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  • Clinical Paediatric Research Nurse – Children’s Health Ireland at Connolly Hospital

    Summary of Post

    Job Title: Clinical Paediatric Research Nurse
    Department: Paediatrics
    Reporting to: Professor Jonathan Hourihane
    Location: Children’s Health Ireland at Connolly Hospital
    Contract/Duration: Specified Purpose contract for up to 2.75 years
    Remuneration: Aligned to the CNM1 nursing salary scale – dependent on experience
    Closing Date: 08.01.2025
    Starting Date: February 2025

    This position is based in Children’s Health Ireland at Connolly Hospital, under the guidance of Principal
    Investigator, Professor Jonathan Hourihane. The appointee will work as part of an established
    multidisciplinary paediatric research team based in RCSI, conducting the FLORAL project. This project,
    funded by Science Foundation Ireland’s Frontiers for the Future Programme to run from 2024 to 2028
    has 2 arms: to review at 5 years of age, 360 CORAL study children who were born in the first COVID-19
    lockdown in March-May 2020 and to recruit 1000 infants in 3 Dublin maternity hospitals and, to
    replicate CORAL, examine their gut microbiome and allergy and neurodevelopmental outcomes to 2
    years of age.

    The successful candidate will have responsibility to conduct all aspects of the clinical study at Children’s
    Health Ireland at Connolly Hospital. Conducting patient visits, biobanking, processing of biomaterial,
    data collection and management, and attendance to relevant meetings, will be the central role.
    Training onto the study protocols will be provided. Dynamic, flexible applicants with a strong clinical
    skill-set are invited to apply for this position.
    Specific Duties
    • Assist in participant recruitment
    • To coordinate and track participant follow-up visits
    • Ensure parents and participants (as appropriate) are fully informed of all details pertaining to
    the research study
    • Collection and processing of blood and stool samples
    • Conduct allergy skin prick testing and food challenges
    • Data management, including data entry and self-audit
    • Develop relationships with key paediatric and neurological teams, and clinical allergy services
    • Attend relevant meetings (including weekly research team meetings)
    • Conduct all aspects of the clinical study under ICH GCP and GDPR standards
    • Work within standard operating procedures and research protocols associated with the study
    • Arrange sample transfer to team members or collaborators
    • Review research protocols and provide input to site study feasibility
    • Carry out other duties as appropriate to the post that may be assigned by the Principal
    Investigator
    Qualifications/ Experience (Essential):
    • BSc Degree in Nursing
    • Experience in Paediatric Nursing
    • Nurses should hold a current registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland
    Required skills
    • The ability to work within in a safe manner, ensuring professional accountability and adherence
    to hospital ethics, policies and protocol
    • Excellent phlebotomy skills
    • Excellent IT skills, including Microsoft Office, Excel
    • Have excellent oral and written communication skills
    • Have excellent organisational skills and meticulous record keeping
    • Have the interpersonal skills required to integrate as part of a diverse research team
    • The ability to work independently under self-direction
    Desirable
    • Certificate in Good Clinical Practice (ICH-GCP)
    • Microsoft Access database experience
    • Proven clinical research experience, including recruitment, phlebotomy and patient data
    management
    We are all too aware that imposter syndrome and the confidence gap can sometimes stop fantastic
    candidates putting themselves forward, so please do submit an application — we’d love to hear from
    you.

    Application Process

    Please apply online through the RCSI careers portal (https://www.rcsi.com/careers) on the closing date
    with your CV and cover letter. Informal Enquiries can be directed to Jordan Crupper
    (jordancrupper@rcsi.ie). Please note we do not accept CVs directly.
    Click here to read our Recruitment and Selection Policy for researchers.

    Location

    Dublin

    Closing Date

    08 Jan 2025

  • Research Assistant – CNM (Clinical Nurse Manager) 2 Clinical Trial Start-up Specialist

    Post Summary:

    The post-holder will manage and support the start- up of all clinical trials and research studies
    conducted by the Clinical Research Facility (CRF). This will involve working as part of a multidisciplinary team of doctors, research nurses, data managers and pharmacists.
    Please note that Garda vetting will be sought in respect of individuals who come under consideration for a post. 
    Application Procedure:
    Applicants should submit a full Curriculum Vitae to include the names and contact details of 2 referees (including email addresses), to:
    At Trinity, we are committed to equality, diversity, and inclusion. Trinity welcomes applications from all individuals, including those applicants with disabilities, those who may have had non-traditional career paths, those who have taken time out for reasons including family or caring responsibilities. We also welcome international applicants including those whom have been displaced due to war.
    Trinity College Dublin is Ireland’s premier University. We are an EU Sustainable Gender Equality Champion and we hold an Athena Swan Silver award, recognising our ongoing work to advance gender equality both within Trinity and in the Higher Education sector. Trinity is committed to supporting work-life balance and to creating a family-friendly working environment.
    1. Job Description

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    Research Assistant – Research Nurse

    Post Summary:

    This position will involve working with a team of research nurses in an established Clinical Research Facility at St James’s Hospital. Research projects will range from investigator lead studies to Clinical trials involving investigational medicinal products across a wide disease spectrum. Dynamic, flexible nurses with a strong clinical skill set are invited to apply for this position.

    Please note that Garda vetting will be sought in respect of individuals who come under consideration for a post. 

    Application Procedure:
    Applicants should submit a full Curriculum Vitae to include the names and contact details of 2 referees (including email addresses), to:
    At Trinity, we are committed to equality, diversity, and inclusion. Trinity welcomes applications from all individuals, including those applicants with disabilities, those who may have had non-traditional career paths, those who have taken time out for reasons including family or caring responsibilities. We also welcome international applicants including those whom have been displaced due to war.
    Trinity College Dublin is Ireland’s premier University. We are an EU Sustainable Gender Equality Champion and we hold an Athena Swan Silver award, recognising our ongoing work to advance gender equality both within Trinity and in the Higher Education sector. Trinity is committed to supporting work-life balance and to creating a family-friendly working environment.
    1. Job Description

    Closing Date

    12 Noon, Monday 18th November 2024

  • Clinical Paediatric Research Nurse – Children’s Health Ireland at Connolly Hospital

    Summary of Post

    Job Title: Clinical Paediatric Research Nurse
    Department: Paediatrics
    Reporting to: Professor Jonathan Hourihane
    Location: Children’s Health Ireland at Connolly Hospital
    Contract/Duration: Specified Purpose contract for up to 2.75 years
    Remuneration: Aligned to the CNM1 nursing salary scale – dependent on experience
    Closing Date: 08.01.2025
    Starting Date: February 2025

    This position is based in Children’s Health Ireland at Connolly Hospital, under the guidance of Principal
    Investigator, Professor Jonathan Hourihane. The appointee will work as part of an established
    multidisciplinary paediatric research team based in RCSI, conducting the FLORAL project. This project,
    funded by Science Foundation Ireland’s Frontiers for the Future Programme to run from 2024 to 2028
    has 2 arms: to review at 5 years of age, 360 CORAL study children who were born in the first COVID-19
    lockdown in March-May 2020 and to recruit 1000 infants in 3 Dublin maternity hospitals and, to
    replicate CORAL, examine their gut microbiome and allergy and neurodevelopmental outcomes to 2
    years of age.

    The successful candidate will have responsibility to conduct all aspects of the clinical study at Children’s
    Health Ireland at Connolly Hospital. Conducting patient visits, biobanking, processing of biomaterial,
    data collection and management, and attendance to relevant meetings, will be the central role.
    Training onto the study protocols will be provided. Dynamic, flexible applicants with a strong clinical
    skill-set are invited to apply for this position.
    Specific Duties
    • Assist in participant recruitment
    • To coordinate and track participant follow-up visits
    • Ensure parents and participants (as appropriate) are fully informed of all details pertaining to
    the research study
    • Collection and processing of blood and stool samples
    • Conduct allergy skin prick testing and food challenges
    • Data management, including data entry and self-audit
    • Develop relationships with key paediatric and neurological teams, and clinical allergy services
    • Attend relevant meetings (including weekly research team meetings)
    • Conduct all aspects of the clinical study under ICH GCP and GDPR standards
    • Work within standard operating procedures and research protocols associated with the study
    • Arrange sample transfer to team members or collaborators
    • Review research protocols and provide input to site study feasibility
    • Carry out other duties as appropriate to the post that may be assigned by the Principal
    Investigator
    Qualifications/ Experience (Essential):
    • BSc Degree in Nursing
    • Experience in Paediatric Nursing
    • Nurses should hold a current registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland
    Required skills
    • The ability to work within in a safe manner, ensuring professional accountability and adherence
    to hospital ethics, policies and protocol
    • Excellent phlebotomy skills
    • Excellent IT skills, including Microsoft Office, Excel
    • Have excellent oral and written communication skills
    • Have excellent organisational skills and meticulous record keeping
    • Have the interpersonal skills required to integrate as part of a diverse research team
    • The ability to work independently under self-direction
    Desirable
    • Certificate in Good Clinical Practice (ICH-GCP)
    • Microsoft Access database experience
    • Proven clinical research experience, including recruitment, phlebotomy and patient data
    management
    We are all too aware that imposter syndrome and the confidence gap can sometimes stop fantastic
    candidates putting themselves forward, so please do submit an application — we’d love to hear from
    you.

    Application Process

    Please apply online through the RCSI careers portal (https://www.rcsi.com/careers) on the closing date
    with your CV and cover letter. Informal Enquiries can be directed to Jordan Crupper
    (jordancrupper@rcsi.ie). Please note we do not accept CVs directly.
    Click here to read our Recruitment and Selection Policy for researchers.

    Location

    Dublin

    Closing Date

    08 Jan 2025

  • Research Assistant – CNM (Clinical Nurse Manager) 2 Clinical Trial Start-up Specialist

    Post Summary:

    The post-holder will manage and support the start- up of all clinical trials and research studies
    conducted by the Clinical Research Facility (CRF). This will involve working as part of a multidisciplinary team of doctors, research nurses, data managers and pharmacists.
    Please note that Garda vetting will be sought in respect of individuals who come under consideration for a post. 
    Application Procedure:
    Applicants should submit a full Curriculum Vitae to include the names and contact details of 2 referees (including email addresses), to:
    At Trinity, we are committed to equality, diversity, and inclusion. Trinity welcomes applications from all individuals, including those applicants with disabilities, those who may have had non-traditional career paths, those who have taken time out for reasons including family or caring responsibilities. We also welcome international applicants including those whom have been displaced due to war.
    Trinity College Dublin is Ireland’s premier University. We are an EU Sustainable Gender Equality Champion and we hold an Athena Swan Silver award, recognising our ongoing work to advance gender equality both within Trinity and in the Higher Education sector. Trinity is committed to supporting work-life balance and to creating a family-friendly working environment.
    1. Job Description

    ______________________________________________________________________________________

    Research Assistant – Research Nurse

    Post Summary:

    This position will involve working with a team of research nurses in an established Clinical Research Facility at St James’s Hospital. Research projects will range from investigator lead studies to Clinical trials involving investigational medicinal products across a wide disease spectrum. Dynamic, flexible nurses with a strong clinical skill set are invited to apply for this position.

    Please note that Garda vetting will be sought in respect of individuals who come under consideration for a post. 

    Application Procedure:
    Applicants should submit a full Curriculum Vitae to include the names and contact details of 2 referees (including email addresses), to:
    At Trinity, we are committed to equality, diversity, and inclusion. Trinity welcomes applications from all individuals, including those applicants with disabilities, those who may have had non-traditional career paths, those who have taken time out for reasons including family or caring responsibilities. We also welcome international applicants including those whom have been displaced due to war.
    Trinity College Dublin is Ireland’s premier University. We are an EU Sustainable Gender Equality Champion and we hold an Athena Swan Silver award, recognising our ongoing work to advance gender equality both within Trinity and in the Higher Education sector. Trinity is committed to supporting work-life balance and to creating a family-friendly working environment.
    1. Job Description

    Closing Date

    12 Noon, Monday 18th November 2024