Senior Trial Manager

Job overview

An excellent opportunity has arisen at The Royal Marsden Hospital to work within the International Centre for Recurrent Head and Neck Cancer (IReC) as a Senior/Clinical Trial Manager, dependent on experience.

With previous clinical research experience, 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 successful applicant should have a flexible approach to their duties and the ability to work both as part of the team as well as independently.  In addition you will have excellent communication, administrative and IT skills and be supportive and open to new initiatives.

As we often have many applicants for jobs at The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, we regret that we will only be able to contact those applicants who are short-listed for interview. Therefore if you have not heard from us within 2 weeks of the closing date, then please assume you have not been short-listed for interview on this particular occasion.  All applicants will be contacted by email via NHS jobs. Applicants are advised to check their email accounts regularly and to ensure that email filters are set to allow NHS jobs emails.

Please note that this is a fixed-term maternity cover role running until May 2027.

The position offers flexible working arrangements, including remote work and on-site presence across The Royal Marsden’s two sites: Chelsea, London and Sutton, Surrey.

Main duties of the job

• Responsible for coordinating all the activities required for the effective running of clinical trials and other studies in the portfolio.
• Undertake the project management for the studies, working with other departments within the Royal Marsden Hospital as well as sites, funders, external collaborators, and contractors.
• Support and actively engage in the creation of the documentation required for each study, as well as any amendments to the study documentation and submissions or reporting to regulatory authorities.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

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

• Contribute to the IReC development and strategy, including review of SOPs, policies and processes.
• Under the direction of the IReC network operations manager to lead implementation of systems within the Unit to ensure all Clinical Trials are conducted in accordance with all regulatory internal requirements including:

-Medicines for Human Use (Clinical Trials) Regulations  -Research Governance Framework for Health and Social Care -Human Tissue Act  -Research and Development Policies and SOPs

• To be the main point of contact for the clinical R&D Office for set up and management of an assigned portfolio of clinical trials.
• Assist in preparation for audits and regulatory Inspections.
• To be responsible for maintaining own professional development and be aware of current practices and future developments within the Trust and National Health Service.