Statistician

Royal Marsden; London; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust seeks a dedicated Statistician for its Clinical Trials Unit, contributing to cancer research. The role involves statistical analysis, study design, and collaboration with clinicians to advance cancer care. Join a world-leading cancer center committed to innovative treatments and patient care.

Benefits

Learning and development opportunities

Flexible working requests

Diverse range of careers

Qualifications

• Experience in contributing to the statistical design of clinical trials.
• Experience of carrying out survival analysis and relevant statistical techniques.
• Awareness of research governance issues in clinical trials.

Responsibilities

• Involvement in study design, protocol development, and statistical analysis.
• Liaising with clinicians on the design of clinical trials.
• Presenting results clearly to users without statistical knowledge.

Skills

Analytical skills

Problem solving

Statistical analysis

Database skills

Report writing

Teaching experience

Education

Good honours degree in a subject with statistical component

Higher qualification in statistics

Tools

Stata

MACRO

MS Office

Job description

The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust has an exciting opportunity for a passionate and dedicated Statistician to join our Clinical Trials Unit. This role offers an exciting opportunity in applying innovative statistical approaches. The Royal Marsden has a vital role in championing change and improvement in cancer care through research and innovation, education, and leading-edge practice. We are incredibly proud of our international reputation for pushing the boundaries and for our ground-breaking work ensuring our patients receive the very best and latest in cancer treatment and care.

RM CTU is a UKCRC accredited clinical trials unit, with a wide-ranging portfolio of cancer research trials across multiple tumour groups. Our UKCRC accreditation indicates RM CTU as a centre of excellence with a strong track record of coordinating multi-centre trials, expert staff to develop studies, robust quality assurance systems and evidence of long-term viability of capacity for trial management. We would welcome your application.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be part of the Research Data and Statistics Unit (RDSU), which provides expert support and advice relating to the full range of statistical and analytical aspects of the Trust’s clinical research programmes. The focus of the role is involvement in all aspects of study design, protocol development, database design, data handling, trial management and statistical analysis. The majority of the time will be spent on the analysis of research data, ensuring that the appropriate statistical techniques are used, and presenting and explaining the results to users in a clear, comprehensible manner. The post holder will play a role in supporting the statistical requirements of the Royal Marsden Clinical Trials Unit (RM-CTU).

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 on this role, please see the attached detailed Job Description and Person Specification:

• To gain / maintain full working knowledge of the in-house software used to collect and analyse clinical research data; primarily MACRO and Stata.
• To gain / maintain knowledge of the EU directive on clinical trials (EU directive 2001/20/EC) and ICH GCP according to EU directive 2005/28/EC.
• To gain a good knowledge of the clinical features, management and treatment of the disease being studied, and to keep updated of any developments in the area.
• To gain a working knowledge of the RMH EPR in order to liaise with users and analyse data where necessary.
• To liaise with, advise and educate clinicians on the design aspects of clinical trials and research studies, and to be responsible for the statistical design where appropriate.

Person specification

Education/Qualifications

• Good honours degree or equivalent in a subject with a statistical component
• Higher qualification in statistics or appropriate experience in applied statistics, preferably in the role of medical statistician

Experience

• Practical experience of PC Applications and good knowledge of MS Office products
• Experience in contributing to the statistical design of clinical trials
• Experience in manipulating complex databases
• Experience of carrying out survival analysis and the application of other relevant statistical techniques.
• Experience of presenting complex statistical information so that it is understandable to users without statistical knowledge.
• Awareness of research governance issues in clinical trials.

Skills Abilities/knowledge

• Strong analytical and problem solving skills, including the ability to select an appropriate methodology when analysing data
• Good working knowledge of Stata (or similar statistical analysis packages)
• Excellent computing and database skills
• Excellent statistical analysis skills
• Report writing and written presentation skills
• Advanced Excel skills
• Good knowledge of the disease process and treatment of cancer
• Teaching experience

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.

All applicants will be contacted by email to the address supplied on your application. Applicants are advised to check their email accounts regularly and to ensure that email filters are set to allow our emails.

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.

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