Generic Research Nurse | Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust

We are looking for a compassionate, motivated individual with excellent communication, interpersonal and organisational skills who is dedicated to working as part of the team.

If successful you will be part of a team of research nurses, trial practitioners and administrative staff providing a comprehensive clinical trial/research study support service out of the Trust's award winning R&D Department.

The role will involve the recruitment, education and monitoring of research participants into various research studies including Stroke and Hepatology specialities and the collection and documentation of accurate data. And you will also be a key driver of our recruitment and retention strategies for patients.

As a research nurse, you will be responsible for assessing and managing the care pathways of patients and carers participating in research studies in the Trust's active research portfolio and ensuring good communication with other members of the R&D Department and Clinical Research Network (CRN)., We not only offer you a good working environment with flexible working opportunities, but also the opportunity to develop your career with access to appropriate training for your job and the support to succeed and progress.

From facilities through to consultant specialists we want to be the best, to achieve this we need to recruit not just those who are the finest in their field but also those who have the potential to be. Yes, experience is important but so is outlook - if you are dynamic, forward-thinking and enthusiastic we want you to join us.

The NIHR Clinical Research Network is the clinical research delivery arm of the NHS. They operate nationally across England through a national coordinating centre and 15 local branches delivering research in the NHS across all disease areas. They provide the infrastructure that allows high quality clinical research to take place in the NHS so that patients can benefit from new and better treatments The NIHR Clinical Research Network: North Thames is hosted by Barts Health NHS Trust.

This post is funded through the North Thames Clinical Research Network and you would be based at Broomfield Hospital, Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust.

You will mainly be focusing on stroke and hepatology research studies, however support may be needed to cover other speciality areas too, such as vaccine and urgent public health studies.

The Trust is a member of the CRN:North Thames Research Network and committed to the support of research in the NHS.

Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust is now one of the largest trusts in the country, serving a population of 1.2 million people. Our newly formed Trust, comprising acute hospital sites at Broomfield in Chelmsford, Basildon and Southend, is determined to provide the best health services for its local population. We are a well-led, high-performing and innovative organisation working in the best interests of the people we serve.

Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust is now one of the largest in the country, with a workforce of approximately 15,000 who serve a population of 1.2 million people.

We work together, and in conjunction with MSE Health and Care Partnership, to deliver excellent local and specialist services, to improve the health and wellbeing of our patients in a compassionate way, and provide a respectful, but vibrant place for staff to develop, innovate and build careers.