Senior Clinical Trial Coordinator

Job description

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For further information please refer to the job description and personal specification

Primary areas of responsibility:

Trial set-up
• To liaise with R&D, pharmacy, finance, laboratories, and other support departments in set up of trials and assessment of capacity and capability.
• To liaise with Sponsors and R&D regarding clinical trial contracts.

Trial conduct
• Initiate and manage day to day running of allocated trial(s) in accordance with Good Clinical Practice (GCP) and The Royal Marsden (RM) / Institute of Cancer Research (ICR) Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs).
• Ensure trial specific responsibilities delegated by the Sponsor to the Chief Investigator (CI) / Principal Investigator (PI) are carried out in accordance with sponsor contract.

Trial closure
• To ensure trial closure is notified to R&D.
• Assist in conducting the Trial Close Out visit and associated tasks.

Communication & networking
• Act as a point of contact for trial sponsors and to communicate directly with them regarding data queries, monitoring visits and other enquiries relevant to the trial and research team.
• Communicate with staff at all levels, both internal and external relating to trial activities, regarding information which may be confidential and sensitive in nature.

Person specification

Education/Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Life Sciences (or equivalent) degree or relevant experience

Desirable criteria

• Recent GCP training

Experience

Essential criteria

• Has experience of working in a clinical trial setting and community.

Desirable criteria

• Experience of working in the NHS or equivalent

Skills/Abilities/Knowledge

Essential criteria

• Excellent administrative and organisational skills
• Competence in research orientated PC software including Microsoft Office packages
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Good attention to detail
• Understanding of clinical trials and regulations governing clinical research
• Good level of spoken and written English

Desirable criteria

• Experience of data entry and data management

Other Requirements

Essential criteria

• Able to work on both sites and to be flexible to meet the needs of the role

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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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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