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

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An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic individual to join the Experimental Cancer Medicine Team at The Christie NHS Foundation Trust.

The Clinical Trials Clerk will join an established Trials Administration function and will be involved in various administrative support tasks to provide a high quality clerical and administrative service.

The Christie NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest cancer treatment centres in Europe, and an international leader in cancer research and development.

We are one of the leading centres in the UK for clinical trials and radiotherapy research.

In 2010, we also opened our new patient treatment centre, the largest clinical trials unit of its kind at present.

Through this development, we aspire to put Manchester at the forefront of international research.

The post holder will assist with the following clerical and administrative duties:

  • Assist in the filing of clinical trial documentation in investigator site files in accordance with ICH-GCP and Trust SOPs.
- Assist in completing team reports (i.e. recruitment activity logs, patient visit logs, case report form trackers and electronic proformas).
- Ensure collection, tracking and general organisation of clinical case notes for all

patients, so that these are available as needed for monitoring and audit purposes.
- General assistance with preparation for monitoring visits and follow up actions under supervision.
- Photocopying and internal delivery/ transfer of clinical trial/ miscellaneous documentation

(i.e. case report forms, contracts, trial set-up documentation, copies of scans).
- Liaise with internal and external NHS staff regarding case notes, data collection (i.e. discharge summaries), archival tumour block requests (under supervision for

retrospective block requests only), mortality data, and other general trial activities, which may be confidential and sensitive in nature.
- Booking seminar rooms for team, trial related and other miscellaneous meetings,

producing minutes in a timely manner if required.
- Assist with trial document archiving by following the Trust's archiving guidelines under supervision.
- Ensure that office supplies are adequate and assist with the ordering process.

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 post holder will assist with the following clerical and administrative duties:

  • Assist in the filing of clinical trial documentation in investigator site files in accordance with ICH-GCP and Trust SOPs.
- Assist in completing team reports (i.e. recruitment activity logs, patient visit logs, case report form trackers and electronic proformas).
- Ensure collection, tracking and general organisation of clinical case notes for all

patients, so that these are available as needed for monitoring and audit purposes.
- General assistance with preparation for monitoring visits and follow up actions under supervision.
- Photocopying and internal delivery/ transfer of clinical trial/ miscellaneous documentation

(i.e. case report forms, contracts, trial set-up documentation, copies of scans).
- Liaise with internal and external NHS staff regarding case notes, data collection (i.e. discharge summaries), archival tumour block requests (under supervision for

retrospective block requests only), mortality data, and other general trial activities, which may be confidential and sensitive in nature.
- Booking seminar rooms for team, trial related and other miscellaneous meetings,

producing minutes in a timely manner if required.
- Assist with trial document archiving by following the Trust's archiving guidelines under supervision.
- Ensure that office supplies are adequate and assist with the ordering process.

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