Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust
UKDTN Research Nurse
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Full-time UKDTN Research Nurse, Band 6
A rare and exciting opportunity has arisen for a full-time UKDTN Research Nurse, Band 6, to join Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust. We are looking for an enthusiastic and motivated individual who is passionate about dementia research. The post holder will join a wider research team of Principal Investigators; research nurses, local and national UK Dementia Trials Network and Alzheimer’s Society funded staff to develop and coordinate early phased dementia clinical trials across Lancashire & South Cumbria from our NIHR Lancashire Clinical Research Facility.
Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust (LCFT) delivers high quality clinical trials in partnership with the NIHR Regional Research Network and Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. The Trust continues to develop and expand its capacity and capability in undertaking clinical research within its NIHR Lancashire Clinical Research Facility. As a research nurse you will enjoy working in a busy environment and support research activity across the Trust, ensuring all studies are undertaken to the highest standards within timelines and meeting recruitment targets.
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The post holder will be expected to participate fully in their personal development and annual review process to achieve the objectives for this post. This will include engagement in UKDTN educational and development opportunities. The post holder will have a key role in supporting the delivery of early phase dementia clinical research including physical health monitoring and clinical rating scale administrations.
The post holder must be prepared to work across the Lancashire & South Cumbria geographical footprint and there will be an element of UK-wide travel for UKDTN network meetings as required.
The post is full-time for 36 months and based within the Research and Development Department at Lantern Centre, Preston. If you feel that you have the necessary skills, drive and experience for this post, we look forward to hearing from you.
LSCFT Values Diversity and Inclusion
LSCFT values diversity and inclusion, recognising that talent from varied backgrounds creates a flexible, creative, and effective workforce. We actively challenge discrimination and welcome applications from all, regardless of age, disability (including those with experience of accessing or caring for someone who has accessed mental health or learning disability services), ethnicity, gender, religion, belief, or sexual orientation.
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Our aim is to reflect the communities we serve, so we particularly encourage applications from under-represented groups. If you’d like to discuss your application, please ask.
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LSCFT support flexible working, we believe that a positive work/life balance benefits NHS employees through improved health and wellbeing. We would consider working patterns such as term time, part time, compressed hours and flexi-time.
The wellbeing of our people is at the heart of everything we do. We offer a wide range of resources, tools and support to help you thrive both in and out of work.
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Contact Information
For further details / informal visits contact:
Name: Liana Dunn
Job title: UKDTN Senior Research Nurse
Email address: liana.dunn@lscft.nhs.uk
Telephone number: 07811 993218
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