Clinical Trial Practitioner/Research Nurse

University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Greater London; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 46,000; Full time

Job summary

University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH) is seeking a Research Nurse/Clinical Trials Practitioner to join the Cancer Clinical Trials Team as Band 6 on a 12-month fixed term contract. The post is available as 1 FTE or 2 FTE secondment options, based in-house oncology trials across Lower GI and related sites.

You will coordinate and manage a portfolio of phase II and III trials, educate patients and colleagues, collect data and samples, monitor side effects, and support

Qualifications

• Autonomous specialist working within a multi-disciplinary team.
• Able to coordinate and manage a clinical research portfolio including phase II/III oncology trials.
• Educate patients and colleagues; collect data and samples; monitor side effects; support informed consent.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate and conduct in-house, commercial, and national/international trials.
• Maintain trial documents and patient information sheets per protocols and ICH-GCP guidelines.
• Ensure timely data collection and safety monitoring of trial participants.
• Provide patient advocacy and information to enable informed participation in trials.

Skills

Clinical trials coordination

Autonomous practice

Education of patients and colleagues

Job description

Cancer Clinical Trials Team Band 6

1 FTE - 12-month fixed term contract (secondment) - If the successful candidate wishes to take up the fixed-term contract as a secondment, they will need to obtain agreement from their substantive line manager.

2 FTE - 12-month fixed term contract

The Research Nurse/Clinical Trials Practitioner is an autonomous specialist working within the multi-disciplinary team. The post holder will take responsibility for the co-ordination and management of a clinical research portfolio comprising of in-house, national and international phase II and III clinical trials in oncology malignancies.

Responsibilities will include education of patients and colleagues, coordination of care of patients on trials, collection and preparation of biological samples, collection of trial data and monitoring of the expected and unexpected side effects of drugs and other treatment modalities. The post holder will be expected to develop specialized skills and knowledge relating to the conduct of clinical trials, the therapies and the relevant disease sites. The post holder will be expected to have sufficient skills to enable patients to make informed choices concerning their involvement in clinical trials by providing advice and information and acting as the patient’s advocate.

The post is clinically based to support research in Lower Gi ( Colorectal /Pancreatic) Oncology, and post holders will be expected to provide cross cover for other tumour areas.

Research

• Coordinates and conducts in-house, commercial and non-commercial national and international phase I, II and III clinical trials.


• Creates and maintains files of current protocols and patient information sheets/consent forms in the appropriate clinics and departments.


• Be accountable for the documentation of trial data according to ICH GCP guidelines.


• Applies critical appraisal skills in evaluating research protocols.


• Ensures trial case report forms are completed in conformance with ICH GCP guidelines and within appropriate time guidelines.

University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH) is one of the most complex NHS trusts in the UK, serving a large and diverse population. We provide academically led acute and specialist services, to people from the local area, from throughout the United Kingdom and overseas. Our vision is to deliver top-quality patient care, excellent education, and world-class research.

Facilities

• University College Hospital (incorporating the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Wing)


• National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery


• Royal National ENT and Eastman Dental Hospitals


• University College Hospital Grafton Way Building


• Royal London Hospital for Integrated Medicine


• University College Hospital Macmillan Cancer Centre


• The Hospital for Tropical Diseases


• University College Hospital at Westmoreland Street

We are dedicated to the diagnosis and treatment of many complex illnesses. UCLH specialises in women’s health and the treatment of cancer, infection, neurological, gastrointestinal and oral disease. It has world class support services including critical care, imaging, nuclear medicine and pathology.

We are committed to sustainability and have pledged to become a carbon net zero health service, embedding sustainable practice throughout UCLH. We have set an ambitious target of net zero for our direct emissions by 2031 and indirect emissions by 2040.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Adrienne Abioye Job title: Lower GI Team Lead Email address: [e-mail]

If you would like further information, please contact Adrienne Abioye, Lower GI Team Lead and Senior Clinical Trials Practitioner, [e-mail]