Clinical Trial Coordinator

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen at the Sutton site for a Clinical Trial Coordinator position at the forefront of research into Gastro-intestinal Cancer and Lymphoma.

The candidate must have experience of working within a clinical trials setting, familiarity with medical terminology and preferably educated to degree level.  You will work within the guidelines and policies for the conduct of clinical trials, ensuring high standards of practice in accordance with the principles of GCP.

The post holder will be part of a multidisciplinary team including experienced medical and nursing staff to support our extensive portfolio of exciting commercial and non-commercial research trials.

The successful candidate will be working in a busy trials environment and will need a flexible approach to their duties and the ability to work both as part of the team as well as independently playing a key role in the development and initiation of national and international trials in a very busy department. In addition you must have excellent communication, administrative and IT skills and be supportive and open to new initiatives.

There will be an opportunity to work from home at least one day per week once onboarding is complete. Appointment will be on a fixed term contract for one year in the first instance.

Main duties of the job

Trial Coordinators are responsible for the coordination of specific clinical trials within their allocated Clinical Unit. Supervised and line managed by the Project Manager within the Unit, they are responsible for ensuring their allocated clinical trials are set up and managed in accordance with regulatory, sponsor and Clinical Research & Development Office (R&D) requirements.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For further information on this role, please see the attached detailed Job Description and Person Specification:

• Initiate and manage day to day running of allocated trial(s) in accordance with Good Clinical Practice (GCP) and RMH / ICR Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) •    To complete applications to Research Ethics Committees (REC), Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) and Committee for Clinical Research (CCR)/R&D for new research proposals •    To ensure trials do not commence until all regulatory, sponsor and local R&D requirements are satisfied •    Ensure delegation logs are in place for trials and that these are kept up to date •    Set up and maintain training records as appropriate for staff working on trials •    To liaise with commercial companies and other funders to establish funding and sponsor contracts for trials and to ensure adequate drug supply for the duration of the trials •    To liaise with R&D to ensure appropriate material transfer arrangements are in place for trials involving transfer or receipt of tissue  •    Responsible for essential trial documentation compilation and maintenance in Trial Master Files / Trial Site Files / eFiles •    To liaise with the R&D, pharmacy, finance, contracts and laboratories in set up of trials