Clinical Trial Coordinator

Job description

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For further information on this role, please see the attached detailed Job Description and Person Specification
• Initiate and manage day to day running of allocated trial(s) in accordance with Good Clinical Practice (GCP) and RMH / ICR Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs)
• To complete applications to Research Ethics Committees (REC), Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) and Committee for Clinical Research (CCR)/R&D for new research proposals
• To ensure trials do not commence until all regulatory, sponsor and local R&D requirements are satisfied
• Ensure delegation logs are in place for trials and that these are kept up to date
• Set up and maintain training records as appropriate for staff working on trials
• To liaise with commercial companies and other funders to establish funding and sponsor contracts for trials and to ensure adequate drug supply for the duration of the trials
• To liaise with R&D to ensure appropriate material transfer arrangements are in place for trials involving transfer or receipt of tissue
• Responsible for essential trial documentation compilation and maintenance in Trial Master Files / Trial Site Files / eFiles
• To liaise with the R&D, pharmacy, finance, contracts and laboratories in set up of trials
• To assist with data entry and review for the commercial hosted clinical trials.

Person specification

Education/Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Life sciences (or equivalent) degree

Experience

Essential criteria

• Understanding of clinical trials and regulations governing clinical research
• Minimum of one year's experience of working in a clinical trials setting
• Experience of data entry and data management

Desirable criteria

• Recent Good Clinical Practice training
• Experience of working in the NHS
• Experience of working in the field of cancer

Skills Abilities/knowledge

Essential criteria

• Excellent administrative and organisational skills
• Excellent IT skills including access, excel and power point
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Ability to work effectively as part of a team
• Ability to prioritise effectively and manage own workload
• Ability to interact confidently with experts and nonexperts alike
• Ability to maintain adherence to written procedures
• Good attention to detail

Other Requirements

Desirable criteria

• Willingness to travel within the UK and occasionally overseas to attend meetings and conferences
• Willingness to be flexible around contracted working hours ie to attend MDT/research meetings etc

The Royal Marsden values diversity and is committed to the recruitment and retention of underrepresented minority groups. We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQ+ candidates and candidates with disabilities.

As a Disability Confident Employer, we are working to create a workplace that enables all staff to reach their full potential. We are committed to this because we know that greater diversity and inclusion will lead to an even greater positive impact for the people we serve.

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Flu Vaccination - What We Expect of our Staff

At The Royal Marsden we have an immune compromised patient population who we must protect as much as we can against the flu virus. Each year, seasonal flu affects thousands of people in the UK. Occurring mainly in winter, it is an infectious respiratory disease capable of producing symptoms ranging from those similar to a common cold, through to very severe or even fatal disease.

The wellbeing of our staff and patients is of the upmost importance to us, and it is the expectation of The Royal Marsden that all patient-facing staff have an annual flu vaccination, provided free of charge by the Trust.

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