Clinical Research Coordinator - Rheumatology | St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

st georges nhs trust; Greater London; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent teaching hospital in Greater London seeks a Clinical Research Coordinator to join their research team. This role involves coordinating clinical trials, collecting and processing samples, and conducting participant assessments. Ideal candidates will possess strong organisational and communication skills, with a focus on confidentiality and attention to detail. This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to impactful medical research in a dynamic environment.

Qualifications

• Experience in clinical research delivery is essential.
• Must have strong organisational and communication skills.
• Ability to work under pressure and manage conflicting demands.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate multiple trials and support research nurses.
• Collect and process blood samples and other tissues.
• Conduct participant assessments including questionnaires.

Skills

Clinical research delivery

Excellent organisational skills

Communication skills

IT skills

Attention to detail

Job description

An exciting opportunity has risen for a dynamic individual with experience in clinical research delivery to join our enthusiastic research team within the Rheumatology Team and support various studies.

The post holders will play a key role in developing and creating robust systems and processes to enable clinical research to run smoothly and efficiently.

Specifically this person will be required to collect and process blood samples, urine and joint surgery tissues, with willingness to travel across different hospital sites in GESH (Sr George's, Epsom, St Helier) for participant recruitment and sample collection the person will also perform participant assessment's, including questionnaires and pain measurements.

The Clinical Research Coordinator (CRC) will be responsible for coordinating a number of trials whilst supporting the research nurses and investigators in the delivery of clinical research studies.

The role will involve working closely with the Principal Investigators, sponsors, the Joint Research and Enterprise Service.

The post holder will foster excellent communication and working relationships with the all clinical research delivery professionals internally and externally.

The post holder will need to be dynamic, able to work well under pressure and cope with conflicting demands whilst maintaining excellent organisational, communication and IT skills. Confidentiality, accuracy and attention to detail are fundamental for this position.

We are very keen to speak to potential applicants for the post and would be very supportive of applicants contacting us either by email or telephone.

St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the country's principal teaching hospitals and our main site is shared with City St George's, University of London, which trains medical students and carries out advanced medical research. We have over 9,000 dedicated staff serving a population of 1.3 million across south-west London.

We deliver a large number of services, such as cardiothoracic medicine and surgery, neurosciences and renal transplantation. We also cover significant populations from Surrey and Sussex, totalling around 3.5 million people. As well as acute hospital services, we provide a wide variety of specialist care and a range of community services to patients.

Please see attached the job description for more details on the main responsibilities for this role.

This advert closes on Friday 2 Jan 2026