Barts Bioresource (BBR) Nurse

Job description

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain's leading healthcare providers.

The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation.

Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.

Barts Health supports the Pregnancy Loss Pledge and commits to supporting their staff through the distress of miscarriage.

We are dedicated to being an outstanding place to work and will work with you to get the best experience. We know flexible working is not a one size fits all and will mean something different to everyone. We are inclusive, so if you are interested in flexible working, please speak to the recruiting manager.

Job overview

The Barts BioResource is looking for a compassionate and motivated Band 5 Nurse to join our core team. You will work as part of a modular team of three who embed within clinical areas to deliver safe, high-quality participant recruitment and help local teams build the skills and confidence to recruit to the BBR independently. This is a rewarding role for a nurse who enjoys patient contact, teaching others and improving services. You will screen, consent and support participants with clarity, model excellent practice and occasionally process and aliquot biological samples in line with laboratory standards. Every aspect of the role reflects our WeCare values and our commitment to outstanding patient and staff experience.

Main duties of the job

The postholder will be a core member of the Barts BioResource (BBR) team, working within a modular team of three nurses who embed into clinical areas across the Trust, to deliver safe, compassionate participant recruitment and build local capability. The role combines participant-facing activity with training, coaching and quality improvement. The postholder will also support biological sample processing and aliquoting in line with laboratory SOPs when required. Every aspect of the role reflects our WeCare values and commitment to excellent patient and staff experience.

Working for our organisation

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain's leading healthcare providers.

Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.

We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below.

Although this position is a 12 months fixed-term contract, the actual contract duration will be adjusted to account for the time taken to advertise the post, complete the hiring process, and finalise pre-employment checks. This means the contract will begin when the candidate starts the role and may be slightly shorter than 12 months.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Registered Nurse (NMC)

Desirable criteria

• Good Clinical Practice (GCP) training

Experience

Essential criteria

• Patient facing clinical experience.
• Experience explaining clinical information clearly.
• Experience with clinical data collection.

Desirable criteria

• Knowledge of and preferably experience in, the conducting of clinical trials
• Training or coaching others
• Experience of clinical trials and research approvals process

Knowledge

Essential criteria

• Understanding of safeguarding, confidentiality and data protection.
• Awareness of the Health Research Authority.

Desirable criteria

• Awareness of clinical networks, NIHR or similar research programmes
• Human Tissue Act

Skills

Essential criteria

• Excellent communication.
• Strong attention to detail.
• Ability to prioritise.
• Strong record keeping.
• Problem-solving mindset.
• Ability to coach and support others.
• Phlebotomy
• Cannulation

Desirable criteria

• Experience of using research databases
• Electronic logging systems.
• Sample handling and processing

Other

Essential criteria

• Comfortable working in different clinical and academic environments at both Barts and QMUL.
• Adaptable to change.
• Working with staff from a range of professional backgrounds and seniority.
• Working collaboratively in a team.
• Committed to continuous improvement.
• Compassionate, calm and aligned with WeCare values.
• Willing to work to contracted hours within BBR service hours 08:00-18:00.
• Willingness to participate in emergency on-call rota.

Desirable criteria

• Interest in genomics, research or service development.

Visa Sponsorship Information

This role is subject to UK immigration requirements. Where sponsorship is required, applicants must meet the eligibility criteria for a Skilled Worker visa in accordance with current UK Visas and Immigration rules, including any salary, qualification, and role-specific requirements applicable at the time of appointment. Candidates who require sponsorship will only be considered where the post is eligible and where all sponsorship criteria can be met. Evidence of the right to work in the UK will be required before appointment. Please note that for roles employed under Agenda for Change Terms and Conditions, the High-Cost Area Supplement (HCAS) is not included when calculating the basic salary for the purposes of sponsorship.

We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment where staff treat one another with dignity and respect. We aim to create an equitable working environment where every individual can fulfil their potential.

As an Equal Opportunities Employer we actively support applications from individuals' who apply under the Guaranteed Interview Scheme and will process your application as appropriate.

We reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once a sufficient number of applications has been received and we regret that we are unable to provide notification if your application is unsuccessful.

After applying via NHS Jobs, your submitted application will be imported into our preferred Third party recruitment system. All subsequent information regarding your application will be generated from apps.trac.jobs.

By applying for this post you are agreeing to Barts Health NHS Trust transferring the information contained in this application to its preferred applicant management system. If you are offered a job, information will also be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records system.

Barts Health is committed to safeguarding the welfare of children and to child protection. The Trust aims to ensure as far as is possible that anyone, paid or unpaid, who seeks to work in our organisation and who gains access to children, is safe to do so. As such, you may be required to undertake a Disclosure and Barring Check as part of the recruitment process if appointed to a post with direct access to children or vulnerable adults.

Barts Health promotes active travel as part of its goal to reach Net Zero. Each site is accessible by public transport and the Trust has a cycle to work scheme and some sites have Brompton Hire Pods.

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