Guys and St Thomas is among the UKs busiest and most successful NHS foundation trusts. We provide a full range of hospital and community services for people in south London and as well as specialist care for patients from further afield including cancer, renal, orthopaedic, respiratory and cardiovascular services.
Guys is home to the largest dental school in Europe and a £160 million Cancer Centre opened in 2016. As part of our commitment to provide care closer to home, in 2017 we also opened a cancer centre and a kidney treatment centre at Queen Marys Hospital in Sidcup. St Thomas has one of the largest critical care units in the UK and one of the busiest emergency departments in London. It is also home to Evelina London Childrens Hospital.
Evelina London cares for local children in Lambeth and Southwark and provides specialist services across south east England including cardiac, renal and critical care services. We lead a number of specialist service networks aiming to ensure children are treated locally where possible, but have access to specialist expertise when they need it. Our community services include health visiting, school nursing and support for families of children with long-term conditions.
Our adult community services teams deliver care at the heart of the local communities we serve, working in partnership with GPs, local authorities and other healthcare and voluntary sector organisations. Working with our partners in Lambeth and Southwark, we are focusing on new ways of working to improve care for local patients.
In February 2021 the Royal Brompton and Harefield joined Guys and St Thomas NHS Foundation Trust, bringing together world-leading expertise in the care and research of heart and lung disease. Our merger provides a once in a generation opportunity to build a lasting, world-renowned heart and lung centre, providing the highest quality care for patients and conducting world-leading research.
We have a reputation for clinical excellence and high quality teaching and research. We are part of Kings Health Partners, one of eight accredited UK academic health sciences centres. In partnership with Kings College London we have dedicated clinical research facilities and a National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Biomedical Research Centre.
Patients are at the heart of everything we do and we pride ourselves on ensuring the best possible patient experience as well as safe, high quality care. We are proud to have one of the lowest mortality rates in the NHS. Following a comprehensive Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspection in 2019 we maintained our overall rating of good. Our adult community services achieved a rating of outstanding.
The commitment of our 23,500 staff is key to our success. We are one of the largest local employers and we aim to develop and support all our staff so they are able to deliver high quality, safe and efficient care. The 2019 NHS staff survey results show that we have one of the most engaged and motivated workforces in the NHS. We know this has a positive impact on the care provided to our patients.
We have one of the most ambitious capital investment programmes anywhere in the NHS.
Job overview
We have an opportunity for an experienced Critical Care nurse to join our Critical Care Research Team based at St Thomas Hospital and Guys Hospital for a one year secondment. Our research programme is at the heart of everything we do at Guys and St Thomas NHS Foundation Trust, and plays a vital role in helping us to consolidate and grow on our position as one of the UKs leading Research Trusts.
Candidates are encouraged to contact either Gill Arbane (gill.arbane@gstt.nhs.uk) or Professor Louise Rose (louise.rose@kcl.ac.uk) before applying for the position.
Main duties of the job
The Research Nurse will play a key role in ensuring that the Life Lines research programme at GSTT is undertaken in a manner that safeguards the well-being of patients/research volunteers and is conducted according to Good Clinical Practice (GCP) and the Medicines for Human Use (Clinical Trial) Regulations 2004 and Amended Regulations 2006. The Research Nurse will facilitate delivery of these projects in a timely manner and at a high standard, in conjunction with the other members of the project team.
Working for our organisation
The trust has three critical care units – one at Guy’s Hospital and two at St Thomas’ Hospital. We run a portfolio of research studies including the prestigious extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) studies. The post holder will be working closely on a CTIMP. We offer studies ranging from early phase to phase IV and include studies on AKI to cardiac monitoring at national and international level. In addition the ICU department is the sponsor for many of its own trials for single and multi-centre research.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The research nurse will facilitate and aid in the recruitment of patients, data collection and will work flexibly across the disciplines and team members to ensure the successful delivery of the Life Lines research programme as a whole. They will also act as a patient advocate providing support and assistance as required.
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Guys and St Thomas celebrates, respects and values the diversity of its staff and patients. We review our policies, procedures and practices to ensure that all employees, patients and carers are treated equitable according to their needs. We are actively committed to ensuring that no one who applies for a job, works or studys at the Trust, or accesses our services is discriminated against on the grounds of race, ethnicity, nationality, disability, religion or belief, age, gender identity , gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity/paternity, or marital/civil partnership.
