Clinical staff support
A team of highly-qualified nursing staff, clinicians, clinical support workers and radiographers are employed on a permanent basis from a range of clinical specialties to help support studies at the CRF. Each research project will be allocated to a nursing team who can assist with:- Patient appointments
- Data collection to Good Clinical Practice Standards
- Storage of case report forms and study files for the duration of the study
Skills and experience
We have skills and experience in:
- Non-invasive blood pressure (NIBP) monitoring
- Electrocardiogram (ECG) - 12 lead or bedside monitoring
- Skin punch biopsy
- Oxygen saturation monitoring
- Venepuncture cannulation
- Paediatric venepuncture
- Ultrasound echo and carotid intima-media thickness (IMT)
- Transabdominal (TA) and transvaginal (TV) scanning
- Pulse Wave velocity
- In depth research interviews
- Cognitive testing
- Consent
- Video recording
- Clinician support for studies
- Audio digital recording
- Paediatric canulation
- Skin prick testing
- Laser treatment
