Research Nurse Palliative Care
- South East London
- 30,000-34,999 per annum
- March 25, 2019
- Contract
King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust part of King's Health Partners Academic Health Sciences Centre (AHSC), is one of the UK’s largest and busiest teaching hospitals with a turnover of nearly £1 billion, 1.5 million patient contacts a year and more than 11,500 staff based across 5 main sites in South East London.
The Trust provides a full range of local hospital services across its different sites, and specialist services from King’s College Hospital (KCH) site in Camberwell and the Princess Royal University Hospital (PRUH) site in Bromley.
King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Research Nurse Palliative Care
Band 6 (the post is for one year, but hopefully will have funding to continue). Part time, job share or secondment will be considered for appropriately qualified applicants.
Working on portfolio studies for palliative care within the CRN: South London based at King’s College Hospital within the Cicely Saunders Institute.
We have an exciting opportunity to recruit a qualified nurse who is interested in both palliative care and research. You will work alongside a senior research and another band 6 nurse to help with a number of projects being undertaken jointly between Kings College London and local NHS providers. Your base will be in the Cicely Saunders Institute.
You will be involved in recruiting to open studies on the NIHR portfolio, travelling to the network hospitals, hospices and to patient’s homes, conducting interviews and collecting data. You will work alongside local palliative care teams and researchers based at the Cicely Saunders Institute and have the opportunity to learn about all aspects of research relating to palliative and end of life care.
You will have a good knowledge of palliative care or other relevant experience and be interested in improving knowledge and care in this field.
For further information, please contact Caty Pannell, Senior Research Nurse Palliative Care 020 3299 5240. catypannell@nhs.net.
Closing date for applications is: Friday 23rd September
Interviews: Thursday 13th October
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At King’s, we fully support the right of all staff to equal opportunities and are committed to the development of a diverse workforce.
Applications are welcome from anyone who meets the specific criteria of the post regardless of age, gender, disability, religion/ belief or sexual orientation.
Benefits available to all employees include: Workplace Nurseries, an excellent Pension Scheme and access to the Learning Zone.
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