Clinical Research Nurse – Asthma and COPD

**About the Role**





This is an exciting opportunity for a motivated and hard-working nurse to join
our existing Airways Nurse Team and work within both a research and clinical
environment. The appointee will undertake clinical research studies in asthma
and COPD, and support the running of the NHS severe asthma service. They will
work closely with Professors Pavord, Hinks and Dr Petuosi, Senior Clinical
Research fellows, leading projects held primarily at John Radcliffe Hospital.
The appointed nurse will have the opportunity to learn about new techniques to
assess symptoms, airway function and airway inflammation and will have the
opportunity to perform these assessments in research volunteers and clinic
patients. The post holder will have additional responsibilities including the
coordination of more detailed investigations in patients with unusual patterns
of disease and recruitment into research projects. For interested applicants
there is an opportunity to develop a specific research area and, if
interested, to work towards a higher degree.





**About You**





You will need to be a registered nurse and be educated to degree level or have
equivalent academic experience. You should be able to exercise your own
initiative when dealing with common issues within own specialist area of
competence and prioritise and manage your workload. You should also have the
following:





• Ability to discuss complex information e.g. about study designs, clinical
interventions, research equipment or operation with other professional groups.



• Ability to train groups of other professional staff.



• Good negotiation skills with staff and collaborators.



• Ability to coordinate multiple research projects.





Having experience of the conduct of clinical research conducted to ICH GCP
standards and experience of the use of Clinical research IT systems are both
desirbale capabilities for this post.





**About the Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine**





The Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine (NDM) is one of the largest
departments of the University of Oxford and is part of the Medical Sciences
Division, with responsibility for a significant part of the teaching of
clinical students within the Medical School.





**Benefits of working**





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





**Application Process**





The post is full time and fixed term for 1 year.





Applications for this vacancy are to be made online. You will be required to
upload a supporting statement and CV as part of your online application.





Only applications received before 12:00 midday on 05/01/2024 will be
considered.