Senior Trial Manager - Lung and Mesothelioma Research in Sutton

The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust has an international reputation for high quality patient care, education and research and its partnership with The Institute of Cancer Research (ICR) has created the largest comprehensive cancer centre in Europe. This role is based within the Lung Research Team at The Royal Marsden (located at two sites – Sutton, Surrey and Chelsea, London), which is world renowned for excellence in clinical care and clinical research. Applications are invited for Senior Trial Manager role. This is a 8 month fixed-term post as maternity cover.

Main duties of the job:

• To take responsibility for ensuring assigned portfolio of clinical trials within the Unit are conducted and managed in accordance with Good Clinical Practice and Trust SOPs and trial protocols.
• To be responsible for managing both RMH/ICR Sponsored and Hosted studies within the Unit.
• To be responsible for conveying the requirements of the Clinical R&D Office to clinical staff within their allocated Clinical Unit.
• To provide an efficient clinical trial coordination service to the Unit Head, ensuring trials fulfil all statutory requirements.
• To oversee the conduct of assigned portfolio of trials within the Unit and maintain day to day responsibility for specific trials within the Unit.
• To represent the Unit at key meetings and deputise for the Operations Manager as required.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities:

• Contribute to the Unit development and strategy.
• Under the direction of the Operations Manager to lead implementation of systems within the Unit to ensure all Clinical Trials are conducted in accordance with all regulatory internal requirements including:
• Medicines for Human Use (Clinical Trials) Regulations
• Research Governance Framework for Health and Social Care
• Human Tissue Act
• Research and Development Policies and SOPs
• To be the main point of contact for the clinical R&D Office for set up and management of an assigned portfolio of clinical trials.
• To coordinate the Unit’s portfolio meeting as appropriate, ensuring documented monitoring of the clinical trial portfolio.
• To be a member of Trust Forums as appropriate.

Person specification:

Education/Qualifications:

• Masters’ Degree or other higher-level degree in Life Sciences or relevant experience
• Recent GCP training

Experience:

• Significant experience of working in a clinical trial setting
• Detailed understanding and experience of clinical trials, UK Clinical trial regulations, GCP and regulatory framework
• Experience of trial finances including costing for academic and commercial studies
• Personnel leadership and management experience

Skills & Knowledge:

• Advanced organisational skills and ability to manage multiple projects at various stages of development and organisation
• Excellent communication skills and ability to facilitate collaborative working relationships
• Able to work under pressure, methodical in approach, with effective problem-solving ability
• Competence in research orientated PC software including Microsoft Office packages
• Knowledge of principles for quality management systems
• Knowledge of budget planning and management

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.

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 upmost 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.