Cardiology Research Nurse
Location: Edinburgh Scotland
Description: University of Edinburgh is looking of Cardiology Research Nurse right now, this position will be placed in Scotland. For detail informations about this position opportunity kindly read the description below. We are looking for an experienced and enthusiastic clinical nurse to join a team responsible for delivering a 1.5 year research project funded by Marie Curie Cancer Research. The researc! h study will develop and test the feasibility of a randomised trial aimed at assessing an holistic clinical intervention for people with advanced heart disease who are approaching the end of their lives. Working closely with a full time research assistant the post-holder will play a key role in recruiting patients and delivering the trial intervention. The postholder will support the research assistant in coordinating, performing and delivering the qualitative and quantitative evaluation of the study. The postholder will work closely with other members of the research team including a cardiologist, clinical palliative care specialist and a clinical trialist. Data analysis will be supported formally by a statistician.
Nursing education to degree level is essential and further evidence of ongoing professional development in cardiac or palliative care would be an advantage. The role will include recruitment of patients, carers and healthcare professionals. Experience ! of working in the field of cardiac care and/or palliative care! will be an advantage.
This post is fixed term, on a full-time or part time basis for 18 months.
For informal inquiries please contact Dr Martin Denvir, Cardiology, RIE Tel 0131 242 1923
The post holder will have professional responsibility for the direct and indirect care of patients and family members/carers enrolled in the FLAME research study (Future Care Planning for patients and families living with advanced heart Disease (FLAME study).
The post holder will hold an honorary NHS contract as a clinical nurse practitioner.
The post holder will ensure that the highest standard of care is delivered to research subjects and their families, in partnership with all members of the multi-disciplinary clinical and research teams in both secondary and primary care.
The post holder will support all research aspects of the study working closely with the study Research Assistant in accordance with the International Conference on ! Harmonisation Good Clinical Practice Guidelines (ICH-GCP) and MHRA guidance.
The post holder has responsibility and accountability for maintaining both clinical and research governance associated with the study.
In conjunction with the Chief Investigator, the post holder will liaise with statutory research organizations, research collaborators and sponsor organizations.
Main Responsibilities
- Manage, co-ordinate and support all research aspects of the FLAME study, with support from the chief investigator, in accordance with the International Conference on Harmonisation Good Clinical Practice Guidelines (ICH-GCP) and MHRA guidance.
- Assist and support the study research assistant (RA) in collecting and collating data associated with the study including the running and organisation of patient/carer forums as described in the protocol.
- Screen, recruit and consent subjects according to the inclusion and exclusion criteria ! and according to the study protocol, and where desired or necessary, fa! cilitate a subject’s withdrawal from a study, in order to ensure the effective achievement of the study aims.
- Provide on-going direct and indirect clinical care, advice and information to patients and their families liaising with other members of the cardiology, palliative care and primary care multidisciplinary teams.
- Collect and collate appropriate clinical data and carry out study procedures as outlined in the protocol and in liaison with clinical colleagues including the reporting of adverse events.
- Participate in clinical trial monitoring and data management procedures internally and externally as required in order to meet the governance requirements of each study. In collaboration with investigators, develop and utilise study specific documentation to ensure that data is recorded accurately and in accordance with regulatory requirements.
- The post holder will deputise as delegated for the Chief Investigator in his/her absence, atte! nding study/investigator meetings and liaising with research bodies in order to maintain communication and continuity for the research studies.
The Post holder’s work is primarily generated by research activities arising from the FLAME research study.
The post holder will be responsible to the Chief Investigator and the Trial Steering Group (TSG).
The Cardiology Lead Research Nurse will provide clinical guidance and professional management, work review and formal appraisal of performance.
The post is largely self-directed in terms of time and workload management and duties are performed without direct supervision after appropriate training.
The post holder will delegate/allocate work to other members of the research team as required.
Workload may be variable, dependent on the number and nature of the research studies and this will require flexibility of working hours to take account of stu! dy recruitment patterns.
Problem Solving
The post holder i! s expected to make clinical and professional decisions autonomously and on a daily basis, including decisions involving clinical problems associated with the management and care of patients with advanced cardiac disease and their carers/families,
The post holder will also be expected to make decisions with regard to the operation of the research study itself, with appropriate reference to line manager and other clinical colleagues where necessary.
The post holder will act in the best interests of the research subjects at all times to ensure their rights are upheld, when identifying, screening, recruiting and managing subjects in association with the FLAME research study.
The post holder will coordinate and guide the patient and their family through the journey of clinical care in the context of the proposed research study.
The post holder will make independent decisions on the use of research resources arising during the study with suppor! t from the Chief Investigator.
Post holder will be responsible for resolving the majority of problems that arise within the context of the role, including both routine and more complex clinical issues, in liaison with the clinical team and/or the chief investigtor.
Routine issues are likely to involve: patient/ subject recruitment, clinical management of cardiac problems, liaison with primary care team, documenting and processing clinical data and clinical follow up data of patients and their families.
Complex issues are likely to involve: Dealing with difficult end of life issues in relation to cardiac disease and discussing these issues with patients and their families. Balancing the primacy of respect for patient autonomy with meeting study recruitment targets. Reconcile ethical issues in a complex working environment.
The post holder will operate in a way that optimises the equality and diversity needs of research subjec! ts and staff
Decision Making
The post holder -
- is expected to make independent professional decisions on a daily basis with regard to clinical care of patients and their family.
- Is expected to liaise closely with clinical multidisciplinary teams in secondary and primary care in making clinical decisions with appropriate reference to the line manager and other clinical colleagues where appropriate.
- will make decisions independently in order to act in the best interests of the research subject to ensure their rights are upheld, when identifying, screening and recruiting subjects into clinical research studies.
- will have a clear understanding of the patient journey and will negotiate and prioritise research issues alongside daily clinical care.
- will make decisions on the use of research resources with reference to the chief investigator where appropriate.
- Will have freedom to act as guided by precedent and clearly defi! ned Divisional policies, protocol/procedures and codes of conduct in accordance with NMC regulations, ICH GCP Guidelines, Research Governance Framework, EU Clinical Trials Directive, Adults with Incapacity Act and Data Protection Act.
Clinical communications:
Patient/subjects and their families
Secondary care cardiology team
Other secondary care teams as appropriate (e.g. Acute medicine)
Primary Care Team
NHS24
Community-based palliative care team
Hospital-based palliative care team
Research-based Communications:
Communicate with the Chief Investigator(s) and Trial Steering Group on a regular basis â€" regarding subject and study issues.
Clinical Research Facility if appropriate.
NHS Lothian Research and Development Office regarding the approval of, management and monitoring of clinical research studies.
Other relevant lines of communication may encompass t! he following to ensure appropriate research and clinical governance :
Directorate/Operations Manager
NHS Lothian CTR directorate Principal Nurse
Cardiology CTR Clinical Director
Clinical Trial Manager
University of Edinburgh Finance department
Support Services
University of Edinburgh Human Resources
Health and Safety
Risk Management
External Communications;
Liaise with other study centres and external multidisciplinary research teams on the day-to-day running of studies.
Communications to ensure dissemination of research findings:
The post holder will participate in patient carer forums, professional/academic meetings and conferences related to research studies
Liaise with external collaborators and sponsor organisations e.g Marie Curie, British Heart Foundation
Liaise with Research Ethics Committees
Liaise with Central Office of Research Ethics Committee (COREC) as appropriate
Person Specification
First Level Registered Nurse with relevant experience! at Band 5 or 6 level or equivalent, demonstrating appropriate competencies and skills for the job in this clinical setting.
Educated to degree level (or working towards).
Experience in the clinical assessment and management of patients with heart disease including heart failure and/or acute coronary syndrome and an understanding of current heart disease clinical guidelines and protocols will be highly desirable for this post.
Experience in palliative care will be highly desirable for this post.
Highly effective listening and interpersonal skills are essential.
Research experience including a working knowledge of ICH GCP Guidelines, EU Clinical Trials Directive and Research Governance Framework would be an advantage.
Post-graduate certification/diploma/Continuous and or evidence of on-going Professional Development in cardiac or palliative care would be an advantage.
The post holder will be required to demonstrate excellent team working skills wi! th ability to work using own initiative.
Time management skills and! ability to prioritise workload are essential.
IT Skills are highly desirable.
Evidence of ward management experience and clinical leadership would be advantageous
Dimensions
The post holder will work primarily in the Cardiology Department at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh and will also include work at the Western General Hospital, Edinburgh. This includes screening and recruitment of subjects and their families in cardiology and care of the elderly wards at both hospital sites.
In the absence of the Chief Investigator the post holder will be responsible for operational management of the FLAME research study.
Key members of staff with which the post holder will interact will include primary and secondary care clinicians, Clinical Trial Manager, Edinburgh Clinical Trials Unit, Management, Cardiology directorate, R&D Office, Support Services, Health and Safety and Risk Management.
The post holder is not primarily responsible f! or managing the study budget but needs to be aware of the resources available and the need to maintain costs within the limits of the project budget.
Other key members of staff with whom the post holder will interact includes:
Medical/Therapists/Finance/ Research and Development (R&D) Office/Procurement/Support Services/Education Facilitators/ Health and Safety and Risk Management.
Protection of Vulnerable Groups Scheme (PVG)
This post is subject to registration with the Protection of Vulnerable Groups scheme, for regulated work with children and/or vulnerable adults as appropriate. Employment in this post is conditional on the successful post holder being able to obtain/holding PVG scheme membership. The successful candidate will not be permitted to commence employment until this has been confirmed. Information provided will be kept confidential and individuals will not be discriminated against unnecessarily due to non relevant offending backgroun! d. If you require further information on the PVG scheme please visit: w! ww.disclosurescotland.co.uk .
NHS Honorary Contract
An Honorary NHS contract will be sought for the successful post holder. You therefore must be eligible to hold an honorary contract with NHS Lothian, and must also be registered with the General Medical/Dental Council or Nursing & Midwifery Council if appropriate to the role.
It should be noted that the offer of appointment is subject to Occupational Health clearance prior to commencement of duty.
Salary
The role is grade UE06 and attracts an annual salary of £25,504 to £29,541 for 35 hours, each week. Salary is paid monthly by direct transfer to your Bank or Building Society account, normally on the 28th of the month. Salaries for part-time staff are calculated on the full-time scales, pro-rata to the Standard Working Week.
Pension Scheme
This role is grade UE06 and therefore the post holder is automatically included in membership of the Universities Superannuation Scheme ! (USS), subject to the USS membership criteria, unless they indicate that they choose not to join the Scheme.
Hours to be Notified (HTBN) will automatically become a member of the USS scheme if their monthly earnings are deemed to be ‘qualifying earnings’ (equivalent to the HMRC monthly threshold above which their earnings are taxable). If the post holder’s earnings are not deemed as “qualifying earnings†and therefore will not automatically become a member they can opt in to the USS Scheme.
For further information please visit our Pensions website
Eligibility to Work
In accordance with the Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006 the University of Edinburgh, as an employer, has a legal responsibility to prevent illegal working and therefore must check that all employees are entitled to work in the United Kingdom (UK).
To do so, the University of Edinburgh requires to see original documents evidencing right to work in the UK b! efore commencement of employment and this is normally carried out at in! terview. Details will be provided in any letter of invitation to interview.
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For applicants interested in sponsorship information is available on our Working in the UK website
Application Procedure
All applicants should apply online at www.ed.ac.uk/jobs . The application process is quick and easy to follow, and you will receive email confirmation of safe receipt of your application. The online system allows you to submit a CV and other attachments.
Closing date: 14 June 2013, at 6pm.
The University reserves the right to vary the candidate information or make no appointment at all. Neither in part, nor in whole does this information form part of any contract between the University and any individual.
The University of Edinburgh is a charitable body, registered in Scotland, with registration number SC005336.
University/BHF Centre for Cardiovascular S! cience ( http://www.cvs.med.ed.ac.uk )
(Director, Professor B Walker) has an international reputation for excellence in translational (biomedical and clinical) research focussed on understanding risk factors and developing new treatments to prevent deaths from cardiovascular diseases. It is one of four British Heart Foundation Centres of Research Excellence in the UK. CVS is located in state-of-the-art facilities in the Queen’s Medical Research Institute with Clinical Research facilities in the adjacent Edinburgh Royal Infirmary and the New Medical School at Little France.
CVS is home to 175 research staff and students. These include clinicians and scientists who are experts in many areas relevant to cardiovascular disease, including cardiology, endocrinology, physiology, molecular biology and pharmacology. There are 14 Professors and 30 Principal Investigators in CVS, and strong links with several other research centres in Edinburgh.
School of Clini! cal Sciences ( http://www.ed.ac.uk/schools-departments/clinical-science! s )
The School of Clinical Sciences (Head, Professor Hilary Critchley) has an international reputation in clinical based research through the combination of basic, clinical and translational science and epidemiological studies, and as a part of the College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine, offers unparalleled opportunities for groundbreaking interdisciplinary research in the bio-medical sciences.
The School comprises 5 interdisciplinary Research Centres: the University of Edinburgh/BHF Centre for Cardiovascular Sciences (Director, Professor Brian Walker), the MRC Centre for Inflammation Research (Director, Professor John Iredale), the MRC Centre for Regenerative Medicine (Director, Professor Charles ffrench-Constant), the Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences (Director, Professor Siddharthan Chandran), the MRC Centre for Reproductive Health (Inaugural Director, Professor Philippa Saunders); plus a Division of Health Sciences (Head, Professor Peter H! ayes) incorporating 7 clinical specialties; and the Postgraduate Dental Institute (Acting Director, Dr Tony Anderson).
Clinical Sciences employs around 600 members of academic and support staff and has over 550 Honorary members who contribute significantly to teaching and research. The School is a major contributor to the undergraduate MBChB curriculum and has approximately 800 registered post graduate students studying a range of PhD, MD, taught and research MSc and on-line distance learning programmes. The School can be found at the Little France site (Queen’s Medical Research Institute, Chancellor’s Building, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh the Scottish Centre for Regenerative Medicine in the Bioquarter), the Royal Hospital for Sick Children, the Lauriston Building, Lauriston Place, the Western General Hospital and the Royal Edinburgh Hospital.
In the most recent UK Research Assessment Exercise, Clinical Medicine was rated top out of 28 submissions in ! the whole UK.
The College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine !
The College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine ( http://www.mvm.ed.ac.uk ) traces its origins back nearly 500 years (Darwin, Simpson and Conan-Doyle were students here) and is internationally renowned for its research and teaching. Headed by Professor Sir John Savill, the only conjoint Medical and Veterinary Medical School in the UK employs over 2300 academic and support staff within the College and the four Schools; Biomedical Sciences ; Molecular, Genetic and Population Health Sciences; Clinical Sciences and Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies.
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The undergraduate medicine teaching programme in the College enjoys a very high reputation nationally and internationally, with over 1,300 students enrolled on the MBChB and Intercalated courses and nearly 1000 on the Veterinary Sciences BVS and related programmes. In addition, approximately 2000 students are currently enrolled in the College’s taught and research post-graduate courses, including an extensive range of online distance learning diplomas and degrees. They are trained by over 1000 outstanding academic staff. Details of PhDs, research programmes and studentships are available through our major interdisciplinary research institutes and centres (http://www.ed.ac.uk/schools-departments/medicine-vet-medicine/research/institutes/centres).
The academic disciplines within Medicine are largely concentrated in the two teaching hospital campuses in Edinburgh, the New Royal Infirmary at Little France and the Western General Hospital. Bot! h have extensive new infrastructure with major new research institutes ! and state of the art research facilities on clinical sites. Edinburgh hosts a number of prestigious MRC and BHF Research Centres. The approach is interdisciplinary, with basic and clinical researchers working together at the laboratory bench and in our clinical research facilities to address major themes in basic, clinical and translational medicine.
The Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Science on the new Easter Bush campus houses outstanding teaching and clinical facilities as well as the splendid Roslin Institute, one of the world’s leading veterinary research centres. The College is the UK’s only conjoint medical and veterinary school which affords outstanding opportunities to address ‘One Health’ and Global Health problems of the highest international priority.
Research Assessment Exercise (RAE) 2008
In RAE 2008, the College was placed first of 28 submissions in the UK, in Hospital-Based Clinical Subjects. Of all those submitted at th! e international level 80% of the submission were judged world-leading (4-star, 40%) or internationally excellent (3-star, 40%) levels.
The College was placed fourth in Agriculture, Veterinary and Food Science, but was the first-placed veterinary school (by 4*) and delivered the largest volume of 4* research in the whole UK. The College was also sixth in the UK in Psychiatry, Neuroscience and Clinical Psychology, an area further reinforced by the advent of Edinburgh Neuroscience to coalesce the University’s neuroscience activities.
The University of Edinburgh
For more than four centuries, our people and their achievements have rewritten history time and again. They’ve explored space, revolutionised surgery, published era-defining books, paved the way for life-saving medical breakthroughs and introduced to the world many inventions, discoveries and ideas from penicillin to Dolly the sheep. We have believed that anything is possible.
We still! do. The latest Research Assessment Exercise highlighted our place at t! he forefront of international research. This adds to our international reputation for the quality of our teaching and our student experience excellence.
As a member of staff you will be part of one of the world's leading universities, with 22 Schools spread over 3 Colleges that offer more than 500 undergraduate and 160 postgraduate courses to over 30,000 students each year. Professional services are critical to this success as well as our world-class teaching, research and student facilities. In fact, we are one of the top employers in Edinburgh, with over 11,700 people spread across a wide range of academic and supporting roles.
As a world-changing, world-leading university we are an exciting, positive, creative, challenging and rewarding place to work. We give you support, nurture your talent, develop and reward success and integrate academic, professional and personal career goals, as well as give your career the benefit of a great and distinguished rep! utation.
The University of Edinburgh is a charitable body, registered in Scotland, with registration number SC005336.
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