Clinical Trials Assistant

We are looking for a dynamic and motivated person to join our busy cardiovascular/transplant team. The role of Clinical Trials Assistant is an interesting and varied role . We conduct a wide array of research including, but not limited to interventional , surgical, and CTimp studies. These include commercial and academic studies.

Our priority is our lovely patients who take part in these studies, often giving up their own time to do so. We also must honour our commitment to the sponsors of the study to deliver research accurately and on time.

You will be expected to support the nursing team withal clinical tasks, ie; venepuncture, blood processing, ECG ‘s and vital observations. There is also a non clinical aspect to job, so candidates need to have good computer skills, and communication skills to liaise with the wider multi disciplinary team.

In this role there is much to learn, but training needs and attainment of competencies will be supported.

• Interview Date 12/06/2023
• 37 Hours 30 Minutes/Week
• You will be redirected to Trac to apply for the vacancy. Please expand the job details section and read all of the information before applying for the vacancy.

Maintain a high standard of clinical work when carrying out nursing procedures.

Responsible for the safe custody of medication, including checking.

Ensure compliance with our clinical governance framework, you will motivate colleagues, champion service user safety and dignity and drive continuous improvement.

Ideally we would like someone with research experience, or a background in this speciality.

Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the busiest, largest and most successful teaching NHS foundation trusts in the country, with over 18,000 staff and an annual income of £1 billion.

Rated ‘Outstanding’ by the CQC for the second consecutive time in 2019, we have a long history of providing high quality care, clinical excellence, and innovation in medical research regionally, nationally and internationally.

We’re also proud to be the second largest provider of specialised services in the country. This means we support people with a range of rare and complex medical, surgical and neurological conditions, cancers and genetic orders.

Our staff oversee around 1.84 million patients ‘contacts’ each year, delivering high standards of healthcare.

We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and recognise the benefit in providing an inclusive environment. We value and respect the diversity of our employees and aim to recruit a workforce which reflects the communities we serve, and is equipped to deliver the best service to our patients. We welcome all applications irrespective of people’s race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, religion or belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity and in particular those from under- represented groups.

• Coordinate and improve trial communication throughout Multi-Disciplinary Teams throughout the Trust.
• Maintain effective communication with patients, carers and professional to ensure service delivery.
• Communicates effectively with research team and study participants and their family members. Is able to provide patients with information, which may be complex or sensitive, regarding their participation in the clinical trial and the care that they will receive as a consequence of that.
• Facilitate the recruitment of research participants in to low risk research studies, which is likely to include quality of life and tissue sample collection studies.
• Support the research delivery team to successfully deliver a broad ranging portfolio of clinical trials.
• Coordinate and supervise housekeeping duties and ordering of all clinical trial supplies.
• Co-ordinate the collection transfer and storage of blood / tissue samples in accordance with the Human Tissue Act 2004 as required by trial protocol.

As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.

Please note it is a requirement of The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust that all successful candidates who require a DBS for the post they have been offered pay for their DBS certificate. The method of payment is a salary deduction from your first month’s pay.