Clinical Research Nurse

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Detail information about job Clinical Research Nurse. Terms and conditions vacancy

Salary: £22,128-£28,746 pa plus London Allowance of £4,425-£5,749 pa (20% of basic salary)

Contract: Full-time, fixed-term for twelve months

Campus: St. Mary’s/Hammersmith Campus with travel to all other campuses

Applications are invited for a Clinical Research Nurse to help run clinical volunteer studies in a collaboration with Duke University/US Department of Defence supervised by Dr Christopher Chiu. The study focuses on influenza, one of the most important causes of severe respiratory infection worldwide, and aims to understand why some people become more sick than others.

You will be joining a highly supportive and dynamic group of enthusiastic and dedicated doctors, research nurses, scientists and students with a shared mission to combat respiratory infections. Training will be provided for all aspects of your role, from the clinical skills required to the administrative and organisational responsibilities that a research nurse will have.

Our work focuses on immunity in the airway and blood following natural or experimental human infection with influenza and RSV. You will work with clinical research fellows and senior research nurses to eventually manage all clinical aspects of the study. The post involves advertising for and recruiting volunteers; screening and assessment; assisting with clinical study procedures (such as phlebotomy and nasal washes); liaison with volunteers; data input and recording of trial observations; preparing the quarantine facility; reviewing the subjects during quarantine and at follow-up; and maintenance of health and safety and ethical standards. 

In addition, if an outbreak of a severe respiratory viral infection such as influenza occurs, you will help with the collection of blood, respiratory samples and clinical information from hospitalised patients. The post-holder will have an honorary contract with Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust.

We will encourage you to take up opportunities for CPD and career advancement. You should be fully qualified in nursing. Experience in respiratory medicine, infection and/or previous research experience is not essential but would be helpful. You must have excellent organisational and communication skills, have the potential to work flexibly on your own and as part of the multidisciplinary team, be proactive and wish to develop a career in clinical research.

Please note that as this post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974, a satisfactory enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check will be required for the successful candidate. Further information about the DBS disclosure process can be found at http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/agencies-public-bodies/dbs/ or by telephoning 08709 090811. You may also wish to view the College’s policy statements on the Recruitment and Employment of Ex-Offenders and the Secure Storage, Use, Retention & Disposal of Disclosures and Disclosure Information

For further information about the position please contact Dr Chris Chiu ([email protected]).

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Should you have any queries please contact: Emma Jones: [email protected]

Committed to equality and valuing diversity, we are also an Athena SWAN Silver Award winner, a Stonewall Diversity Champion, a Disability Confident Employer and are working in partnership with GIRES to promote respect for trans people.

The College is a proud signatory to the San-Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA), which means that in hiring and promotion decisions, we evaluate applicants on the quality of their work, not the journal impact factor where it is published. For more information, see https://www.imperial.ac.uk/research-and-innovation/about-imperial-research/research-evaluation/.