Senior Clinical Trial Coordinator in London

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Breast Research team at The Royal Marsden as a Band 6 Senior Clinical Trial Coordinator on a 15-month fixed-term secondment, ending 28 January 2028. This is a fantastic opportunity for an experienced Clinical Trial Coordinator looking to take the next step in their career, working across a world-leading and practice-changing breast cancer clinical research portfolio. The role offers broad experience across trial set-up, delivery and oversight, alongside opportunities to support and supervise other research staff and contribute to the development of the unit.

We’re looking for someone with strong clinical trials experience, excellent organisational and communication skills, and a genuine enthusiasm for delivering high-quality cancer research. While the post is currently offered for 15 months, there may be scope to discuss opportunities beyond the initial contract period towards the end of the fixed term, depending on portfolio growth, organisational structure and service requirements at that time.

Main duties of the job:

• Take responsibility for ensuring clinical trials within the unit are conducted and managed in accordance with Good Clinical Practice and Trust SOPs.
• Be responsible for conveying the requirements of the Clinical R&D Office to clinical staff within their allocated Clinical Unit.
• Provide an efficient clinical trial coordination service to the unit, ensuring trials fulfil all statutory requirements.
• Oversee the conduct of trials within the unit and maintain day to day responsibility for specific trials within the Unit.
• Represent the unit at key meetings and deputise for the Research Operations Manager as required.
• Oversee and line manage other research staff (Clinical Trial Administrators & Clinical Trial Coordinators). Line management dependent on experience.

The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust is a world-leading cancer centre. Our role is to offer our patients the best cancer care available anywhere in the world, and to continue to make a global contribution to finding better ways of diagnosing and treating cancer. We employ over 4,500 staff in a diverse range of careers including nursing, medical, science, radiography, pharmacy, occupational therapy, finance and administrative services. We have two hospitals – one in Chelsea, London, and one in Sutton, Surrey – as well as a Medical Daycare Unit in Kingston Hospital.

At The Royal Marsden, we deal with cancer every day, so we understand how valuable life is. When people entrust their lives to us, they have the right to demand the very best. That's why the pursuit of excellence lies at the heart of everything we do.

At the heart of the hospital is our dedicated team. We offer a stimulating and dynamic working environment, a wide range of staff benefits, learning and development opportunities and clear career pathways. There are opportunities to work flexibly across a range of areas and specialities and we welcome flexible working requests from point of hire to support employees' work-life balance. We are looking for employees who aspire to excellence, share our values and can play a crucial role in our ongoing achievements.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities:

• Ensure all research within the unit receives all relevant regulatory approval before it commences.
• Implementation of systems within the unit to ensure research cannot commence without all regulatory approvals.
• Under the direction of the Research Operations Manager to lead implementation of systems within the unit to ensure all clinical trials are conducted in accordance with all regulatory requirements including: Medicines for Human Use (Clinical Trials) Regulations, Research Governance Framework for Health and Social Care, Human Tissue Act.
• To review capacity and resource requirements within the unit for coordination and administrative management of trial portfolio and to advise the Research Operations Manager accordingly.

Education/Qualifications:

• Recent GCP training.
• Life Sciences (or equivalent) degree or relevant experience.

Experience:

• Demonstrable experience of working in a clinical trial setting as a Clinical Trial Coordinator.
• Understanding of clinical trials and regulations governing clinical research.
• Experience of working in the NHS or equivalent.
• Experience of working in the field of oncology.

Skills Abilities/knowledge:

• Ability to maintain adherence to written procedures.
• Excellent administrative and organisational skills.
• Excellent IT skills including MS Excel.
• Experience of data entry and data management.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Ability to interact with, influence and motivate people at all levels.
• Ability to interact confidently with experts and non-experts.
• Experience of supervising administrative staff.

Other Requirements:

• Able to work on both sites and to be flexible to meet the needs of the role.

The Royal Marsden values diversity and is committed to the recruitment and retention of underrepresented minority groups. We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQ+ candidates and candidates with disabilities. As a Disability Confident Employer, we are working to create a workplace that enables all staff to reach their full potential. We are committed to this because we know that greater diversity and inclusion will lead to an even greater positive impact for the people we serve.

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Flu Vaccination – What We Expect of our Staff: At The Royal Marsden we have an immune compromised patient population who we must protect as much as we can against the flu virus. Each year, seasonal flu affects thousands of people in the UK. Occurring mainly in winter, it is an infectious respiratory disease capable of producing symptoms ranging from those similar to a common cold, through to very severe or even fatal disease. The wellbeing of our staff and patients is of the utmost importance to us, and it is the expectation of The Royal Marsden that all patient-facing staff have an annual flu vaccination, provided free of charge by the Trust.