Senior Clinical Trials Coordinator - Manchester, United Kingdom - The Christie NHS Foundation Trust

The Christie NHS Foundation Trust

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Manchester, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Please note that this post is offered as a fixed term contract for 12 months in the first instance at 37.5 h/week.

An exciting opportunity has arisen within the Research and Innovation Division at The Christie.

We are looking to appoint a Senior Clinical Trials Coordinator to the Haematology clinical research delivery team within The Christie NHS Foundation Trust.

We are seeking an enthusiastic and highly motivated individual, who is ableto demonstrate significant work experience in clinical trials coordination and data management involving clinical trials or project co-ordination, as well as a good understanding of clinical research, GCP and clinical governance.

Applicants should have excellent organisation and communication skills, can work well both in a team and using their own initiative.

The individual must demonstrate good leadership skills that will promote an environment of quality and learning.

Applicants should meet all the essential criteria described in the job description as a minimum, including holding a scientific or business-based degree, or have relevant experience in scientific and medical research.

We are looking for an individual who will act as a key co-ordinator for the Haematology Research team to proactively ensure the provision of a high quality and efficient administrative service.

The role will focus on early phase research and require the set up and coordination of intense and complex clinical trials, previous experience of early phase and/or complex trials would be desirable.

There will also be aspects of work allocation and support of coordination staff (with potential for direct line management) along with oversight of team metrics.

The post holder will be expected to provide support to the senior R&I management and clinical research staff, and ensure compliance with Trust Policy, Good Clinical Practice (GCP) and all other relevant requirements.

Opportunities will be available to lead service development projects within the team and the wider R&I division.

The Christie is one of Europe's leading cancer centres, treating over 60,000 patients a year.

We are based in Manchester and serve a population of 3.2 million across Greater Manchester & Cheshire, but as a national specialist around 15% patients are referred to us from other parts of the country.

We provide radiotherapy through one of the largest radiotherapy departments in the world; chemotherapy on site and through 14 other hospitals; highly specialist surgery for complex and rare cancer; and a wide range of support and diagnostic services.

We are also an international leader in research, with world first breakthroughs for over 100 years. We run one of the largest early clinical trial units in Europe with over 300 trials every year.

Cancer research in Manchester, most of which is undertaken on the Christie site, has been officially ranked the best in the UK.

The Christie Haematology Research Team vision is to build upon our reputation as a local and national leader in clinical trial delivery.

Pursuing exemplary care and prioritising the safety and experience of our clinical research participants, carried out by a highly trained, dynamic, supportivge and passionate clinical research team.

I would strongly encourage interested applicants to contact the team to further discuss the roles and how you can become a key member of this exemplary team.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

TEAM SUPPORT

Responsible for supporting and supervising workload allocation/ monitoring across administrative team members, escalating issues as appropriate to senior managers.
Provide support to senior managers with general Human Resource activities, including but not limited to recruitment and selection and line management of administrative team members as required. This will be in accordance with Trust policies.
Provide induction support and training to new and existing clinical trials staff through onetoone and group learning activities.
Encourage the sharing of best practice and dissemination of information through regular structured meetings with all trials administration staff.
Assist with data collection for divisional metrics reports of key performance indicators.

CLINICAL TRIALS CO-ORDINATION/ DATA MANAGEMENT:

The specific responsibilities will depend on the requirements of each team, but may include:

Act as a key point of contact with the core Research and Development team, study sponsors, clinical research organisations and specific research teams.
Support feasibility activities for new studies under direction from senior managers and Principal Investigators.
Manage the set up and initiation of allocated clinical trials within assigned Clinical Research Teams. Provide support for study set up and initiation that has been delegated to Clinical Trials Coordinators, escalating any delays as appropriate.
Support with negotiations of study setup costs and income recovery for assigned clinical trials in conju