# Biological Specimen Coordinator, Breast Research > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/biological-specimen-coordinator-breast-research/e611d468-032d-4d13-9b6d-909df775f35f - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/biological-specimen-coordinator-breast-research/e611d468-032d-4d13-9b6d-909df775f35f.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust - **Town:** London - **Region:** London - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Administrative and IT - **Grade:** Band 4 - **Salary:** £33,262 - £36,027 Per Annum - **Contract type:** 11 months (Fixed Term) - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-06-18T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-06-08T11:12:45.757Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/London/Sutton/The_Royal_Marsden_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Research/Research-v8049906 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8049906?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.royalmarsden.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview An exciting opportunity has arisen for a  Biological Specimen Coordinator within the Breast Research Team at The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust. The post holder will have oversight at Sutton location. We are looking for enthusiastic and self-motivated team members to work on our new and existing tissue studies contributing to the ground-breaking research run out of this unit. The Royal Marsden is a world leader in cancer research, treatment, and education. Together with our academic partner, The Institute of Cancer Research (ICR), we are the largest comprehensive cancer centre in Europe and the only National Institute of Health Research (NIHR) Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) specialising in cancer in the UK. Continuous professional development is encouraged. Working as a highly valued member of the MDT, we support further study opportunities. ### Main duties of the job The post holder will work within the Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust (the Trust) and the Institute of Cancer Research (ICR) Tissue Collection Facility and be responsible, in conjunction with the other Biological Specimen Coordinator(s) within the Breast Unit for collecting, logging, and processing clinical samples (usually tumour and blood specimens) belonging to the Breast Clinical Trials Unit. The post will be responsible for developing, implementing, and reviewing tracking systems for all tissue samples coming through the unit and will ensure all procedures meet with Human Tissue Act (HTA) requirements and Good Clinical Practice UK Regulations for hosted commercial/academic studies as well as all tissue retrieved for central review from all participating centres in the UK and globally for the Trusts sponsored studies running through the Breast Unit. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities For further information on this role, please see the attached detailed Job Description and Person Specification: The BSC will be required to liaise with internal and external customers: these will be patients, researchers, commercial and academic organizations.  Specifically, the post holder will: - To ensure the timely and efficient collection of tissue and fluid samples - To send and retrieve samples from external Biobank facilities - Distribute samples to research groups, laboratories, commercial and academic sponsors - To ensure samples are packed, labelled and handled appropriately, according to IATA specification. - Ensure the dispatch and retrieval of samples ambient or frozen (using dry ice) as requested via external courier services - Retrieval of samples nationally and internationally and coordinating the receipt of these samples in a timely fashion to meet research study time points for central interim and final analysis as well as treatment decisions and diagnostic purposes. ## Job Details An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Biological Specimen Coordinator within the Breast Research Team at The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust. The post holder will have oversight at Sutton location. We are looking for enthusiastic and self-motivated team members to work on our new and existing tissue studies contributing to the ground-breaking research run out of this unit. The Royal Marsden is a world leader in cancer research, treatment, and education. Together with our academic partner, The Institute of Cancer Research (ICR), we are the largest comprehensive cancer centre in Europe and the only National Institute of Health Research (NIHR) Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) specialising in cancer in the UK. Continuous professional development is encouraged. Working as a highly valued member of the MDT, we support further study opportunities. ## Job Description The post holder will work within the Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust (the Trust) and the Institute of Cancer Research (ICR) Tissue Collection Facility and be responsible, in conjunction with the other Biological Specimen Coordinator(s) within the Breast Unit for collecting, logging, and processing clinical samples (usually tumour and blood specimens) belonging to the Breast Clinical Trials Unit. The post will be responsible for developing, implementing, and reviewing tracking systems for all tissue samples coming through the unit and will ensure all procedures meet with Human Tissue Act (HTA) requirements and Good Clinical Practice UK Regulations for hosted commercial/academic studies as well as all tissue retrieved for central review from all participating centres in the UK and globally for the Trusts sponsored studies running through the Breast Unit. ## Responsibilities For further information on this role, please see the attached detailed Job Description and Person Specification: The BSC will be required to liaise with internal and external customers: these will be patients, researchers, commercial and academic organizations. Specifically, the post holder will: To ensure the timely and efficient collection of tissue and fluid samples To send and retrieve samples from external Biobank facilities Distribute samples to research groups, laboratories, commercial and academic sponsors To ensure samples are packed, labelled and handled appropriately, according to IATA specification. Ensure the dispatch and retrieval of samples ambient or frozen (using dry ice) as requested via external courier services Retrieval of samples nationally and internationally and coordinating the receipt of these samples in a timely fashion to meet research study time points for central interim and final analysis as well as treatment decisions and diagnostic purposes. ## Person Specification ### Experience **Essential** - Demonstrable laboratory experience in the techniques listed in the job description - Experience of working in a laboratory environment (preferably within a clinical/ hospital setting - Experience of database management ### Education/Qualifications **Essential** - Educated to A-level or equivalent **Desirable** - Biomedical Science degree or equivalent experience - Technical qualification in pathology/histopathology ### Skills Abilities/knowledge **Essential** - Prepared to work with biological materials such as tissue and body fluids on a daily basis. - Flexible attitude to work - Ability to work outside of standard working hours if necessary. - Able to work on both sites and to be flexible to meet the needs of the role **Desirable** - Venepuncture and/or cannulation skills ## Documents - [282-cr1524_jff (pdf, 110.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10339163) - [282-cr1524_jd&ps (pdf, 422.9kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10339162) - [royal marsden trust values (pdf, 715.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2360) - [workplace wellbeing and rewards guide (pdf, 1.2mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2580) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.