading cancer centres, treating over 60,000 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 15% patients are referred to us from other parts of the country. We provide radiotherapy through one of the largest radiotherapy departments in the world; chemotherapy on site and through 14 other hospitals; highly specialist surgery for complex and rare cancer; and a wide range of support and diagnostic services. We are also an international leader in research, with world first breakthroughs for over 100 years. We run one of the largest early clinical trial units in Europe with over 500 trials in our portfolio. Cancer research in Manchester, most of which is undertaken on the Christie site, has been officially ranked the best in the UK.
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The CRF at The Christie is one of six CRFs that together make up the NIHR Manchester CRF. The CRF at The Christie was established in 2010, refurbished in 2016 and provides the specialist infrastructure needed to support researchers in the delivery of world class oncology research. A variety of clinical research is supported by the CRF, from Phase 1 first in human trials to innovative advanced therapy studies as well as complex later phase research.
For further details / informal visits contact:
Name: Andrea Ingham
Job title: Lead Clinical Research Nurse
Email address: Andrea.ingham1@nhs.net
Telephone number: 07880 482222
Rebecca Shearer: Rebecca.shearer1@nhs.net
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