Senior Trial Coordinator

Job description

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For further information please refer to the job description and personal specification:
• To take responsibility for ensuring assigned portfolio of clinical trials within the Unit are conducted and managed in accordance with Good Clinical Practice and Trust SOPs and trial protocols.
• To be responsible for managing Hosted studies within the Unit.
• To be responsible for conveying the requirements of the Clinical R&D Office to clinical staff within their allocated Clinical Unit.
• To provide an efficient clinical trial coordination service to the Unit Head, ensuring trials fulfil all statutory requirements.
• To oversee the conduct of assigned portfolio of trials within the Unit and maintain day to day responsibility for specific trials within the Unit.
• To represent the Unit at key meetings and deputise for the Project Manager as required.

Person specification

Education / Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Life Sciences (or equivalent) degree or relevant experience
• Recent GCP training

Desirable criteria

• Masters' Degree or other higher-level degree

Experience

Essential criteria

• Demonstrable experience of working in a clinical trial setting
• Detailed understanding and experience of clinical trials, UK Clinical trial regulations, GCP and regulatory framework
• Experience of trial finances including costing for academic and commercial studies

Desirable criteria

• Personnel leadership and management experience

Skills & Knowledge

Essential criteria

• Advanced organisational skills and ability to manage multiple projects at various stages of development and organisation
• Excellent communication skills and ability to facilitate collaborative working relationships
• Able to work under pressure, methodical in approach, with effective problem-solving ability
• Competence in research orientated PC software including Microsoft Office packages
• Able to work on both sites and to be flexible to meet the needs of the role

Desirable criteria

• Knowledge of principles for quality management systems
• Knowledge of budget planning and management
• Willingness to travel within the UK and occasionally overseas to attend meetings and conferences

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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