Senior Clinical Trials Assistant (XN04)

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a motivated band 4 Senior Clinical Trials Assistant t to join the General Surgical Research Team supporting the delivery and management of the surgical portfolio.

It is a full-time post (1.0 WTE), with a permanent contract and will be based at SJUH.

In addition to being responsible for ensuring that high standards of clinical care planning, delivery, safety, and patient satisfaction are to a very high standards, compliance with Trust policy, study protocol requirements, local and national guidance and legislation is required

If you are interested in the post, we would like to encourage you to contact the recruiting manager for an informal discussion.

Main duties of the job

The post-holder is responsible for supporting all clinical research admin within General Surgery at Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust under the guidance of the Senior Research Nurse.

The post-holder will act as assistant to the Senior Research Nurse and will liaise with all internal and external parties involved in the setting up, maintenance and closure of research studies. The post-holder will assist with administrative aspects of clinical research and trials management including finance.

The post holder may be expected to interact with patients and their families in relation to the requirements of the research study and be able to work without supervision in some areas.

A key component of the post is to carry out the informed consent process with patients as appropriate and following specific training, and administer the necessary paperwork and maintaining a clear audit trail.

You will have responsibility for logging of all patients into the EDGE research database and departmental clinical trials database ensuring information is accurate and up-to-date.

Your role may also include some clinical skills such as taking clinical observations, venepuncture, taking electrocardiography (ECG) tracings and processing clinical samples.

About us

Research is at the heart of our Trust. Leeds Teaching Hospitals is involved in research at all levels, developing and trialling new treatments for patients. We believe that being involved in cutting-edge research helps us provide better care to our patients.

Over the next 5 years, we aim to be the best Trust to deliver high-quality clinical research and to champion research amongst our staff. We also aim to support and grow our world-class clinical infrastructure and assets for research and innovation.

We have a very proactive Research Academy that offers an extensive programme of education and training tailored to meet the needs of individuals, teams involved in clinical research delivery in Health and Social Care.

Our five Trust values are part of what make us different.

Developed by staff, they are:

- Patient-centred

- Collaborative

- Fair

- Accountable

- Empowered

Leeds Teaching Hospitals is committed to our process of redeploying 'at risk' members of our existing workforce to new roles. As such, all our job adverts are subject to this policy and we reserve the right to close, delay or remove adverts while this process is completed. If you do experience a delay in the shortlisting stage of the recruitment cycle, please bear with us while this process is completed, and contact the named contact if you have any questions.

Employer details

Employer name

Leeds Teaching Hospitals

Address

St. James's University Hospital

Beckett Street

Leeds

LS9 7TF

Employer's website

https://www.leedsth.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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Employer details

Employer name

Leeds Teaching Hospitals

Address

St. James's University Hospital

Beckett Street

Leeds

LS9 7TF

Employer's website

https://www.leedsth.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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