. "application/rdf+xml" . _:Nb96358aa21ed4b2c9bb85fdac76bc153 . "value" . . "Past vacancies at the University of Oxford" . "RDF/XML description of Research Nurse_JD_FINAl.pdf" . . . . . "in dataset" . """_________________________________________________________________________ Summary Job title Research Nurse (Part Time) Division Medical Sciences Division Department Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences Location Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre, Windmill Road, Oxford, OX3 7HE Grade and salary Grade 6: £32,332 - £38,205 pro rata, per annum Hours Part time (0.6 FTE) Contract type Fixed-term for 12 months in the first instance Reporting to Gail Lang, Research Manager Vacancy reference 171225 Additional information A lower grade offer may be considered (Grade 5: £28,759 – £37,099 per annum) depending on experience, with commensurate reduction in responsibilities. The role The post, based at the Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre, Oxford, is designed to provide nursing support for an evolving range of musculoskeletal research studies which are adopted by the National Institute for Health Research portfolio. The role involves the screening, assessment, coordination, and recruitment of patients into clinical studies. The post will be flexible, working in a team of research nurses and other healthcare professionals based at the NOC with the occasional possibility of visiting other OUH Foundation Trust hospitals. Studies to be supported include orthopaedic surgical interventional and observational studies and studies in rheumatology. The post is funded for a one year period in the first instance. Responsibilities 1. The post will be based at the Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre (NOC), but the successful applicant may on occasion be expected to travel to other OUHFT hospitals. 2. Training will be provided in the skills necessary to undertake the research, as part of the post. 3. The applicant will liaise with the research manager and study co-ordinator for each study, to ensure the most efficient recruitment of patients. 4. It is anticipated that the applicant will support new studies or existing studies and supported by Gail Lang, according to the required workload. 5. The applicant will need to work flexibly in the team to make best use of their time. 6. Clinical procedures include venepuncture; height and weight measures, history taking and study specific examinations; and ensuring that the labelling, processing and storage of biological samples meets the necessary requirements of the research protocol in order to make certain that safe handling and quality is assured. 7. The role includes collating data, reviewing NHS case records and ensuring patient suitability according to study entry criteria. 8. Maintaining effective communication with research subjects and other members of the multidisciplinary/research team. 9. Providing ongoing advice and information to subjects, and where indicated in a protocol, obtain informed consent on behalf of the Chief Investigator or Principle Investigator of each study, in order to facilitate effective informed consent. 10. Awareness and understanding of the up to date protocol and SOPs. 11. Maintenance of study records in accordance with Good Clinical Practice (GCP). 12. Administrative duties: to ensure smooth and efficient running of the studies. Selection criteria Essential selection criteria • • • • • • • • • • • Registered Nurse with relevant post registration experience Relevant experience demonstrating the appropriate competencies and skills for the role Evidence of team working skills The ability to work using own initiative Effective listening and interpersonal skills Time management skills/ability to prioritise workload. Good computing skills including Microsoft Word Good command of written and spoken English evidenced by ability to explain and interpret procedures clearly Willingness to travel to other sites if required Demonstrate an ability to follow departmental guidance in handling sensitive and personal information, including complying with current data protection legislation Demonstrate an understanding of data protection and other statutory requirements and professional guidelines, such as ICH Good Clinical Practice guidelines Desirable selection criteria • Experience of working within a hospital environment nursing patients who have inflammatory, musculoskeletal, bone and joint diseases 2 • • • Venepuncture competency A full UK Driving Licence Clinical Research experience Pre-employment screening Standard checks If you are offered the post, the offer will be subject to standard pre-employment checks. You will be asked to provide: proof of your right-to-work in the UK; proof of your identity; and (if we haven’t done so already) we will contact the referees you have nominated. You will also be asked to complete a health declaration so that you can tell us about any health conditions or disabilities for which you may need us to make appropriate adjustments. Please read the candidate notes on the University’s pre-employment screening procedures at: https://www.jobs.ox.ac.uk/pre-employment-checks Hazard-specific / Safety-critical duties This job includes hazards or safety-critical activities. If you are offered the post, you will be asked to complete a health questionnaire which will be assessed by our Occupational Health Service, and the offer of employment will be subject a successful outcome of this assessment. The hazards or safety-critical duties involved are as follows: • Lone Working • Driving on University business • Regular manual handling • Working with blood, human products and human tissues • Work in clinical areas with direct contact with patients (NOT administrative roles) Additional security pre-employment checks This job includes duties that will require additional security pre-employment checks: • A satisfactory enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check due to regulated activity involving children OR regulated activity involving ‘at risk’ adults 3 About the University of Oxford Welcome to the University of Oxford. We aim to lead the world in research and education for the benefit of society both in the UK and globally. Oxford’s researchers engage with academic, commercial and cultural partners across the world to stimulate high-quality research and enable innovation through a broad range of social, policy and economic impacts. We believe our strengths lie both in empowering individuals and teams to address fundamental questions of global significance, while providing all our staff with a welcoming and inclusive workplace that enables everyone to develop and do their best work. Recognising that diversity is our strength, vital for innovation and creativity, we aspire to build a truly diverse community which values and respects every individual’s unique contribution. While we have long traditions of scholarship, we are also forward-looking, creative and cutting-edge. Oxford is one of Europe's most entrepreneurial universities and we rank first in the UK for university spin-outs, and in recent years we have spun out 15-20 new companies every year. We are also recognised as leaders in support for social enterprise. Join us and you will find a unique, democratic and international community, a great range of staff benefits and access to a vibrant array of cultural activities in the beautiful city of Oxford. For more information, please visit www.ox.ac.uk/about/organisation. Medical Sciences Division The Medical Sciences Division is an internationally recognised centre of excellence for biomedical and clinical research and teaching. We are the largest academic division in the University of Oxford. World-leading programmes, housed in state-of-the-art facilities, cover the full range of scientific endeavour from the molecule to the population. With our NHS partners we also foster the highest possible standards in patient care. For more information please visit: www.medsci.ox.ac.uk Musculoskeletal Thames Valley and South Midlands Clinical Research Network The NIHR Musculoskeletal Thames Valley and South Midlands CRN is a combined musculoskeletal collaboration from the rheumatology, orthopaedic and physiotherapy research teams at Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and the University of Oxford which enables sharing of resources across specialties and studies. All the studies in our musculoskeletal portfolio are recruiting patients or about to recruit patients; most are multicentre externally funded studies. In the year 2018/2019 over 1000 patients were recruited into MSK portfolio studies. The post-holder will be working within a team of research nurses study and tissue co-ordinators working on other similar NIHR portfolio studies. Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences The Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences (NDORMS) is part of the Medical Sciences Division and is the largest European academic department in its field, running a globally competitive programme of research and teaching. Our mission is to discover the causes of musculoskeletal and inflammatory conditions to deliver excellent and innovative care that improves people’s quality of life. Our highly skilled teams have expertise in a broad range of areas, including orthopaedic surgery, inflammation, immunology, rheumatology, medical statistics, epidemiology, and clinical trials. 4 We currently have 480 staff, approximately 120 post-graduate students and have a grant portfolio worth over £180 million. The Botnar Research Centre enables and encourages research and education into the causes of musculoskeletal disease and their treatment. The Centre provides world-class facilities for scientists in the field of musculoskeletal research. It takes a multidisciplinary approach, encompassing orthopaedic, rehabilitation and rheumatology clinical scientists, bone oncologists, laboratory scientists, epidemiologists, engineers and statisticians. The Botnar also hosts the Oxford Clinical Trials Research Unit (OCTRU) and the Centre of Statistics in Medicine (CSM), providing excellent statistical support to all aspects of clinical research. The Botnar opened in 2002, with a large annex completed in 2013. The Botnar is now home to around 300 staff and postgraduate students enjoying the international and friendly atmosphere of this workplace and benefits from the vast knowledge of leading experts in the field of musculoskeletal research. To accommodate its rapid growth, the Centre has opened another wing in early 2022. The new space provides additional 1000m2 of office and 1000m2 of laboratory space. The laboratory space includes a GMP clean room facility suitable for the manufacturing of biomaterials for human implantation. Sharing the site of the Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre, the largest specialist academic musculoskeletal hospital in the UK, puts the Botnar in a unique position to foster the collaboration between basic scientists and clinicians, which is essential to success in medical research. The Kennedy Institute is a biomedical research centre uniquely bringing together discovery science and earlystage clinical research, to develop transformative new therapies for chronic inflammatory and musculoskeletal conditions. Broadly focused on the thematic areas of immunity and microbiome, inflammation biology and tissue remodelling and repair, the Institute’s research is relevant for a range of common diseases such as arthritis, inflammatory bowel disease, fibrosis and cancer. The Institute has capacity for up to 260 staff and students who work collaboratively across 25 research groups. This enables a multidisciplinary approach of molecular and cellular biology, combined with analysis of disease models, patient tissue samples and longitudinal clinical data. Collectively, these studies seek to uncover the biological processes that maintain tissue health and how these pathways break down in disease. Research at the Institute is supported by a suite of core technology platforms, as well as through strategic partnerships with other basic and clinical research centres in Oxford, across the UK and internationally. These state-of-the-art technologies include the Oxford-Zeiss Centre for Excellence and other advanced microscopy and imaging facilities, mass and flow cytometry, as well as capabilities for microbial genomics and functional microbiome studies made available through the Oxford Centre for Microbiome Studies. Complementing a strong programme of lab-based research, the Institute has established a core of expertise and technologies in data science including single cell genomics, statistical genetics, computational biology, and research informatics. A recent extension to the Institute building with a new third floor creates additional space purposely designed for computationally intensive research. 5 A true trendsetter in innovative and transformational research, the Kennedy also boasts a relaxed and friendly atmosphere, revolving around its bright and airy atrium that provides a space for colleagues to meet over coffee and tea to talk about their research and beyond throughout the day. For more information please visit: http://www.kennedy.ox.ac.uk Athena Swan The Athena SWAN Awards specifically recognise success in developing employment practices to further and support the careers of women in science, technology, engineering, maths and medicine (STEMM) departments in academia. In May 2015 the charter was expanded to recognise work undertaken in arts, humanities, social sciences, business and law (AHSSBL), and in professional and support roles. Within NDORMS, we feel that we have an established culture of equality but are using the process to spur on-going improvement that benefits everyone involved in the Department. Our on-going progress was rewarded in May 2014 with an Athena Swan Bronze Award and in October 2015 with a Silver Award. Our development in this area has resulted in a number of commitments to our staff, central to which are: ➢ establishing an open, supportive and family-friendly research environment ➢ supporting career progression through teaching programmes, personal development reviews and mentoring ➢ proactive communication of support policies such as flexible working, provision of leave, promotion and career support schemes NDORMS aims to actively promote the implementation of the University’s family-friendly policies to help foster a family friendly working environment, including provision of family leave (such as policies for maternity, paternity, parental, carers and adoption leave), flexible/part-time working and scheduling inclusive meetings. The University’s childcare services support staff with a Childcare Voucher Scheme to help staff save tax and national insurance on childcare costs, offer information on nursery providers and a nursery fee Salary Sacrifice Scheme, work in partnership with playscheme providers to help support families during school holidays and signpost staff to parenting, local authority and other organisations that help support families and parents. The Department is also committed to ensuring that staff undertaking part-time or flexible working receive the same access to benefits and entitlements as full-time staff, including the same opportunities for training and promotion, a pro-rata entitlement to leave including bank holidays and careful consideration of requests to work part-time (particularly for those by staff returning from maternity leave). For more information please visit: http://www.admin.ox.ac.uk/personnel/staffinfo/benefits/family/ and http://www.admin.ox.ac.uk/personnel/during/flexible/ We are also actively working to uphold the University’s aim of providing an inclusive environment and equal career opportunities by promoting equality, valuing diversity and maintaining a working, learning and social environment in which the rights and dignity of all staff are respected. Separate University policies are also in place to ensure race, disability and gender equality. For more information, please visit: http://www.admin.ox.ac.uk/eop/ 6 How to apply Applications are made through our online recruitment portal. Information about how to apply is available on our Jobs website https://www.jobs.ox.ac.uk/how-to-apply. Your application will be judged solely on the basis of how you demonstrate that you meet the selection criteria stated in the job description. As part of your application you will be asked to provide details of two referees and indicate whether we can contact them now. You will be asked to upload a CV and a supporting statement. The supporting statement must explain how you meet each of the selection criteria for the post using examples of your skills and experience. This may include experience gained in employment, education, or during career breaks (such as time out to care for dependants) Please upload all documents as PDF files with your name and the document type in the filename. All applications must be received by midday UK time on the closing date stated in the online advertisement. Information for priority candidates A priority candidate is a University employee who is seeking redeployment because they have been advised that they are at risk of redundancy, or on grounds of ill-health/disability. Priority candidates are issued with a redeployment letter by their employing department(s). If you are a priority candidate, please ensure that you attach your redeployment letter to your application (or email it to the contact address on the advert if the application form used for the vacancy does not allow attachments). If you need help Application FAQs, including technical troubleshooting advice is available at: https://staff.web.ox.ac.uk/recruitment-support-faqs Non-technical questions about this job should be addressed to the recruiting department directly, at HR@ndorms.ox.ac.uk. To return to the online application at any stage, please go to: www.recruit.ox.ac.uk. Please note that you will receive an automated email from our online recruitment portal to confirm receipt of your application. Please check your spam/junk mail if you do not receive this email. Important information for candidates Data Privacy Please note that any personal data submitted to the University as part of the job application process will be processed in accordance with the GDPR and related UK data protection legislation. For further information, please see the University’s Privacy Notice for Job Applicants at: https://compliance.admin.ox.ac.uk/job-applicant-privacypolicy. The University’s Policy on Data Protection is available at: https://compliance.admin.ox.ac.uk/dataprotection-policy. The University’s policy on retirement The University operates an Employer Justified Retirement Age (EJRA) for very senior research posts at grade RSIV/D35 and clinical equivalents E62 and E82, which with effect from 1 October 2023 will be 30 September before the 70th birthday. The justification for this is explained at: https://hr.admin.ox.ac.uk/the-ejra. For existing employees on these grades, any employment beyond the retirement age is subject to approval through the procedures: https://hr.admin.ox.ac.uk/the-ejra. 7 There is no normal or fixed age at which staff in posts at other grades have to retire. Staff at these grades may elect to retire in accordance with the rules of the applicable pension scheme, as may be amended from time to time. Equality of opportunity Entry into employment with the University and progression within employment will be determined only by personal merit and the application of criteria which are related to the duties of each particular post and the relevant salary structure. In all cases, ability to perform the job will be the primary consideration. No applicant or member of staff shall be discriminated against because of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy or maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, or sexual orientation. 8 Benefits of working at the University Employee benefits University employees enjoy 38 days’ paid holiday, generous pension schemes, travel discounts, and a variety of professional development opportunities. Our range of other employee benefits and discounts also includes free entry to the Botanic Gardens and University colleges, and discounts at University museums. See https://hr.admin.ox.ac.uk/staff-benefits University Club and sports facilities Membership of the University Club is free for all University staff. The University Club offers social, sporting, and hospitality facilities. Staff can also use the University Sports Centre on Iffley Road at discounted rates, including a fitness centre, powerlifting room, and swimming pool. See www.club.ox.ac.uk and https://www.sport.ox.ac.uk/. Information for staff new to Oxford If you are relocating to Oxfordshire from overseas or elsewhere in the UK, the University's Welcome Service website includes practical information about settling in the area, including advice on relocation, accommodation, and local schools. See https://welcome.ox.ac.uk/ There is also a visa loan scheme to cover the costs of UK visa applications for staff and their dependents. See https://staffimmigration.admin.ox.ac.uk/visa-loan-scheme Family-friendly benefits With one of the most generous family leave schemes in the Higher Education sector, and a range of flexible working options, Oxford aims to be a family-friendly employer. We also subscribe to the Work+Family Space, a service that provides practical advice and support for employees who have caring responsibilities. The service offers a free telephone advice line, and the ability to book emergency back-up care for children, adult dependents and elderly relatives. See https://hr.admin.ox.ac.uk/my-family-care Childcare The University has excellent childcare services, including five University nurseries as well as University-supported places at many other private nurseries. For full details, including how to apply and the costs, see https://childcare.admin.ox.ac.uk/ Disabled staff We are committed to supporting members of staff with disabilities or long-term health conditions. For further details, including information about how to make contact, in confidence, with the University’s Staff Disability Advisor, see https://edu.admin.ox.ac.uk/disability-support Staff networks The University has a number of staff networks including the Oxford Research Staff Society, BME staff network, LGBT+ staff network and a disabled staff network. 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