The Advanced Nurse Practitioner-EB research is an experienced registered nurse with extensive research experience and specialist skills to assess and treat patients and manage the clinical environment, in liaison with the management and consultant team. The nurse will act as an autonomous practitioner in forming clinical decisions and complex management plans in the diagnosis, assessment and treatment of patients. In conjunction with senior nursing and consultant staff formulate the development of clinical guidance for all aspects of clinical practice within the clinical speciality relevant to EB research. The post holder will develop new areas of EB research practice, with nursing and consultant staff ensuring quality standards are met. The post holder will work closely with the interdisciplinary team and collaborate with colleagues to ensure that high quality patient care is maintained within EB research studies.
The Advanced Nurse Practitioner-EB research will be responsible for delivering PEBLES, in liaison with the study Chief Investigator, and for managing the research team members. This will include:
1. Project management and leadership of the PEBLES team, requiring strong decision-making skills and including management of band 7 research nurse and other PEBLES team members;
2. Responsibility for PEBLES finances and shared accountability for the current grant in excess of £780,000;
3. Providing research expertise and leadership, including managing large datasets and working with PEBLES/EB database developers and with researchers at all three PEBLES sites; the postholder will also participate in collection of PEBLES data including, as lone worker, home visits around the UK;
4. Disseminating PEBLES findings, including collaboration with the statisticians (based in Austria) and regular writing for publication; this postholder will share responsibility for maximising PEBLES outputs.
About the Trust
Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust comprises five of the UK’s best known hospitals – Guy’s, St Thomas’, Evelina London Children’s Hospital, Royal Brompton and Harefield – as well as community services in Lambeth and Southwark, all with a long history of high quality care, clinical excellence, research and innovation.
We are among the UK’s busiest, most successful foundation trusts. We provide specialist care for patients including heart and lung, cancer and renal services as well as a full range of local hospital and community services for people in Lambeth and Southwark.
We have a long tradition of clinical and scientific achievement and – as part of King’s Health Partners – we are one of England’s eight academic health sciences centres, bringing together world-class clinical services, teaching and research. We have one of the National Institute for Health Research’s biomedical research centres, established with King’s College London in 2007, as well as dedicated clinical research facilities.
We have around 22,700 staff, making us one of the largest NHS Trusts in the country and one of the biggest employers locally. We aim to reflect the diversity of the communities we serve and continue to develop new and existing partnerships with local people, patients, neighbouring NHS organisations, local authorities and charitable bodies and GPs.
Please see job description document for more details on the main responsibilities included with this role
