To assess the role competencies of cancer clinical research nurses

• Research type

  Research Study

• Full title

  To assess the role competencies of clinial resarch nurses within a specialist cancer hospital.

• IRAS ID

  201611

• Contact name

  Fiona Kinnaird

• Contact email

  fiona.kinnaird@rmh.nhs.uk

• Sponsor organisation

  Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust

• Duration of Study in the UK

  0 years, 5 months, 14 days

• Research summary

  Modernising and expanding the research nurse role requires suitable development of the workforce. To aid the mapping of career progression the Royal College of Nursing developed a competency framework (Gelling, 2008). This framework is a nationally recognised tool used by all UK Clinical Research Networks as part of the National Institute for Health Research. As there is no method available for comparison a self-report questionnaire based on the Competency Framework for Clinical Research Nurses (RCN, 2011) will be used to assess the role competencies (skills, behaviours, knowledge and understanding) of the clinical research nurses that work in a specialist cancer hospital.

  Gelling, L. (2008) Competency Framework for Clinical Research Nurses, Version 1. Available at: http://www.rcn.org.uk/ data/assets/pdf_file/0019/201466/Competency_ Framework_v1_dec08.pdf (Accessed: 2 March 2011).

  Royal College of Nursing (RCN)(2011) Competency Framework for Clinical Research Nurses: A Tool to Promote Patient Safety and Quality Data. tinyurl.com/6atxhl4 (Accessed: 25 January 2016.)

• REC name

  N/A

• REC reference

  N/A