Total 10 Science / R&D / Research job vacancies in PO6 3TD

Medical on call. Provide on-call cover (maximum frequency 1:6) as part of the general medical rota at Queen Alexandra Hospital. RESEARCH FELLOW ROLE Supporting the coordination, management and delivery of clinical trials and studies according to protocols. Supporting the Principal Investigator and/or the Departmental Research Lead in submitting applications for NHS, Regulatory, Ethics and Governance permissions to conduct Clinical Trials within the Trust. Identifying, screening and assessing the suitability of local patients to take part in research, according to specified inclusion/exclusion criteria. Ensuring trial specific investigations and sampling are undertaken as per the Protocol to establish eligibility and to ensure safe entry into trials. Providing specialist information to patients about taking part in Clinical Trials, including the risks and benefits of participation in specific protocols. Initiating and facilitating the process of gaining their informed consent. Acting as primary contact for participants and to be a source of information for these patients and their relatives and for the local Clinical teams, with respect to trial activities. Liaising with other clinical departments, support departments and external organizations to ensure the successful delivery of trials.

We have trained 3 Consultant Radiographers in Breast/Urology/Palliative who work very closely with the research team. We have a number of apprentice radiographer undergraduate and postgraduate roles in post and have recently invested in enhanced practice roles supporting progression from graduate all the way to consultant radiographer or lead radiographer. We would love to welcome an experienced, senior therapeutic radiographer to join our team, allocating approximately 50% of the role for research and 50% in radiotherapy treatment or pre-treatment on a full time or part time basis. You will find a motivated, enthusiastic and forward-thinking department, who won the Society of Radiographers Regional South East Team of the Year 2023. The area combines the advantages of city life with rural villages and seaside towns. Portsmouth is a thriving naval city, steeped in history, on the beautiful South Coast. It is ninety minutes from central London and has good transport links by ferry and airplane into Europe. Waters sports facilities are excellent with access to the Solent, and sandy beaches are within easy reach. Inland is the spectacular and relatively unspoilt countryside of rural Hampshire, and the South Downs National Park. The health and wellbeing of our staff is at the forefront of everything we do. We are proud to be able to offer our staff some fantastic benefits including our on-site Nursery, access to our free Beach Hut for those long summer days, our on-site Wellness Centre including a gym and a swimming pool, access to our fantastic staff networks including LGBTQ, Race Equality and Disability, and awards ceremonies to recognise your achievements. We believe we can offer support to all of our staff when they need it the most. Please feel free to contact Lisa Murray - Lisa.Murray@porthosp.nhs.uk or 02392 286000 ext. 3080 - to discuss the role.

You will be involved in all aspects of trial delivery, from set up to completion. This will include pre-screening and screening participants, supporting informed consent conversations and trial follow up, ultimately ensuring the smooth running of studies and providing continuous support for our trial volunteers. In return, we will be able to facilitate and support you with additional training and education relevant to the role, study-specific training, as well as the opportunity to gain experience from other research teams within Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust, and other research partners. We know the secret to our success is through investment in our staff, so in return for your passion, dedication, and hard work we promise you: Bespoke induction and training programme, based on your needs and aspirations Access to our free Beach Hut, on-site gym, swimming pool and nursery Superb NHS benefits, including cycle to work scheme, salary sacrifice for electrical goods, annual leave and pension to name but a few. If you are ready to feel valued, and where your work has real meaning, get in contact with us today! Informal visits are encouraged to discuss the post & see the working environment - please contact Bev Longhurst on 02392 892053 to arrange this.

Upper GI and general surgery-themed clinical research under supervision of a clinical/academic surgical lead. Develop critical skills in research, paper writing, and statistical analysis Opportunity to develop academic portfolio and expand academic credentials/CV Applicant will have the opportunity to be supported in the pursuit of a higher post-graduate degree if desired. Work as part of a team to co-ordinate, lead and deliver research trials within Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust. Recruit patients into clinical trials designated as portfolio studies by the NIHR and Wessex CRN. Provide support to study Principal Investigators, Clinical Research Leads and other research staff to deliver high quality clinical research. Provide clinical leadership and advice to junior members of the research team. Supporting the Principal Investigator and/or the Departmental Research Lead in submitting applications for NHS, Regulatory, Ethics and Governance permissions to conduct Clinical Trials within the Trust. Identifying, screening and assessing the suitability of local patients to take part in research, according to specified inclusion/exclusion criteria. Ensuring trial specific investigations and sampling are undertaken as per the Protocol to establish eligibility and to ensure safe entry into trials. Providing specialist information to patients about taking part in Clinical Trials, including the risks and benefits of participation in specific protocols. Initiating and facilitating the process of gaining their informed consent. Acting as primary contact for participants and to be a source of information for these patients and their relatives and for the local Clinical teams, with respect to trial activities. Liaising with other clinical departments, support departments and external organizations to ensure the successful delivery of trials. Maintaining accurate documentation in an auditable format, and accurately record data as required by each Trial. Identifying barriers to recruitment and performance, communicating these to the wider team, and help facilitate their resolution. Working to Standard Operating Procedures (SOPS) for research activity and provide ongoing review and development of these SOPS. Ensuring all activities undertaken meet the standards set out in the Principles of Good Clinical Practice (ICH-GCP, 1996) and National Research Governance Framework for Health & Social Care (DH, 2005). Enforce all applicable standards (e.g. Medicines for Human Use (Clinical Trials) Regulations 2004) for research. Undertaking research projects in Respiratory. The post holder will be encouraged to register for an MD thesis or similar and present their findings at national meetings as well as publishing in peer reviewed journals. Assisting with running current multi-centre clinical research trials - recruitment, consenting, performing procedures as per protocol. On completion of the trial data analysis, publishing of results and writing papers. Write grant applications for future studies, as identified. Actively participate in the research team meetings, including current research fellows, research nurses and department consultants. Attend Research Fellow meetings as per the schedule, to describe delivery on Research Network Portfolio trials, quality improvements made, show knowledge transfer and progress on academic studies. Providing medical support for Urgent Public Health Research and other high priority NIHR research under the direction of the Wessex CRN fellowship programme across all Portsmouth sites.

The health and wellbeing of our staff is at the forefront of everything we do. We are proud to be able to offer our staff some fantastic benefits including our on-site Nursery, access to our free Beach Hut for those long summer days, our on-site Wellness Centre including a gym and a swimming pool, access to our fantastic staff networks including LGBTQ, Race Equality and Disability, and awards ceremonies to recognise your achievements. We believe we can offer support to all of our staff when they need it the most. For this role we can provide a flexible working options of 30 or 37.5 Hours per week over 3/4/5 days. Please feel free to contact Steve Murphy steve.murphy@porthosp.nhs.uk to discuss the role.

The post holder will be supported by senior nurses within the units, and the role is ideal for a highly motivated nurse who is keen to further develop their experience in clinical research nursing. The post holder will work in close collaboration with the Research Nursing Team, Principal Investigators, and research support staff, to ensure compliance with Trust Policy, Good Clinical Practice (GCP), Human Tissue Act (HTA), and trial-specific protocols. If you would like to be part of this dynamic research and innovation team and feel that you can fulfil this post, we would like to hear from you; Informal visits are highly recommended prior to application, please contact Michelle Baker-Moffatt to arrange a visit. We will consider candidates who meet the essential criteria of the Person Specification as well as the characteristics of the Trusts vision and values. Please ensure that you thoroughly read the Job Description and Person Specification for this position and only apply if you meet all the essential criteria as detailed in the person specification. Please note that any incomplete application forms will be rejected. Any additional information in support of your application can be added to the SmartRecruiters system as an attachment. Employment in this post is subject to satisfactory references and a disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service. We will be requesting references by email, please ensure that you include an email address and contact telephone number in your application to avoid delays to the recruitment process. This post is subject to a six-month probationary period for candidates external to Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust. Job Description Interview date: TBC Contact name: Michelle Baker-Moffatt, Senior Research Nurse Contact telephone/bleep number: 02392 286000 ext 5609 Email: Michelle.Baker-Moffatt@porthosp.nhs.uk (Person who will shortlist applications)

The health and wellbeing of our staff is at the forefront of everything we do. We are proud to be able to offer our staff some fantastic benefits including our on-site Nursery, access to our free Beach Hut for those long summer days, our on-site Wellness Centre including a gym and a swimming pool, access to our fantastic staff networks including LGBTQ, Race Equality and Disability, and awards ceremonies to recognise your achievements. We believe we can offer support to all of our staff when they need it the most. For this role we can provide a flexible working options of 30 or 37.5 Hours per week over 3/4/5 days. Please feel free to contact Steve Murphy steve.murphy@porthosp.nhs.uk to discuss the role.

Clinical/Professional Maintain a high visible presence within the clinical area, ensuring that patients, visitors, healthcare staff and the multidisciplinary team have access to senior staff at all times. Act as a professional role model and leader, demonstrate clinical skills, promote clinical excellence and ensure an optimum standard of nursing care is delivered to all patients/research participants. Provide professional nursing leadership to staff within sphere of clinical responsibility. Lead and motivate staff by giving clear direction and setting achievable objectives through APDR process. Promote and set high standards of nursing care and maintain the delivery of quality care within the trust policies, protocols and guidelines. Lead and deliver a high standard of evidence based nursing care through the assessment, planning, and evaluating of individual patients needs based on evidence. Initiate, lead and co-ordinate care in the clinical area for a specified groups of patients. Recognise and respond to a change in patient status undertaking first line interventions within scope of practice and refer on to the appropriate clinician as required. Actively promote and lead others in safe and effective working practices to prevent harm to the patients within your care, and take part in safety audits and monitoring to maintain high quality standards. Communicate and work with the multidisciplinary team to improve quality of care, and informed clinical decisions. Promote innovation, educate, and share any new ideas to improve patient care. Lead the coordination of patient care and trial procedures for a clinical area of practice once deemed competent to do so. Liaise, report and document any relevant nursing/patient needs with other health care professionals with on-going responsibility for patient care, communicating changes as they occur. Ensure that accurate and timely patient records are maintained by you and your team. Implement and lead others in implementing the Trust Values, ensuring they are embedded into everyday practice and evaluate their impact on the patients experience. Engage and interact with carers/family encouraging them to be actively involved in patients involvement in research. Ensure concerns raised by patients and their families are escalated and dealt with in an open, honest and transparent way, in line with trust policies, procedures and Duty of Candour legislation, supporting junior colleagues in this process. Maintain and continually develop in-depth specialist knowledge of nursing practice relevant to the individual clinical speciality. Achieve competence in the use of medical devices/equipment by accessing training and maintain these. Promote health education within the clinical area and advise patient, family, and others in health promotion issues, making every contact count. Promote the health and well-being of staff, patients and their carers. Maintain links with other Specialist Research Nurses, Research Nurses, Clinical Trial Practitioners and Clinical Nurse Specialists, to share knowledge and act as a mutual support. Management and Leadership Take responsibility for the organisation and management of your specialist research portfolio. Have an overall view of the intensity of workload and the experience of the staff, and act to utilise the skill mix on duty to ensure cover achieves a high standard of research and clinical care. Report, escalate, manage and investigate patient safety events and clinical emergencies as detailed in Trust-wide and local research protocols and procedures. Be proactive in the prevention and management of complaints (formal and those via Patient Advice and Liaison Service) and when they occur investigate and respond in a timely manner. Lead and participate in quality monitoring and the development of improvements, working alongside your team to implement these into practice. Comply and promote compliance with Trust policies and guidelines e.g. Health and Safety, Clinical Risk and Infection Control. Implement the nursing strategy by settling clear achievable objectives for staff, who the post holder manages, into annual performance and development reviews and evaluate performance. Take appropriate action to address unexpected changes and situations, informing the Senior Research Team or other if unable to resolve. Actively contribute to achieving the clinical governance goals/targets set by the trust and department and comply with reporting schedules for monitoring and reporting. As a team leader, demonstrate expertise and share in-depth specialist knowledge and skills to all team members to develop clinical and professional nursing practice. Take responsibility for the management of staff performance and attendance in line with trust policies. Promote the health and well-being of staff, patients and their carers. Contribute to the clinical area non-pay budgets to ensuring good housekeeping and economic use of resources. Delegate duties and tasks as appropriate to team members and evaluate the outcomes. Demonstrate an awareness of and compliance with health and safety regulations/procedures that apply to staff, patients, and visitors within Trust premises. Work closely with partners i.e. Engie, resolving any issues regarding cleanliness, provision of food and maintenance of the environment. Ensure staff are aware how to escalate when issues cannot be resolved. With the Senior team, look at succession planning for any hard to recruit posts and use Talent Management skills to identify key staff for further development. For further information on the job description, please refer to the job description attached.

You will be responsible for supporting the day to day running of clinical trials from the National Institute of Health Research (NIHR) Portfolio and other commercial trials. In addition to providing assistance in the provision of specialised technical support within the endoscopy research setting, you will support the team to set up trials, identify eligible patients, receive consent for specified studies, arrange follow up visits, preparing clinics notes, data entry, maintain clinical trial records, preserving confidentiality and book transportation. Part of the great role is actively recruiting patients in line with NIHR targets. There may be occasions when you will be asked to support other areas with the Trust to achieve these targets, depending on your skills and knowledge. Research experience is an advantage although this is not essential as development will be supported here at PHU.

Your new company
Our client is a leading public sector organisation with a site in Portsmouth, looking for a maintenance operative to join their maintenance team on a permanent basis.
Your new role
You will be responsible for delivering scheduled, reactive and remedial maintenance services, ensuring that operational standards are always maintained. This can include, but is not limited to, basic/routine maintenance activities as instructed, building fabric, general monthly PPM tasks, plumbing, drainage, joinery, and general decoration repairs.
What you\'ll need to succeed

• A driving licence
• A trade qualification or apprenticeship
• Proven experience in a building trade or building maintenance
• Comfortable using technological devices to log jobs
• Ability to work alone and/or as part of a wider team

What you\'ll get in return

• Salary of £25,000 - £30,000 (plus on-call allowance)
• A company van and tools
• 35 days holiday with bank holidays
• Access to group personal pension plan
• Training and development opportunities

What you need to do now


If you\'re interested in this role, click \'apply now\' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call us now.
If this job isn\'t quite right for you, but you are looking for a new position, please contact us for a confidential discussion about your career.

Hays Specialist Recruitment Limited acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and employment business for the supply of temporary workers. By applying for this job you accept the T&C's, Privacy Policy and Disclaimers which can be found at hays.co.uk