Senior Clinical Trials Coordinator

This is an exciting opportunity to join the Advanced Immune and Cellular Therapy (AICT) Team at The Christie NHS Foundation Trust; an international leader in cancer research and development and the largest cancer treatment centre of its kind in Europe. This is a fixed-term maternity cover post.

We are seeking an enthusiastic, highly motivated and experienced individual who will be responsible for various aspects of clinical trial coordination including liaising with trial sponsors, monitors and the wider research community, maintaining essential documentation, managing the set-up of new studies and overseeing the day to day running of open studies., 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. In order to support the growth of the AICT research portfolio, the successful candidate will work closely with senior research and operational staff to provide management support across a portfolio of complex early phase clinical trials.

They will act as the key coordinator for the AICT Research Team, ensuring the provision of a high-quality, efficient and responsive administrative service to support the successful delivery of clinical trials throughout the study lifecycle, from study set-up through to study closure and archiving.

The post holder will coordinate and oversee the administrative delivery of assigned clinical trials, supporting workload allocation across the Clinical Trials Coordinators whilst providing day-to-day guidance and line management support as required.

Working in partnership with senior research management and the multidisciplinary clinical team, the post holder will support compliance with Trust policies, Good Clinical Practice (GCP), ICH-GCP and all other applicable regulatory requirements.

The successful candidate will need to demonstrate a good understanding of the clinical trials process, Good Clinical Practice (GCP) and clinical governance, and be IT literate with previous experience of administrative work. We are looking for a candidate with good organisation and communication skills, who can work well both in a team and using their own initiative. The successful candidate will also demonstrate good leadership skills that promote an environment of quality and learning.

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.

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.