Job overview
This is an exciting opportunity to be a part of the internationally renowned clinical research team at the Dementia Research Centre (DRC), based within the National Hospital for Neurology & Neurosurgery (NHNN). The Centre has a long history of innovative research in dementia across a wide range of subjects, including longitudinal cohort work, multimodality deep phenotyping of rare dementias, international consortia in genetic dementias and cutting-edge clinical trials in those with and at risk of dementia. The centre is currently involved in first in human studies in Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) using genetic therapies, treatment trials in at risk individuals with genetic AD and with genetic Frontotemporal Dementia (FTD).
We are seeking an enthusiastic and extremely organised person to provide data management and participant facilitation to enhance trial conduct at the DRC. As a data manager, you will facilitate data management into a portfolio of academic and commercial clinical trials on Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias conducted at the DRC. You will work as part of the clinical trials research team, working with the trial coordinators, research fellows and research nurses.
This vacancy may close before the current listed closing date. You are advised not to delay submitting your completed application.
Main duties of the job
Provide data management support for DRC trials:
• Perform data entry into Case Report Forms (CRFs) from source data and medical records.
• Ensure timely resolution of data queries
• Support record keeping in compliance with Good Clinical Practice (GCP) requirements
• Liaise with Clinical Research Associates (CRAS) to ensure all outstanding issues and queries are resolved in a timely and efficient manner, with particular attention to data locks
• Maintain sufficient stocks of documentation and equipment required for trials ( CRFs, questionnaires, blood sample kits)
Communication:
• Work closely and communicate with the multidisciplinary trials team ( research nurses, clinical fellows, coordinators, raters) to support the highest standards of trial conduct
Help facilitate the participant trial experience, as required:
• Assist with visit scheduling and travel arrangements
• Assist with the management of participant and study partner travel expenses
Working for our organisation
University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH) is one of the most complex NHS trusts in the UK, serving a large and diverse population. We provide academically led acute and specialist services, to people from the local area, from throughout the United Kingdom and overseas. Our vision is to deliver top-quality patient care, excellent education, and world-class research.
We provide first-class acute and specialist services across eight sites:
·University College Hospital (incorporating the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Wing)
·National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery
·Royal National ENT and Eastman Dental Hospitals
·University College Hospital Grafton Way Building
·Royal London Hospital for Integrated Medicine
·University College Hospital Macmillan Cancer Centre
·The Hospital for Tropical Diseases
·University College Hospital at Westmoreland Street
We are dedicated to the diagnosis and treatment of many complex illnesses. UCLH specialises in women’s health and the treatment of cancer, infection, neurological, gastrointestinal and oral disease. It has world class support services including critical care, imaging, nuclear medicine and pathology.