Director, Clinical Site

This role will cover Romford and North London sites. Velocity Clinical Research is an owned and integrated research site organization, providing excellence in patient care, high quality data and fully integrated research sites. At Velocity, we align our values and behaviors to give our employees the best chance of delivering on our brand promise: to bring innovative medical treatments to patients. We are committed to making clinical trials succeed by generating high quality data from as many patients as possible, as quickly as possible while providing exemplary patient care at every step.

The Clinical Site Director is responsible for managing the overall business and clinical operations of the site to ensure that appropriate targets are met. The Clinical Site Director oversees and manages all aspects of the clinical trial process including study feasibility, clinic staffing, patient recruitment, study conduct and regulatory compliance. The Clinical Site Director is responsible for ensuring the health and safety of study patients and staff.

Duties/Responsibilities:

• Work with the Senior Director of Clinical Operations to manage the operational budget and meet/exceed the site’s financial, operational, and study-specific targets.
• Maintain complete (24/7) control over the overall operations and management of clinical research trials at the site.
• Identify and implement strategies to expand the research capabilities at the site - in line with the overall site business and growth plans.
• Oversee the implementation and maintenance of Velocity quality standards at the site ensuring that the conduct of clinical studies and the collection of patient data is in accordance with ICH GCPs and Velocity SOPs.
• Work with the Medical Director to address any study and/or clinical quality related issues.
• Ensure timely and appropriate communications occur with Sponsors, CROs and IRBs as necessary.
• Develop site staffing plans to ensure the successful and efficient conduct of research studies.
• Identify and fulfil any site resource needs which are necessary to successfully conduct and/or recruit research studies.
• Oversee the development of the patient recruitment plan and patient outreach process.
• Make ongoing adjustments/modifications to recruitment strategies based upon the timely review of results to ensure financial and study-specific targets.
• Closely collaborate with any external vendors to facilitate successful patient enrollment strategies.
• Manage the performance of site staff members, delegating appropriate and challenging assignments to encourage growth, development and responsibility.
• Responsible for ensuring the ongoing training needs of site staff members are met.
• Establish and communicate performance expectations and guidelines to site staff.
• Facilitate annual performance evaluation process with site staff.
• Identify and manage issues, concerns and problems related to staff conduct.
• Identify and build relationships with outside medical practices, pharmacies, and other health care professionals/organizations to aid in the patient recruitment process.
• Conduct business development activities on behalf of the site and Velocity with sponsors, CROs, CRAs and any third-party study vendors, as appropriate.
• Responsible for overseeing the proper reporting of site revenues, preparation of financial projections, invoicing to sponsors/CROs, and A/R collections.
• Share best practices with other Velocity site locations with the goal of raising the overall level of operational competencies at Velocity.
• Ensure completeness, accuracy and timeliness of Feasibility Questionnaires, CDAs, CVs and essential regulatory documents from study start-up phase until site initiation.

Required Skills/Abilities:

• Expertise in project management demonstrated ability to successfully manage people/projects.
• Proactive problem-solving abilities and follow-through.
• Knowledge of field organizational strategies - The ability to adapt to a rapidly changing work environment.
• Successful decentralized team management and situational responsive decision-making.
• Extensive knowledge of clinical research - Understands the drug development process.
• Strong communication and presentation skills - Demonstrates strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to establish and maintain positive Sponsor, team members and internal relationships.
• Computer skills - Working knowledge of MS Office suite, Clinical Conductor CTMS and relevant CRM.
• Practices professionalism and integrity in all actions.
• Ability to communicate effectively in English (both verbal and written).
• Up to 10% travel, as needed, for project team meetings, client presentations and other professional meetings/conferences as needed.

Education and Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree preferred; Advanced degree suggested or equivalent clinical research experience.
• 5+ years of clinical management experience or equivalent applicable experience in clinical research industry.

Physical Requirements:

• Prolonged periods of sitting at a desk.
• Must be able to lift up to 15 pounds.

NOTE: The above Job Description is intended to communicate the general function of the mentioned position and by no means should be considered an exhaustive or complete outline of the specific tasks and functions that will be required. Additionally, specific tasks and duties of the position are subject to change as the Company, the department and circumstances change. All employees are expected to perform their duties within their ability as required by the job and/or as requested by management.