Clinical Trials Laboratory Assistant

Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Sheffield; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in the UK is looking for a part-time Clinical Trials Laboratory Assistant to support the Sheffield Cancer Clinical Trial Centre. Responsibilities include assisting with clinical trial services and maintaining Standard Operating Procedures, all while ensuring high-quality patient care. Ideal candidates will be organized and possess relevant experience in a clinical trial laboratory. This role offers a fixed-term contract with opportunities for professional development.

Benefits

Commitment to professional development

Support for work-life balance

Qualifications

• Experience in a clinical trial laboratory environment is preferred.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Strong organizational skills to manage administrative caseloads.

Responsibilities

• Provide a professional clinical trial laboratory service.
• Help create and maintain Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs).
• Organize, manage, and prioritize administrative caseloads of clinical trials.

Job description

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a part time position as a Clinical Trials Laboratory Assistant. The post holder will be a member of the Sheffield Cancer Clinical Trial Centre (CCTC), based at Weston Park Cancer Centre.

The CCTC is a specially equipped unit with a Clinical Research Unit (CRU) to deliver research treatments to patients. It is devoted to ensuring that research is conducted to the highest standards and providing research participants with excellent quality of care.

Under the direction of the CCTC Matron and the Laboratory Manager the Clinical Trial Lab Assistant will:

• Assist the department to provide a professional clinical trial laboratory service for the benefit of patients, users, and staff within CCTC.
• Assist the department in delivering a range of scientific work demanding skilled performance working with some autonomy but within the overall responsibility of the CCTC Laboratory Manager and the CCTC Manager.
• Be required to help with the creation and maintenance of Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), equipment repair, maintenance, and calibration, and be involved with systems and processes related to fridge/freezer alarms and out-of-hours laboratory storage and back-up solutions.
• The Clinical Trial Lab Assistant can under the direction of the CCTC Matron/Research Nurse Team Leader to organise, manage and prioritise their own administrative caseload of clinical trials.

You will be working for an organisation which values and respects all its staff and the community it serves. The Trust is a leader in the NHS and research sectors and provides excellent benefits for its staff. This includes commitments to professional development but also many policies to support employees in balancing their personal and professional lives.

This vacancy is advertised on a fixed term contract basis for a period of 12 months due to the post being externally funded. The fixed term contract status of the post holder will be reviewed in accordance with the Trust's legal obligations regarding fixed term contracts taking into consideration the ongoing source of the external funding and the requirement for the post to be maintained.

Please also note any secondment must first be agreed with your current line manager.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Catriona Parker Job title: CCTC Manager Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 0114 2265227