The King’s Health Partners Clinical Trials Office is a collaboration between King’s College London, Guy’s & St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust. It was set up to provide a single interface for those wishing to conduct clinical trials within the partner organisations, and to ensure that there are common, efficient processes for the set up and administration of clinical trials.
About the role
The post-holder will conduct clinical trial monitoring activities of clinical trials sponsored or co-sponsored by King’s Health Partners (KHP) Partner Organisations: Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, and South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust.
The post-holder will ensure adherence to approved protocols and undertake effective source data verification.
The post-holder will ensure that all activities are conducted in accordance with applicable legislation, ICH GCP E6 guidelines, and applicable institutional policies. Working as part of the KHP-CTO Non-Commercial Team, the post-holder will ensure that the sponsor responsibilities (delegated to the KHP-CTO) for clinical oversight, safety reporting, and data integrity; are discharged to the highest standards of quality and compliance.
This is a full-time post (35 hours per week) and you will be offered a 14-month contract. We’re looking for someone to start as soon as possible.
About you
To be successful in this role, we are looking for candidates to have the following skills and experience:
- Educated to degree level in a health-related area or equivalent professional experience
- Working knowledge of the regulations, guidance and codes of practice pertaining to the conduct of clinical trials in the UK
- Able to learn and work to SOPs
- Strong planning and organisational skills including the ability to prioritise, manage multiple tasks and projects, with ability to deliver to performance criteria
- Strong interpersonal skills, communication skills, influencing skills and problem-solving skills, including the ability to build rapport quickly and collaborate in a cross-functional team
- Eye for detail and ability to accurately document findings in written reports
- Willingness to travel, including overnight stays
- Experience supporting regulatory inspections
- Experience of monitoring clinical trials in accordance with GCP (including source data verification)
- Excellent knowledge of the regulations, guidance and codes of practice pertaining to the conduct of clinical trials in the UK
Further information
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