hVIVO is pioneering a human-based clinical trial platform to accelerate drug and vaccine development in respiratory and infectious diseases. Leveraging human disease models in flu, RSV, HRV and respiratory indications, the hVIVO platform captures disease in motion, illuminating the entire disease life cycle from healthy to sick and back to health. Our vision remains to become the partner of choice for companies developing products in airways disease that are seeking to gain early proof of concept around the effectiveness of their products and identify the ideal patient profile for later stage clinical development.
This is an exciting opportunity for a Research Nurse to join our Bank team at our London site in Whitechapel, East London. As a Research Nurse you will support the Clinical Trial Centre with, day to day planning and execution of a clinical study screening.
All of the clinical development work performed at hVIVO is based on the Viral Challenge Model, where healthy volunteers are infected by a virus under strict, controlled quarantine conditions. The Viral Challenge Model enables fundamental research into the human response to infection, the modes of infection and the transmission between individuals in the community. This provides a vehicle for pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies to determine both the safety and efficacy of their new antiviral drugs and/or vaccine candidates, usually to proof of concept.
Main Responsibilities:
- To maintain and promote the safety and wellbeing of all subjects participating in a clinical trial within the regulatory frameworks of ICH GCP, other statutory instruments and NMC Code of Conduct.
- Support Clinical Support Specialists in performing clinical assessments as per protocol;
- Perform nurse specific procedures as identified within the protocol;
- Performs informed consent procedures as identified in the study protocol;
- Completion of study related documents e.g. logs, source data and CRFs;
- Adhere to Company SOPs, protocols and Health and Safety Regulations;
- Use of expertise to input into the development of SOPS and other procedural documents;
- Maintain subject safety at all times responding to emergencies as per internal SOP and national guidelines and protocols;
- Monitoring and identification of the deteriorating subject, with appropriate escalation;
- Responsible for the checking of emergency resuscitation equipment as per SOP/OIs;
- Responsible for maintenance of medicines management within the clinical department as per SOP/OI;
- Responsibility for the supervision of clinical staff in the screening unit as delegated by the Senior Research Nurse;
- Identification of areas for service improvement;
- Promotes a high standard of practice and care at all times
Skills Required
- Registered Nurse with NMC registration
- Knowledge of ICH GCP and relevant regulatory frameworks
- Experience performing clinical assessments and nurse-specific procedures per protocol
- Ability to perform informed consent procedures
- Experience completing study documentation, source data and CRFs
- Familiarity with company SOPs, protocols and Health and Safety Regulations
- Ability to monitor, identify and escalate deteriorating subjects
- Competence in medicines management within a clinical department
- Ability to check and maintain emergency resuscitation equipment per SOP
- Experience supervising clinical staff in a screening unit
What We Do
hVIVO is a science-led, full-service early-phase contract research organisation (CRO) and the global leader in human challenge trials. The company provides end-to-end drug development services, from preclinical consultancy through to Phase III clinical trials. It operates an integrated ecosystem combining specialist clinical sites, advanced virology and immunology laboratories, and recruitment platforms like FluCamp to accelerate the path to clinical proof-of-concept for biopharmaceutical clients.
