Job overview
Are you a dynamic individual with a passion for improving care and treatments through research and clinical trials? Do you want to help find new ways of delivering clinical research across Lancashire and South Cumbria? If so, this is the role for you!
We are looking to recruit an experienced research coordinator to join our enthusiastic clinical research delivery team. Based in the GOLD STAR NIHR Lancashire Clinical Research Facility you’ll work with a team of dedicated colleagues that are passionate about clinical research delivery and improving patients care and experience. The facility is a welcoming and bright space to work and treat patients.
Main duties of the job
The key responsibilities of the Senior Clinical Trial Coordinator are to coordinate the setup and conduct of clinical trials and/or clinical studies,
working closely with the Research Governance Team, Investigators and study delivery team.
They will assist in the coordination of blood
sampling and processing and complex data collection for clinical trials across the research portfolio, sharing knowledge and best practices
with research colleagues within Lancashire and South Cumbria.
They will work with research delivery team to ensure all activities comply with the trial/study protocol and in compliance with the International
Conference on Harmonisation Good Clinical Practice Guidelines (ICH-GCP), the NHS Research Governance Framework for Health and
Social Care and, in the case of a CTIMP, in compliance with the Medicines for Human Use (Clinical Trials) Regulations.
The role will require working with, and providing expert knowledge and training to, colleagues in other NHS organisations within Lancashire
and South Cumbria to support the delivery of clinical research.
Working for our organisation
We have 10000 fantastic people working hard to deliver quality services to our patients. Whatever your role, you help look after 370,000 people in our local area & give specialist care to 1.5 million people across Lancashire & Cumbria. Working with us gives you the knowledge and sense of pride that every activity you do genuinely does make a difference to support our patients & staff, ensuring we keep thriving & delivering outstanding healthcare right across our local towns.
You’ll have access to varied development opportunities, learn new skills, meet fab people & do things you’d never have done. You’ll learn about working in a hospital, interacting with people from all different roles to build skills & enhance your career path.
You’ll make an impact, be challenged to think differently, be bold & help innovate to keep improving things. Everything we do centres around patient care which means your role is pivotal and something really to be proud of.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the Job Description and Person Specification attached to this vacancy for a detailed job description and list of main responsibilities.
1. Be involved in the creation of a Hub and Spoke network within Lancashire and South Cumbria where all eligible patients are identified and offered the opportunity to take part in trials and research studies
2. Coordinate the setup of clinical trials across Lancashire and South Cumbria
3. Be responsible for the delivery of delegated clinical trial activity, ensuring all activities comply with regulatory requirements
4. Maintain and develop own professional competence and seek to extend the scope of personal knowledge and skills within scope of rol
Person specification
Qualifications and Education
Essential criteria
5. Educated to level 4 BTEC / A level standard
6. Relevant professional development
7. Good Clinical Practice (GCP) Training
Knowledge and Experience
Essential criteria
8. Recent experience of working in a clinical research environment
9. Knowledge of the role and responsibilities of a clinical research coordinator and has practiced at this level
10. Demonstrates adherence to policies and procedures
11. Knowledge of research governance and the principles of GCP
Desirable criteria
12. Knowledge of clinical governance