Clinical Trials Co-ordinator

Job overview

An opportunity has arisen for a Band 5 Clinical Trial Coordinator post within the Early Detection and Diagnosis Team to primarily support the senior trial manager and the trial management team. The post will be crucial in coordinating current projects and sites at various stages, performing relevant duties to complete the required tasks. The post holder will need to be flexible in their approach to maximise service delivery.

NHS Long Term Plan is aiming to diagnose 75% of patients for 3 out of 4 cancer types by 2028, currently this stands at 55% of early diagnosis on average, and lower in high risk cancers, therefore there is a need for an Early Detection and Diagnosis.

The ED&D services at RMH/ICR is a fairly new centre and interested in developing a cohesive strategy in their approach to Early Detection and Diagnosis. As a unit they will provide a cross cutting service to a range of teams within RMH/ICR enhanced by having a highly specialised skill set for Early Detection & Diagnosis. Post holder will support the trial management team as well as the clinical team working in the field of ED & D at the Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust in Chelsea, providing support for projects across multiple sites.

What’s in it for you? • Opportunities to develop your clinical and research skills. • Continuous on-going learning with internal and external courses available. • Flexible working arrangements available.

Main duties of the job

• The clinical trial co-ordinator will be responsible for the management of data and tissue samples for early diagnosis and detection research sponsored and managed by The Royal Marsden.
• The clinical trial co-ordinator will also complete other routine tasks required for the effective running of the research portfolio as directed by the Senior Trial Manager and Research Operations Lead.
• The clinical trial co-ordinator will be responsible for ensuring data is complete and managed in line with the protocol, data management plan and regulations

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For more information, please refer to the job description and person specification:

• Undertake data checking and generation of summary reports for research data entered by participating sites (both The Royal Marsden as a site, and other external sites) in line with the protocol, data monitoring plan, monitoring plan and requirements of oversight committees.
• Assist with the setting up of the trial master file (TMF) and with subsequent maintenance of the file.  To liaise with trial managers and Good Clinical Practice (GCP) team regarding updates to the TMF.
• Assist with the preparation of investigator site files (ISF) and ensure site teams are aware of their responsibilities for the maintenance of the ISF at their site.
• Liaise with staff at research sites to provide information and documentation and support the set-up, implementation of amendments and running of the trial at each site.
• Obtain training records, investigator CVs and other documentation from sites as required.
• Ensure delegation logs for sponsor team and team at each site are completed and updated on a regular basis.