Job overview
The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust has an international reputation for high quality patient care, education and research and its partnership with The Institute of Cancer Research (ICR) has created the largest comprehensive cancer centre in Europe.
This role is based within the Lung Research Team at The Royal Marsden (located at two sites – Sutton, Surrey and Chelsea, London), which is world renowned for excellence in clinical care and clinical research.
Applications are invited for Clinical Trial Administrator role. This is a 11.5 month fixed-term post, with possibility of extension.
Main duties of the job
1. To support the clinical research team with study administration as required to ensure the efficient and successful delivery of clinical trials and other studies according to Good Clinical Practice (GCP), standard operating procedures (SOPs), trust policies and all applicable regulations and governance structures.
2. To ensure timely and accurate entry of data and relevant information into appropriate database systems.
3. To work with the clinical team to ensure prompt resolution of data queries
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
4. To ensure that data collection and (electronic) case report form ((e)CRF) completion is performed to the required standards of the current EU, UK and FDA legislation, Trust SOPs and Sponsor contractual obligations.
5. To design and implement tools and guidance for clinical trial data capture.
6. To represent the Data Management team at research meetings.
7. To prepare and facilitate the archiving of essential clinical trial documents and source data as per Trust SOPs.
8. 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.
9. Provide operational administrative support to the Research Operations Manager (data capture, diary management, meeting arrangements, document management etc).
Person specification
Education/Qualifications
Desirable criteria
10. Knowledge of ICH/GCP guidelines
Education/Qualifications
Essential criteria
11. Educated to at least GCSE/A level (or equivalent)
Experience
Essential criteria
12. Experience working with databases
Desirable criteria
13. Good understanding of medical terminology
14. Previous experience of working in the NHS or equivalent
Skills/Abilities/Knowledge
Essential criteria
15. Excellent administrative and organisational skills
16. Competence in research orientated PC software including Microsoft Office packages
17. Excellent oral and written communication skills
18. Good attention to detail
Desirable criteria
19. Understanding of clinical trials and regulations governing clinical research
20. Experience of data entry and data management
21. Good level of spoken and written English
Other
Essential criteria
22. Able to work on both sites and to be flexible to meet the needs of the role
Other
Desirable criteria
23. Willingness to travel within 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.
Due to the high volumes of applications we receive, we reserve the right to close any adverts before the published closing date once we have received a sufficient number of applications. We advise you to submit your application as early as possible to prevent disappointment. Please ensure your information is accurate to avoid errors with processing your application
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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