Clinical Trial Coordinator

Job overview

We are looking for a Clinical Trial Coordinator to be part of the well-established Cancer Theme of the Cambridge Clinical Trials Unit. This is a non-patient facing position, requiring a candidate with clinical trials and/or project management experience.

You will have primary responsibility for coordinating a multicentre clinical trial of an investigational medicinal product (CTIMP) in the urological malignancies field.

Your day to day job will involve working closely with data managers, laboratory staff, statisticians and programmers, but also to liaise with medical staff involved in oncology trials and monitor the conduct of the studies. You will interact with regulatory authorities and collaborators, produce reports to stakeholders, and work in accordance with nationally agreed standards. This post is funded for 1 year, in the first instance, with the potential for contract renewal, dependent upon funding.

The job is a hybrid role, involving mandatory office presence in Cambridge of at least 2 days a week. Interviews are expected to take place w/c 8th January 2025 and will be face-to-face in Cambridge.

Main duties of the job

Coordinate the setup and conduct of clinical trials and/or clinical studies working closely with the chief investigators and their teams.

Setup participating sites in multi-centre trials and ensuring that all data and samples are collected following the protocol.

To work in compliance with the International Conference on Harmonisation Good Clinical Practice Guidelines (ICH-GCP), the NHS Research Governance Framework for Health & Social Care and, in the case of a CTIMP, in compliance with the Medicines for Human Use (Clinical Trials) Regulations 2004.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the attached Applicant Information Pack (combined Job Description and Person Specification) for key duties and responsibilities.

Please note:- Internal applicants on permanent contracts can only apply for this post as a secondment and must have the approval of your current line manager before applying.

This vacancy will close at midnight on 1st January 2025

Interviews are due to be held on 8th January 2025

Benefits to you

At Cambridge University Hospitals, we want to do all we can to support good working days. We offer development opportunities and a wide range of benefits, including on-site leisure facilities, shopping concourse and day nurseries. Our good work programme currently includes providing reduced cost Stagecoach bus travel to and from Cambridge University Hospital site. Park and Ride bus journeys between Babraham Road and Trumpington sites are free, as is the route to and from Cambridge train station and our hospitals. We also subsidise the cost of parking on site for eligible staff.

On CUH campus, hot food is available 24/7 and at a reduced cost for colleagues. Recently we launched the first of our staff pod break spaces. Located in the Deakin Centre, we have a purpose-created colleague-only café, with free tea and coffee, a break space and private outside area for colleagues to rest, refuel and recharge. Just one of the ways we are working hard to support good working days at CUH.

CUH is committed to assisting employees in achieving a good work-life balance irrespective of role or personal circumstances. Flexible arrangements may include, but are not limited to, part-time working, job-share, term-time working and flexible start and finish times.

Please note if you would like to discuss the required hours of this role further, you should approach the contact given. In some cases, alternative working hours will be considered.

We welcome applications from the Armed Forces.