As an organisation we recognise the value of a healthy work-life balance.
When applying, speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate flexible working, so your work life fits around your home life.We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates as they are under-represented within the Trust.Click on this link to find out about our values https://www.uhbw.nhs.uk/p/about-us/our-trust-values We seek an enthusiastic healthcare professional with experience of the coordination of large-scale NHS clinical research projects who wishes to join a multidisciplinary team to assist with the upscaling of study recruitment of the Generation Study at UHBW.
The post holder will work closely with other multidisciplinary team members to ensure efficient communication of study information to potential participants, coordination of consent meetings between participants and public facing team members and recording of outcomes of enrolment process.
Generation study operational team members: The Generation Study (newborn genome screening) is an NHS flagship research programme that launched in pilot phase at UHBW in March 2024.
We now seeking to significantly increase study recruitment by making a series of new appointments to join an experienced existing study team based at St Michaels Hospital.There is funding available and sufficient flexibility within the team for up to three appointments that will be a mixture of Clinical Research Practitioner and Study Coordinator roles suitable for a mixture of band 5 and 6 appointees.
The post holders are anticipated to be a mixture of full time and less than full time, according to the preferences of the successful candidates and the ongoing priorities of the wider study team.
Proposed interview date: 03 December 2024 Operational Study coordination Support delivery of key elements of the pre-analysis part of the Study, i.e.
provision and dissemination of patient-facing informational material; ii.
coordination of face-to-face and remote patient consenting; iii.
Coordination (but not performance) of cord or heel prick blood sample collection where necessary, and local storage; iv.
coordination of courier transport of sample batches to the genomics laboratory.Support performance monitoring of patient approach, consent and sample collection/transport metrics and generation of activity reports to the Study leadership team and stakeholders Study monitoring and improving delivery Monitor and collate performance outcomes of the pre-analysis part of the Study to identify protocol and delivery refinements to improve Study performance.Dynamically respond to new service development demands such as patient safety.Embed evidence-based practice and methods of education that promote inclusivity and diversity.
Communication, education and advocacy at UHBWWork with other members of the core Study team and SW GMSA colleagues to promote the Generation Study to relevant UHBW staff through multimodality approaches: Organisation of educational staff-facing eventsCo-design with Genomics England Ltd the content and dissemination of staff-facing educational resources (print, social media website postings University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW) is one of the largest acute Trusts in the country, bringing together a combined workforce of over 13,000 staff and over 100 different clinical services across 10 different sites, serving a core population of more than 500,000 people across South West England.
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