Data Manager

Integrated Care System; North East; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare organization in North East England seeks a Data Manager to join the Cardiovascular Research Team. The successful candidate will manage data related to clinical trials, requiring excellent communication and organizational skills, along with experience in data management and healthcare. This full-time position is based at Freeman Hospital and offers a collaborative environment.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of medical terminology.
• Experience in a healthcare environment.
• Familiarity with clinical trials and regulatory bodies.

Responsibilities

• Collect data related to patients on clinical trials.
• Act as a point of contact for data queries.
• Ensure data protection policies are followed.

Skills

Excellent communication skills

Organisational skills

Data management experience

Education

Educated to A level standard or equivalent

Tools

Microsoft Windows applications

Job description

Go back The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Data Manager

The closing date is 04 August 2025

An opportunity has arisen within the Cardiovascular Research Team for two full-time Data Managers.

The team delivers a large portfolio of studies across Cardio and Transplant. The Data Managers work closely with the multi-disciplinary team to provide opportunities into clinical research.

The Data Manager is an integral part of the Cardio Research Team, in which they are responsible for the data collected within the portfolio of clinical trials. The post holder will be responsible for the timely entry of data and query resolution.

The positions available are full-time, based at Freeman Hospital.

• Interview Date: Monday 18 August 2025
• 37 hours 30 minutes/week
• You will be redirected to Trac to apply for the vacancy. Please expand the job details section and read all of the information before applying for the vacancy.

NO AGENCIES PLEASE

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will be responsible for the collection of data relating to patients recruited onto Cardio and Transplant clinical trials, ensuring data is entered onto several trial databases in line with Information Governance, Data Protection and GDPR. With this it's imperative that the successful candidate has a high level of attention to detail, is organised and can manage their own time.

The candidate will be responsible for data query resolution locally, nationally and internationally. With this you must have excellent communication skills, with the ability to communicate across different mediums and a variety of multi-disciplinary staff.

We would expect all candidates applying and the successful candidate to have previous database experience and experience in all aspects of Microsoft Windows.

About us

As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.

Our staff oversee over 6,500 patient contacts every day, delivering high standards of healthcare from the following sites:

o Freeman Hospital

o Royal Victoria Infirmary (RVI)

o Health Innovation Neighbourhood (on the former Newcastle General Hospital and Centre for Ageing and Vitality site)

o Newcastle Dental Hospital

o Newcastle Fertility Centre

o Northern Centre for Cancer Care, North Cumbria

o Northern Genetics Service

These include a range of flagship services which deliver cutting-edge care (supported by state-of-the-art diagnostic services in both radiology and pathology) and are a catalyst for innovation to support pioneering clinical practice in the NHS.

We also have offices at Regent Point in Gosforth and community sites.

Please see attached information on what Staff Benefits we have to offer at our Trust under 'Documents to download' or 'Supporting documents'.

For further information on The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust please visit: Careers | Newcastle Hospitals | NHS | Newcastle Hospitals and Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Job responsibilities

• To be responsible for the collection of data relating to patients treated within the department, in particular, where the patient is entered onto a clinical trial.
• Act as a point of contact for regional, national and international data queries.
• Ensure that Trust policy regarding Data Protection is adhered to.
• Assist the Trial Coordinator in all aspects of maintaining records of patients on trials and the regulatory issues that govern the management of clinical trials
• Provide administrative support when needed.

Person Specification

KNOWLEDGE

• Knowledge of medical terminology.
• Knowledge of trust policy regarding Data Protection - Caldicott Guidelines, Data Protection Act
• Good working knowledge of clinical trials and the regulatory bodies to include: GCP, ICH
• Knowledge of eRecord

SKILLS

• Must possess excellent communication and interpersonal skills - able to communicate across a multi-disciplinary team (both verbal and written)
• Ability to prioritise tasks and demonstrate organisational and time management skills.
• Ability to accurately transfer data from one medium to another (using paper based and electronic data capture).
• Ability to collate, analyse and present accurate data.

Experience

• Must be experienced in all aspects of Microsoft Windows applications.
• Previous experience of data management.
• Previous experience in a health care environment

QUALIFICATIONS

• Educated to A level standard or equivalent qualification / experience

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

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