The Christie NHS Foundation Trust
Senior Clinical Trials Coordinator
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An exciting opportunity has arisen within the Research and Innovation Division at The Christie. We are looking to appoint a Senior Clinical Trials Coordinator to the Melanoma clinical research delivery team within The Christie NHS Foundation Trust.
We are seeking an enthusiastic and highly motivated individual, who can demonstrate significant work experience in clinical trials coordination and data management involving clinical trials or project coordination, as well as a good understanding of clinical research, GCP and clinical governance.
Applicants should have excellent organisation and communication skills, can work well both in a team and using their own initiative. The individual must demonstrate good leadership skills that will promote an environment of quality and learning.
The role is ideal for individuals keen to pursue a managerial career in clinical trials coordination. It is tailored to equip the successful candidate with the necessary skills and experience to become a future leader in this field.
Applicants should meet all the essential criteria described in the job description as a minimum, including holding a scientific or business-based degree, or have relevant experience in scientific and medical research.
The focus of this role is to provide support to sustain and improve an excellent level of service provision from a trial site perspective for our research partners. To support our growth as a centre of excellence in research, a tailored training programme will be provided to the successful candidate to consolidate the skills required to provide multi-team management support for the Clinical Trial Research teams in the trust.
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We are looking for an individual who will act as a key coordinator for the Melanoma Research team to proactively ensure the provision of a high quality and efficient administrative service.
The role will focus on late phase research and require the set up and coordination of complex clinical trials, previous experience of study set up of complex trials would be desirable. There will also be aspects of work allocation and support of coordination staff and direct line management responsibilities, along with oversight of team metrics.
The post holder will be expected to provide managerial and leadership support to the senior R&I management and clinical research staff, and ensure compliance with Trust Policy, Good Clinical Practice (GCP) and all other relevant requirements.
Opportunities will be available to lead service development projects within the team and the wider R&I division.
The Christie is one of Europe’s leading cancer centres, looking after more than 64,000 patients a year. We are based in Manchester and serve a population of 3.2 million across Greater Manchester & Cheshire, but as a national specialist around 25% patients are referred to us from other parts of the country.
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We are the largest radiotherapy provider in the NHS with one in 20 treatments delivered at The Christie. We have up to 15 linear accelerators operating across our network of sites. We operate the largest chemotherapy unit in the UK on our main site and treatments are also provided at 13 other networked sites, and in patients' homes. And as a specialist tertiary surgical centre, we focus on rare cancers, complex procedures, and multidisciplinary approaches to cancer surgery, specialising in colorectal, peritoneal, gynaecological, urological and plastic surgery.
We are also an international leader in research, with world first breakthroughs for over 100 years. We have been named by the UK’s National Institute for Health Research (NIHR), as one of the best hospitals providing opportunities for patients to participate in clinical research studies, with more than 800 studies open at any time, caring for over 3,000 patients.
For further details / informal visits contact:
- Name: Karen Shackcloth
- Job title: Research Manager
- Email address: k.shackcloth@nhs.net
- Telephone number: 0161 918 2081
Phil Russell / Christopher Binns (during period 12th August to 1st September due to leave)
- Email: philip.russell6@nhs.net
- Email: christopher.binns1@nhs.net
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