Clinical staff support

A team of highly-qualified nursing staff, clinicians, clinical support workers, radiographers, human performance laboratory (HPL) etc are employed on a permanent basis from a range of clinical specialties to help support studies at the WTCRF. 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 CRFs 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