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Location
Liverpool | United Kingdom
Job description
Clinical: Maintain compassion, empathy, dignity, comfort and sensitively to participants and their relatives at all times Develop area specific knowledge in order to enhance practice Identify and recruit participants into clinical trials, assisting in the management, coordination and facilitation of the concurrent trials ensuring recruitment targets are met. Following training and competency assessment completion assist in the monitoring and recording of participants vital signs (blood pressure, pulse, temperature, respirations, and oxygen saturations) as indicated in the protocol and delegated to do. Report any abnormal results to the clinical research nurse/ midwife or principal investigator Following training and competency assessment completion measure and record a participants height and weight as indicated in the protocol and as delegated to do. Following training and competency assessment completion perform venepuncture as indicated in the protocol and as delegated to do so Following training and competency assessment completion undertake clinical tasks relevant to the specific clinical area and research being conducted, for example urinalysis, screening swabs, ECG recording Assist the clinical research nursing and research medical staff with various clinical procedures when trained, competency assessed and as delegated to do Direct or escort participants between departments Collect participant medication for pharmacy, if appropriate Clean equipment after use in line with IPC guidance and informing the clinical research nurse/midwife when repairs are needed Education & Development: To undertake annual mandatory training in accordance with Trust policy To continuously work to develop skills and knowledge utilising the competency framework Attend investigation meetings and site initiation visits to ensure an in-depth knowledge of all study protocols Maintain own training records Attend study specific training as required and complete al necessary competency assessment documentation Attend team meetings contributing to the development of the team and Research & Innovation Be familiar and adhere to the Research & Innovation and Trust wide research and clinical standard operating procedures Administration/ clerical: Answer the telephone, direct enquiries to the most suitable team member and take messages passing them on in a timely manner Provide clerical support, including faxing, photocopying, scanning, and filing Ensure coordination and collection of participant medical notes as required for screening, monitoring, and audit Transfer laboratory specimens to the relevant laboratories using appropriate equipment Assist in maintaining electronic databases and paper records, to ensure that patients schedule to have follow up visits are not overlooked and have fulfilled all study assessments according to the protocol Assist in ensuring all documentation is filed in a timely manner and ready for Assist with inspections as required Arrange couriers/post for clinical research samples Support the research team with general tasks as required Possess IT skills Word, PowerPoint and familiar with email correspondence Data entry Ability to use patient related hospital computer systems, including research study databases Prepare letters for patients, ensuring these are sent out in a timely manner as required Comply with the Data Protection Act, GPDR legislation and Caldicott Guidelines in relation to confidential data
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Salary
£25.15k - £27.6k per annum
