Band 5 - London, United Kingdom - Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust

Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust

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London, United Kingdom

4 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

The NIHR Royal Free Clinical Research Facility (CRF) provides a designated facility for researchers to conduct clinical research studies involving both patient and healthy volunteers.

As a CRF Laboratory Coordinator the post holder will have knowledge of a range of pre-analytical processing procedures and will be responsible for overseeing the processing and storage of clinical trial samples to the highest standard.

This includes:

receiving, sorting, labelling and processing samples; resolving issues such as mislabelled or missing specimens, performing pre-analytical processes, maintaining study data documentation, performing scheduled internal audits, performing quality control checks on routine equipment, contributing to COSHH procedures and risk assessments, dealing with enquiries and preparing laboratory work schedules.

The post holder will also represent the CRF laboratory at pre-study visits and site initiation visits.

The post holder will provide training and assistance to staff working in and utilising the CRF laboratory.

They will support the work of the CRF team to ensure the delivery of a comprehensive, high quality service within the CRF in accordance with Trust Policies, the CRF's Quality Management System (QMS), Good Clinical Practice (GCP), Good Clinical Laboratory Practice (GCLP) and all other regulatory requirements.

Our Research and Development (R&D) department is expanding its Good Clinical Laboratory Practice (GCLP) infrastructure.

As part of our assurance processes, the CRF Laboratory will be managed under the umbrella of the R&D GCLP Laboratory.

The post holder will contribute to the implementation, monitoring, improving and management of the CRF's Quality Management System (QMS) as it pertains to the CRF laboratory and support its alignment with the R&D GCLP Laboratory standards.

The CRF Laboratory Coordinator will have a line of professional accountability to the GCLP Manager to support their development and oversee their performance.

The successful applicant will be part of the Clinical Research Facility (CRF) team undertaking trials within the Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust.

They will liaise closely with CRF team members, clinical trial delivery staff, UCL-RFH Biobank personnel, study sponsor representatives and central analytical laboratories.

They will be expected to operate with minimum supervision in organising and planning their own work activities.

ROYAL FREE LONDON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST

Royal Free London (RFL) NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest foundation trusts in the country employing over 10,000 staff and serving a local population of over 1.6 million people.

Beyond this, patients from across the country access our specialist services in liver and renal disease, cancer, organ transplantation, HIV and infectious diseases, immunology, cardiology, amyloidosis, scleroderma and single-gene disorders including haemophilia and lysosomal storage disorders (LSD).

Comprising three teaching hospitals - Barnet Hospital (BH), Chase Farm Hospital (CFH) and Royal Free Hospital (RFH) - the trust has over 1,300 beds and hosts 1.6 million patient visits per year.

The RFL CRF will support investigators and serve patients from all three hospitals.

THE ROYAL FREE LONDON CLINICAL RESEARCH FACILITY (RFL CRF)

The CRF is located on the second floor of the Royal Free Hospital in Hampstead in North London.

The CRF is a purpose-built facility where investigators can deliver early-phase, complex and high-risk experimental medicine studies in healthy adults or those with acute, complex, and long-term conditions.

These studies range from First in Human (FIH) to late-phase trials with an experimental medicine component that requires specialist facilities or support.

Please refer to the job description and person specification for full details of the roles and responsibilities of the job.