Senior Clinical Trials Assistant (XR04)

Leeds Teaching Hospitals; Leeds; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS Trust is recruiting a Senior Clinical Trial Assistant in Leeds. This role involves supporting clinical research, ensuring compliance with protocols, and facilitating trial activities. The ideal candidate should have experience in clinical trials and administrative tasks, alongside necessary qualifications such as NVQ level 3. This position is a temporary contract covering maternity leave, with a focus on delivering high standards of patient care and research excellence.

Qualifications

• Experience in clinical trials management within the NHS.
• Administrative experience.
• Knowledge of research methodologies.

Responsibilities

• Support and administer clinical research trials.
• Maintain study site files and communicate with sponsors.
• Ensure adherence to trial protocols.

Skills

Good communicator

Attention to detail

Interpersonal skills

Initiative

Clinical skills (observations, venepuncture, cannulation)

Education

NVQ level 3 or equivalent

AHCS registration

Job description

TheReproductive Health and Childbirth Research Team is recruiting!

TheResearch and Innovation Department is continuing its exciting expansion. Wehave several research specialities and the Reproductive Health and Childbirthresearch portfolio is looking for a Senior Clinical Trial Assistant. Theposition is to cover maternity leave, working 34 hours per week with atemporary contract ending at the beginning of October 2026. This post willrequire cross site working as we cover both the LGI and SJUH, our office isbased at SJUH.

Thepost holder will contribute actively to the conduct, coordination, anddelivery of the Reproductive Health and Childbirth Research Portfolio. Themain tasks are: trial set-up and initiation, documentation and data quality,and line management. In addition of being responsible for ensuring that highstandards of clinical care planning, delivery, safety, and patientsatisfaction are to a very high standards, compliance with Trust policy,study protocol requirements, local and national guidance and legislation isrequired

Ifyou are interested in the post, we would like to encourage you to contact therecruiting manager for an informal discussion.

Main duties of the job

Weare looking to recruit a proactive and self-motivated individual with a keeninterest in research to join the Reproductive Health and Childbirth ResearchTeam. The post holder will work closely with the team and provide essentialskills needed for the conduct, co-ordination and delivery of our everexpanding research portfolio; ensuring the highest standards of clinical careand patient safety.

Youwill contribute towards the set-up of new studies, maintaining study sitefiles and communicating with sponsors. Our aim is to provide the participantwith an excellent research experience and this will involve scheduling studyvisits, communicating with multidisciplinary teams, sample tracking andaccurate data collection.

Thepost holder will be required to work alongside industry partners, theNational Institute for Health Research (NIHR), Research Delivery Network(RDN) Yorkshire and Humber (Y&H) and colleagues in neighbouringestablishments, you will help develop and strengthen collaborative researchlinks and you may be required to attend regional and national meetings.

Thisis an excellent opportunity to gain experience in trial management anddelivery within our speciality. This role offers the chance to develop keyskills and make a valuable contribution towards improving treatments andoutcomes for our patient population.

About us

Researchis at the heart of our Trust. Leeds Teaching Hospitals is involved inresearch at all levels, developing and trialling new treatments for patients.We believe that being involved in cutting-edge research helps us providebetter care to our patients.

Overthe next 5 years, we aim to be the best Trust to deliver high-qualityclinical research and to champion research amongst our staff. We also aim tosupport and grow our world-class clinical infrastructure and assets forresearch and innovation.

Wehave a very proactive Research Academy. It offers an extensive programme ofeducation and training tailored to meet the needs of individuals, teamsinvolved in clinical research delivery in Health and Social Care.

Ourfive Trust values are part of what make us different. They have beendeveloped by our staff. They are:

• Accountable
• Empowered

LeedsTeaching Hospitals is committed to our process of redeploying 'at risk'members of our existing workforce to new roles. As such, all our job advertsare subject to this policy and we reserve the right to close, delay or removeadverts while this process is completed. If you do experience a delay in theshortlisting stage of the recruitment cycle, please bear with us while thisprocess is completed, and contact the named contact if you have anyquestions.

Job responsibilities

Thepost-holder is responsible for supporting and administering all clinical

researchwithin Research and Innovation at Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

underthe guidance of the Senior Research Nurse/Midwife/ AHP/AHCS

Thepost-holder must ensure that all trial protocols are adhered to in line with

ICH-GCPpractice. The post-holder will act as Assistant to the Senior Research

Nurse/Midwife//AHP/AHCSand will liaise with all internal and external parties

involvedin the setting up, maintenance and closure of research studies. The

post-holderwill assist with administrative aspects of clinical research/trials

managementincluding costings.

Thepost holder may be expected to interact with patients and their families in

relationto the requirements of the research study and be able to work without

supervisionin some areas. A key component of the post is to carry out the

informedconsent process with patients as appropriate and following specific

trainingand administer the necessary paperwork and maintaining a clear audit

trail.You will have responsibility for logging all patients into the EDGE research

databaseand departmental clinical trials database ensuring information is

accurateand up-to-date. Your role may also include some clinical skills such as

takingclinical observations, venepuncture, cannulation, taking

electrocardiography(ECG) tracings and processing clinical samples as agreed

withmanager and where appropriate with adequate documented training.

Person Specification

Skills & behaviours

• Good communicator and use of initiative.
• Able to work on own or as part of a team
• Able to work on own initiative/proactive approach
• Honest and fair approach when dealing with work, colleagues and the team
• Must be able to deal with the public and staff in a pleasant and polite manner at all times.
• Good interpersonal skills
• Effectively communicate with multidisciplinary team members
• Ability to pay attention to detail
• Previous clinical skills training e.g. taking clinical observations, venepuncture, cannulation, ECG

Qualifications

• Good standard of education NVQ level 3 or equivalent
• AHCS registered
• NHS Care Certificate

Experience

• Previous administrative experience
• Clinical trials experience
• Experience working in NHS having direct or indirect contact with patients in either a clinical or research setting
• Knowledge of research methodologies
• Understanding of the NHS and the organisation
• Previous experience of working within Clinical Trials Management within the NHS

Additional Requirements

• Able to fulfil Occupational Health requirements for the post (with reasonable adjustments if necessary),
• Willing to undergo training as required
• Good Clinical Practice (GCP) training

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.