Clinical Trials Assistant in Poole

This is an exciting role for a Clinical Trials Assistant (CTA) to be part of a new network of NIHR Primary Care Clinical Research Delivery Centres (CRDC) in Dorset. The NIHR Dorset CRDC is an established collaboration consisting of 5 practices who have committed to work together delivering commercial research to our local population. We have a 2-year track record of successful trial delivery. The vision of the NIHR CRDC Dorset is to enable practices across Dorset, who wish to be research active at whatever level, achieve this through the support of the NIHR CRDC Dorset. The Adam Practice hosts the NIHR CRDC Dorset and will support study set up, delivery & close down of clinical trials. All the practices in the NIHR CRDC Dorset are partners and work together delivering clinical trials for patient benefit.

Main duties of the job:

• Assist and support nurses with completion of trial paperwork.
• Provide general administrative support including filing, typing, fielding telephone calls, retrieving patient test results via hospital IT systems and arrange meeting dates, times and venues as directed by management.
• Update databases under the guidance of nurses and administrative staff.
• Assist research nurses in the day to day running of clinical trials, including completing lab work; full training will be given for this.
• With assistance, make arrangements for pathological samples, radiological films and electronic data to be sent for central review.
• Support the team in preparing documentation for monitoring visits including ensuring all study documentation is available to the monitors during their visit, arranging suitable meeting rooms and act as liaison when monitors are on-site.
• To have an understanding, but training will be given, that all research must be conducted according to ICH-GCP, the EU Directive on Good Clinical Practice and the Research Governance Guidelines and assist the team in upholding these.

About us:

The Adam Practice is a partnership of 16 GPs located across 5 surgeries in Poole, Dorset. This is an exciting opportunity to join our growing primary care team in a forward-thinking, innovative, general practice, which has a current CQC rating of Outstanding in Care. Our Research team gives the best possible patient care and benefits our patients. We have been an active research centre for the past 10 years and have worked on early phase studies up to later phase. We are now an accredited NIHR CRDC facility. As well as our work at the research hub we are continuing to recruit into complex commercial trials. Additional benefits include access to NHS Pension Scheme and NHS discounts, annual leave (inclusive of bank/public holidays that fall in the holiday year). Entitlement is pro-rata for part-time employees.

Job responsibilities:

The role of the CTA will be an integral role that supports the NIHR CRDC Dorset in delivering gold standard clinical trials across all sites. Following research frameworks such as ICH-GCP and UK Policy Framework for Health and Social Care Research (2017), you will be a support to the nurses delivering these trials. Activities for this role include but are not limited to:

• Taking observations
• ECG
• Lab work
• Maintain ISFs

Person Specification:

Qualities and Attributes:

• Awareness of ICH-GCP.
• Good attendance at work.
• A flexible approach to work.
• Effective time management.
• Strict attention to detail.
• Ability to work independently & as part of the team.
• Ability to organise, prioritise, co-ordinate own self & work.
• Takes accountability for one's actions.
• Shares information & good practice appropriately.
• Treats others with courtesy & respect at all times.
• Ability to prioritise tasks and meet deadlines.
• Ability to use own judgement and common sense.
• Willingness to travel across sites.
• Knowledge of research governance and regulations (ICH GCP & EU directives).

Experience:

• Experience within Secondary Care OR Primary Care.
• The ability to work autonomously.
• Basic PC knowledge.
• To be willing to complete activities such as venepuncture, ECG & observations such as BP & pulse.
• Experience of using IT programmes.
• Systm One knowledge.
• Experience in completing venepuncture, ECGs, observations.

Qualifications:

• Evidence of further education.
• GCP training.
• Disclosure and Barring Service Check.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.