Clinical Trials Coordinator - Manchester, United Kingdom - The Christie NHS Foundation Trust
Description
Please note that this post is offered as a permanent contract at 37.5 h/week.
We are looking to appoint a Clinical Trials Co-ordinator (Band 4) to the GI research team within The Christie NHS Foundation Trust.
We are seeking an enthusiastic, motivated and experienced individual who will be responsible for assisting the research nurses, consultants and trial coordination management team with various aspects of clinical trial administration/ coordination.
Applicants should meet all the essential criteria described in the job description as a minimum.
Applicants should meet all the essential criteria within the person specification section of the job description as a minimum.
You will be responsible for data management, case report form completion, site file maintenance, archiving, invoicing, communication with trial sponsors, monitors, and the wider research community, maintaining electronic records to support the team and assisting with the set-up of new studies.
You will liaise with many different members of staff including internal service departments, central R&I office colleagues, clinicians and research nurses, as well as external collaborators, i.e.
Please see the attached job description for a more detailed description of the tasks this job will involve.
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 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.
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
The specific responsibilities will depend on the requirements of each team, but may include:
Act as a point of contact for the core Research and Development team, study sponsors, clinical research organisations and specific research teams, communicating directly with them regarding data queries, monitoring visits and other enquiries relevant to trial set up and general trial conduct
Set up and initiation of allocated trials within an assigned team, under the guidance of the Senior Clinical Trials Coordinators.
Maintain investigator site files and essential documentation in accordance with ICH-GCP and Trust SOPs to ensure they are kept inspection ready at all times
Process trial amendment submissions in accordance with ICH-GCP and Trust SOPs and timelines
Provide administrative support to the Clinical Research Nurses and Principal Investigators for safety reporting in accordance with protocol requirements.
Complete team reporting mechanisms (i.e. recruitment activity logs, patient visit logs, costing spreadsheets, case report form trackers and electronic proformas)
Produce trial workbooks for review by the lead Clinical Research Nurse and Principal Investigator for assigned studies and ensure version control is maintained
Ensure collection of clinical case notes for all patients, so that these are available as needed, for monitoring and audit purposes
Complete case report forms as per sponsor requirements, and liaise with clinical trial monitors to ensure the data sent is valid and their requirements are met at site monitoring visits
Cross check, confirm data and complete query resolution with sponsors and third parties in a timely manner
Completion of clinical trial specific databases with data from various sources such as questionnaires, hospital records and other electronic and paper sources
Liaise with internal and external NHS staff regarding case notes, data collection, archival tumour blocks, mortality data, and other general trial activities, which may be confidential and sensitive in nature
Arrange shipping and delivery of relevant trial data and documents including import/export of tumour blocks, ECGs and copy scans
Arrange team and trial related meetings as required, producing minutes in a timely manner
Ensure that data is available and up to date for any meetings related to a clinical trial
If required attend project related meetings, investigator mee
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