Clinical Trials Facilitator - London, United Kingdom - King's College London

King's College London

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Salary: £32,979 - £36,396 per annum, including London Weighting Allowance.

Posted: 24 January 2024.

Closing date: 06 February 2024.

Business unit:
Research Management & Innovation

Department:
KHP Clinical Trials Office.

Location:
Guy's and Denmark Hill Campuses

Category:
Professional & Support Services.

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Job description

The King's Health Partners Clinical Trials Office (KHP-CTO) is a collaboration between King's College London, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust.

It is set up to provide a single interface for those wishing to conduct clinical trials within the partner organisations, and to ensure that there are common, efficient processes for the set up and administration of clinical trials.

We wish to recruit a Clinical Trials Facilitator, who will be an integral member of the King's Health Partners Clinical Trials Office Commercial team.

The post holder will act as the initial key contact within KHP-CTO for all researchers, commercial companies and contract research organisations wishing to undertake commercial clinical trials within our Partner Organisations and support the set up and administration of a portfolio of commercial clinical trials.

This post will be offered on an indefinite contract.

This is a full-time post - 100% full time equivalent.

Key responsibilities

Facilitate the collection and preparation of documentation required to confirm local capacity, obtain R&D theme lead approvals, collate regulatory approvals needed to instigate clinical trials

Facilitate the collection of local and regulatory approvals required for the review and implementation of amendments

To work closely with Finance and Research Teams to ensure the timely invoicing of commercial trials

Provide comprehensive advice to external and internal parties for the conduct of clinical trials across the partner organisations.

To assist in maintaining records of the clinical trials portfolio of the partner organisations

To ensure that trials metrics are collected to permit tracking of milestones and where appropriate, to coordinate the triggering of invoicing to sponsors.

To assist in the archiving of clinical trials documentation to meet prevailing regulatory requirements.

To ensure EDGE requirements are met

To maintain a working knowledge of prevailing regulations, guidance, best practices and GCP standards regarding the conduct of clinical trials

To ensure confidentiality of commercially sensitive information

To ensure data protection imperatives are respected

The above list of responsibilities may not be exhaustive, and the post holder will be required to undertake such tasks and responsibilities as may reasonably be expected within the scope and grading of the post._

Skills, knowledge, and experience

Essential criteria

Strong planning and organisational skills including the ability to prioritize and manage multiple tasks
Excellent interpersonal skills tactful and able to deal with a wide range of people in an enthusiastic and helpful manner whilst being capable of firmly maintaining policies and regulations
Problem solving skills pragmatic and flexible approach whilst maintaining policies and regulations.
Commitment to a quality culture
A professional demeanor and high ethical standards
Proactive approach
Ability to understand and function in the different cultural environments of academics and clinical academia
Experience acquired in administration role(s), preferably in either a pharmaceutical industry or clinical research setting

Desirable criteria

Understanding of medical terminology and practice
Knowledge of GCP and full working knowledge of local regulatory requirements for the conduct of clinical trials
Understanding of Ethics committees and Competent Authority approval processes
Specific experience of clinical trial administration.