Clinical Trials Assistant

This is an exciting role for a Clinical Trials Assistant (CTA) to be part of a new network of NIHR Primary Care Clinical Research Delivery Centres (CRDC) (Primary Care) to deliver clinical trials based in Dorset. The NIHR Dorset CRDC (Primary Care) is an established collaboration consisting of 5 practices who have committed to work together delivering commercial research to our local population. We have a 2-year track record of successful trial delivery. The vision of the NIHR CRDC Dorset (PC) is to enable practices across Dorset, who wish to be research active at whatever level, achieve this through the support of the NIHR CRDC Dorset (PC). The Adam Practice (TAP) hosts the NIHR CRDC Dorset (PC) and will support study set up, delivery & close down of clinical trials. All the practices in the NIHR CRDC Dorset (PC) are partners and work together delivering clinical trials for patient benefit., Assist and support nurses with completion of trial paperwork.

- Support patient visits.

- Provide general administrative support including filing, typing, fielding telephone calls, retrieving patient test results via hospital IT systems and arrange meeting dates, times and venues as directed by management.

- Update databases under the guidance of nurses and administrative staff.

- Assist research nurses in the day to day running of clinical trials, including completing lab work, full training will be given for this.

- With assistance, make arrangements for pathological samples, radiological films and

electronic data to be sent for central review.

- Support the team in preparing documentation for monitoring visits including ensuring all study documentation is available to the monitors during their visit, arranging suitable meeting rooms and act as a liaison when monitors are on-site

- To have an understanding, but training will be given, that all research must be conducted according to ICH-GCP, the EU Directive on Good Clinical Practice and the Research Governance Guidelines and assist the team in upholding these.

The Adam Practice is a partnership of 16 GPs located across 5 surgeries in Poole, Dorset. This is an exciting opportunity to join our growing primary care team in a forward- thinking, innovative, general practice, which has a current CQC rating ofOutstanding in Care.

Our Research team give the best possible patient care and to benefit our patients. We have been an active research centre for the past 10 years and have worked on early phase studies up to later phase. We are now an accredited NIHR CRDC (Primary Care) facility.

As well as our work at the research hub we are continuing to recruit into complex commercial trials.

Additional benefits include access to NHS Pension Scheme and NHS discounts, annual leave (inclusive of bank/public holidays that fall in the holiday year). Entitlement is pro-rata for part-time employees.