Job summary
Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust works in partnership with the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Clinical Research Network (CRN) though the local Kent, Surrey, and Sussex CRN. The network provides a world-class health service infrastructure to support research and remove barriers to its conduct. It aims to improve the speed, quality and integration of research resulting in improvements in prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and care for patients.
The SABP research department is an award-winning service delivering high quality studies. Our mission is to embed an innovative, vibrant research culture where the people who use our services can access the latest treatments and therapies.
The post holder will:
- Act as a Sub-Investigator in the first instance, moving to Principle Investigator as appropriate on study portfolio
- Ensure Goof Clinical Practise (GCP), national and local regulations are met across all studies
- Ensure the medical wellbeing of participants during the clinical trial
- Review protocols against current medical practices at SABP to determine feasibility regarding our access to patient population
- Respond to feasibility questions such as possible number of suitable patients, raise any issues with protocol against current treatment protocols, any issues with drug comparators etc.
Main duties of the job
- Attending sponsor site visits - feasibility/initiation (SSV/SIV)
- Assessing capacity and taking informed consent - and re-consent ensuring this follows ethical and legal requirements
- Pre-screening/Screening - responsible for clinical evaluation and examinations as per protocol, reviewing past medical history, past and current medications that may affect inclusion on study day
- Assisting in dosing of study medication - reviewing concomitant medications and ensuring they meet safety requirements
- Reviewing and documenting all Adverse Events (AEs)
- Ensuring Serious Adverse Events are reported appropriately to sponsor with relevant medical information, liaising with hospital staff if necessary
- Reviewing lab results
- Reviewing and signing off regulatory reports for studies
- Participating in study training as required
- Liaising with external organisations such as the CRN to ensure research is supported and encouraged locally
- Working with other sites as required
Our Offer
- NHS Specialty Doctor Grade £50,373 - £78,759 Per annum pro rata for part time + £149 fringe
- Relocation allowance: up to £8,000*subject to policy requirements
- Up to £2000/year CPD allowance *subject to policy requirements
- NHS Pension: employers contribution 14.38% from day one
- Subsidised nursery places
- Car Scheme: tax saving up to £6,000
- Nuffield Gym Membership
- Generous annual leave
About us
Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is the leading
provider of health and social care services for people of all ages with mental
ill-health and learning disabilities in Surrey and North East Hampshire. We
also provide social care services for people with a learning disability in
Croydon and ASD and ADHD assessment services in Hampshire.
We actively
seek to engage people who use our services and our communities in improving the
mental wellbeing of the local population. We work closely with other NHS and
voluntary sector organisations who provide services and support people who use
services and carers.
Surrey is a
beautiful county lying just 30 minutes away from Central London and from the
South Coast.
Our historic
market towns and bustling districts are enveloped in wonderful countryside, and
our excellent road and rail networks bring the rest of the country within easy
reach.
For
international travel, both Gatwick and Heathrow airports are nearby.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The post-holder will be responsible for the following:
- Acting as a Sub-Investigator in the first
instance, moving to Principle Investigator as appropriate on study
portfolio
- Ensuring Goof Clinical Practise (GCP),
national and local regulations are met across all studies
- Ensuring the medical wellbeing of
participants during the clinical trial
- Reviewing protocols against current
medical practices at SABP to determine feasibility regarding our access to
patient population
- Responding to feasibility questions such
as possible number of suitable patients, raise any issues with protocol
against current treatment protocols, any issues with drug comparators etc.
- Attending sponsor site visits -
feasibility/initiation (SSV/SIV)
- Attending investigator meetings as
required
- Conducting pre study work such as running
searches on our patient database against protocol inclusion/exclusion
criteria
- Contacting patients to discuss trials
- Setting up with all sponsor systems -
IWRS, lab systems, main protocol portals, safety system
- Assessing capacity and taking informed
consent - and re-consent ensuring this follows ethical and legal
requirements
- Pre-screening/Screening - responsible for
clinical evaluation and examinations as per protocol, reviewing past
medical history, past and current medications that may affect inclusion on
study day
- Clinical study day - see patients each
study day, undertake medical examinations, assess, and interpret study
clinical data, e.g. pulse, BP, ECG's
- Assisting in dosing of study medication -
reviewing concomitant medications and ensuring they meet safety requirements
- Reviewing and documenting all Adverse Events
(AE’s)
- Ensuring Serious Adverse Events are
reported appropriately to sponsor with relevant medical information,
liaising with hospital staff if necessary
- Reviewing lab results
- Reviewing and signing off regulatory
reports for studies
- Attending CRA site visits
- Reviewing changes to study protocol and
investigator brochure
- Participating in study training as
required
- Liaising with external organisations such
as the CRN to ensure research is supported and encouraged locally
- Working with other sites as required such
as Patient Identification Centres (PIC sites)
Confidentiality:
- In the course of seeking treatment,
patients entrust us with, or allow us to gather, sensitive information in
relation to their health and other matters. They do so in confidence and
have the right to expect that staff will respect their privacy and act
appropriately
- In the performance of the duties outlined
in this Job Description, the post-holder may have access to confidential information
relating to patients and their carers, colleagues, and other healthcare
workers. All such information from any source is to be regarded as
strictly confidential
- Information relating to patients, carers,
colleagues, other healthcare workers may only be divulged to authorised
persons in accordance with the SABP policies and procedures relating to
confidentiality and the protection of personal and sensitive data
Personal/Professional Development:
The post-holder will participate in any training programme
implemented by SABP as part of this employment, such training to include:
- Participation in an annual individual
performance review, including taking responsibility for maintaining a
record of own personal and/or professional development
- Taking responsibility for own
development, learning and performance and demonstrating skills and
activities to others who are undertaking similar work
Job description
Job responsibilities
The post-holder will be responsible for the following:
- Acting as a Sub-Investigator in the first
instance, moving to Principle Investigator as appropriate on study
portfolio
- Ensuring Goof Clinical Practise (GCP),
national and local regulations are met across all studies
- Ensuring the medical wellbeing of
participants during the clinical trial
- Reviewing protocols against current
medical practices at SABP to determine feasibility regarding our access to
patient population
- Responding to feasibility questions such
as possible number of suitable patients, raise any issues with protocol
against current treatment protocols, any issues with drug comparators etc.
- Attending sponsor site visits -
feasibility/initiation (SSV/SIV)
- Attending investigator meetings as
required
- Conducting pre study work such as running
searches on our patient database against protocol inclusion/exclusion
criteria
- Contacting patients to discuss trials
- Setting up with all sponsor systems -
IWRS, lab systems, main protocol portals, safety system
- Assessing capacity and taking informed
consent - and re-consent ensuring this follows ethical and legal
requirements
- Pre-screening/Screening - responsible for
clinical evaluation and examinations as per protocol, reviewing past
medical history, past and current medications that may affect inclusion on
study day
- Clinical study day - see patients each
study day, undertake medical examinations, assess, and interpret study
clinical data, e.g. pulse, BP, ECG's
- Assisting in dosing of study medication -
reviewing concomitant medications and ensuring they meet safety requirements
- Reviewing and documenting all Adverse Events
(AE’s)
- Ensuring Serious Adverse Events are
reported appropriately to sponsor with relevant medical information,
liaising with hospital staff if necessary
- Reviewing lab results
- Reviewing and signing off regulatory
reports for studies
- Attending CRA site visits
- Reviewing changes to study protocol and
investigator brochure
- Participating in study training as
required
- Liaising with external organisations such
as the CRN to ensure research is supported and encouraged locally
- Working with other sites as required such
as Patient Identification Centres (PIC sites)
Confidentiality:
- In the course of seeking treatment,
patients entrust us with, or allow us to gather, sensitive information in
relation to their health and other matters. They do so in confidence and
have the right to expect that staff will respect their privacy and act
appropriately
- In the performance of the duties outlined
in this Job Description, the post-holder may have access to confidential information
relating to patients and their carers, colleagues, and other healthcare
workers. All such information from any source is to be regarded as
strictly confidential
- Information relating to patients, carers,
colleagues, other healthcare workers may only be divulged to authorised
persons in accordance with the SABP policies and procedures relating to
confidentiality and the protection of personal and sensitive data
Personal/Professional Development:
The post-holder will participate in any training programme
implemented by SABP as part of this employment, such training to include:
- Participation in an annual individual
performance review, including taking responsibility for maintaining a
record of own personal and/or professional development
- Taking responsibility for own
development, learning and performance and demonstrating skills and
activities to others who are undertaking similar work
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Doctor registered with GMC
Desirable
- Good Clinical Practice training
Experience
Desirable
- Understanding of Research in the NHS
- Experience working in Mental Health Trust
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Doctor registered with GMC
Desirable
- Good Clinical Practice training
Experience
Desirable
- Understanding of Research in the NHS
- Experience working in Mental Health Trust
Additional information
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
