Senior Clinical Trial Coordinator

Royal Marsden; Sutton; Hybrid; GBP 42,000 - 54,000; Full time

Job summary

The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust in Sutton is seeking a Senior Clinical Trial Coordinator to provide governance support for a complex research portfolio. You will work with a team of medical and nursing staff on clinical studies and support the administrative trial team.

Based at our Sutton site with occasional travel to Chelsea and some remote work, you will be flexible and able to work independently or as part of the team, with excellent IT, communication and organisational skills.

Qualifications

• Recent GCP training.
• Life Sciences degree or equivalent experience.
• Experience in a clinical trial setting (haematology/oncology preferred).

Responsibilities

• Ensure all clinical trials are conducted in accordance with GCP, RMH/SOPs and trial protocols.
• Coordinate portfolio research meetings and monitor trials.
• Oversee day-to-day running of allocated trials and represent Unit at Trial Coordination Forum.
• Prepare and submit regulatory applications (REC, HRA, MHRA) for new proposals.
• Supervise clinical trial coordinators and administrators.
• Ensure trial closures and archiving of documentation.

Skills

IT skills

Communication

Prioritisation

Data management

Supervision

Education

Life Sciences degree

Tools

Microsoft Access

Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

.An opportunity has arisen at The Royal Marsden to work within the Haemato-Oncology Unit as a Senior Clinical Trial Coordinator, providing governance support for our complex research portfolio.
This is a pivotal role, and you will be part of a team of qualified and skilled medical and nursing staff, taking part in an exciting range of clinical research studies as well as having a key role supporting the administrative trial team.
Ideally with previous clinical research experience and NHS experience, you will work within the guidelines and policies for the conduct of clinical trials, ensuring high standards of practice in accordance with the principles of GCP.
Based at our Sutton location with occasional travel to our Chelsea location and some remote working, the successful applicant should have a flexible approach to their duties and the ability to work both as part of the team as well as independently. In addition, you will have excellent communication, administrative and IT skills and be supportive and open to new initiatives.

Main duties of the job

• To take responsibility for ensuring all clinical trials within the Unit are conducted and managed in accordance with Good Clinical Practice, Trust SOPs and trial protocols.
• To be a key member of the team responsible for conveying the requirements of the Clinical R&D Office to clinical staff within their allocated Clinical Unit.
• To provide an efficient clinical trial coordination service to the Unit Head, ensuring trials fulfil all statutory requirements.
• To oversee the conduct of trials within the Unit and maintain day-to-day responsibility for specific trials within the Unit.
• To represent the Unit at the Trial Coordination Forum.

Working for our organisation

The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust is a world-leading cancer centre. Our role is to offer our patients the best cancer care available anywhere in the world, and to continue to make a global contribution to finding better ways of diagnosing and treating cancer. We employ over 4,500 staff in a diverse range of careers including nursing, medical, science, radiography, pharmacy, occupational therapy, finance and administrative services. We have two hospitals - one in Chelsea, London, and one in Sutton, Surrey - as well as a Medical Daycare Unit in Kingston Hospital.

At The Royal Marsden, we deal with cancer every day, so we understand how valuable life is. When people entrust their lives to us, they have the right to demand the very best. That's why the pursuit of excellence lies at the heart of everything we do.

At the heart of the hospital is our dedicated team. We offer a stimulating and dynamic working environment, a wide range of staff benefits, learning and development opportunities and clear career pathways. There are opportunities to work flexibly across a range of areas and specialities and we welcome flexible working requests from point of hire to support employees work life balance. We are looking for employees who aspire to excellence, share our values and can play a crucial role in our on-going achievements.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For further information please refer to the job description and personal specification

Primary areas of responsibility

These responsibilities will be carried out under the guidance of the operations manager.

Service Delivery

• Responsible for implementation of systems and processes within the Unit.
• Under the direction of the Operations Manager/Senior Trial Manger to lead in implementation of systems within the Unit to ensure all Clinical Trials are conducted in accordance with all regulatory requirements including:
  • Medicines for Human Use (Clinical Trials) Regulations
  • Research Governance Framework for Health and Social Care
  • Human Tissue Act
• To coordinate the portfolio research meeting ensuring appropriate, documented monitoring of the clinical trial portfolio.
• To be a member of the Trial Coordination Forum.
• To supervise other clinical trial coordinators and clinical trial administrators within the Unit as appropriate.

Coordination of specific trials allocated to the Coordinator within the Unit’s portfolio

Trial Set Up and Maintenance

• Initiate and manage day to day running of allocated trial(s) in accordance with GCP and RMH / ICR SOPs, policies and procedures.
• Complete applications to REC, HRA, MHRA and CCR for new research proposals.

Trial Conduct

• Responsible for ensuring all research within the clinical unit receives all relevant regulatory approval before it commences.
• Responsible for ensuring the Unit’s Clinical Research Portfolio is conducted in accordance with all regulatory requirements.

Trial Closure

• Ensure trial closure is notified to Clinical R&D Office, Sponsor, REC, HRA and MHRA as appropriate.
• Ensure appropriate archiving of trial documentation.

Education/Qualifications

• Recent GCP training
• Life Sciences (or equivalent) degree or relevant experience

Experience/Knowledge

• Demonstrable experience of working in a clinical trial setting
• Understanding of clinical trials and regulations governing clinical research
• Experience of trial set up/management experience in an academic institution/hospital
• Experience of working in the field of haematology/oncology

Skills/Abilities

• Ability to prioritise workload and adjust own work in light of unexpected events or changing priorities.
• To be able to use own initiative planning own work and work unsupervised where appropriate.
• Excellent administrative and organisational skills
• Excellent IT skills including access, excel and power point
• Experience of data entry and data management
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Ability to interact with, influence an motivate people at all levels
• Ability to interact confidently with experts and non-experts alike
• Ability to maintain adherence to written procedures
• Experience of problem solving
• Experience of supervising administrative staff

Other Requirements

• Able to work on both sites and to be flexible to meet the needs of the role
• Willingness to travel within the UK and occasionally overseas to attend meetings and conferences

The Royal Marsden values diversity and is committed to the recruitment and retention of underrepresented minority groups. We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQ+ candidates and candidates with disabilities.

As a Disability Confident Employer, we are working to create a workplace that enables all staff to reach their full potential. We are committed to this because we know that greater diversity and inclusion will lead to an even greater positive impact for the people we serve.

Due to the high volumes of applications we receive, we reserve the right to close any adverts before the published closing date once we have received a sufficient number of applications. We advise you to submit your application as early as possible to prevent disappointment. Please ensure your information is accurate to avoid errors with processing your application

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Flu Vaccination – What We Expect of our Staff

At The Royal Marsden we have an immune compromised patient population who we must protect as much as we can against the flu virus. Each year, seasonal flu affects thousands of people in the UK. Occurring mainly in winter, it is an infectious respiratory disease capable of producing symptoms ranging from those similar to a common cold, through to very severe or even fatal disease.

The wellbeing of our staff and patients is of the upmost importance to us, and it is the expectation of The Royal Marsden that all patient-facing staff have an annual flu vaccination, provided free of charge by the Trust.