Office and Research Coordinator - Manchester, United Kingdom - The Christie NHS FT

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DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES Professional To demonstrate a professional approach to work and promote positive relationships with other departments with a multidisciplinary approach To maintain confidentiality at all times in line with Trust and Data Protection policies To be aware of and comply with all requirements for Health & Safety procedures and ensure Trust policies and procedures relevant to the area of practice are adhered to Administrative Office management/ coordination approx.

0.4FTE Support the lymphoma clinical secretarial service with general office management duties.

This may involve Work collaboratively with the medical secretarial team and scheduling team to provide a seamless service which is responsive to individual patient needs.

Liaise with relevant service management across the Trust to ensure the lymphoma secretarial service complies with Trust policies and procedures.

Clinical Trial Coordination approx. 0.

6 FTE The specific responsibilities will depend on the requirements of the trial portfolio within the lymphoma research 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, under the guidance of the Senior Clinical Trials Coordinators. Track all payments throughout each clinical trial including completion of activity logs and requesting invoices to be raised.


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).

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.


Physical Skills Using advanced level IT skills, and IT packages, including Word, Excel, Outlook, Power Point, Personal and people development Maintain professional development whilst evaluating own specialist knowledge with assistance from the assigned line manager, to satisfy the NHS knowledge and skills framework.

Follow all relevant policies and procedures, in particular in relation to the Data Protection Act, and any regulatory practice.

Be pro-active in providing feedback on working practices within the clinical and research teams and suggest new ways of working.

Participate in Trust-wide/ University education programmes and study days as appropriate.


Physical, mental and emotional effort Long periods of time spent using keyboard to input information and use of VDU for electronic communication.

Prolonged concentration maybe required (e.g. when preparing or checking through documentation). Occasional exposure to distressed circumstances as trial patients are commonly suffering from terminal illnesses.

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