Clinical Trial Manager

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen, to join our Clinical Trials Unit (CTU) as a Clinical Trial Manager based in Cambridge. This role provides an excellent range of experience in the conduct of clinical trials, providing support for one or more of our trials, from set up to close down. NHSBT Clinical Trials Unit is a specialist, fully UKCRC-registered CTU delivering a growing, innovative, high quality, multi-centre clinical trials programme, nationally and internationally. NHSBT CTU has expertise in the design, conduct, analysis and publication of clinical trials and other prospective research studies. We collaborate with researchers in NHSBTs therapeutic areas: transfusion medicine, organ donation and transplantation, tissue, and stem cell transplantation. The team is passionate in their work to save and improve lives through research. The evidence generated directly benefits patients through influencing clinical guidelines and practice in the NHS and beyond. NHSBT offers an exciting opportunity to work closely with multi-disciplinary research and operational teams, learning from experts across the organisation, and promoting research to continuously improve experiences and outcomes of our donors and patients. It is a friendly place to work with a supportive and collaborative culture and environment, offering great opportunities for career development and the chance to make a real difference to patients.

Main duties of the job

The clinical trial manager will be responsible for: The overall management of one or more clinical trials, working with the Chief Investigator (CI) and the Clinical Operations Manager (COM) as part of a multi-disciplinary research team. Co-ordinating the design, implementation and management of the clinical trial(s) across multiple participating hospital sites, ensuring timely data collection and Good Clinical Practice (GCP) compliance, and undertaking regular clinical monitoring site visits. The maintenance of Trial Master File(s) and study documentation. Obtaining all relevant ethical and regulatory approvals. Facilitating meetings of trial committees and responsible for ensuring relevant and timely updates for project stakeholders. Providing supervision of more junior members of Clinical Operations staff, as required. You may be required to travel and spend time away from base, which will involve working irregular hours and overnight stays when required, with prior notice.

About us

It takes all types of people to deliver the kind of service that saves and improves lives. At NHS Blood and Transplant, youll join a team of more than 6,000 people who are making a genuine difference to communities, families, friends, relatives and more across the UK. We play a unique and special role in the NHS by helping people do something extraordinary- donate blood, blood products, organs, tissues, or stem cells to save someone in need. Our three core values are what set us apart. They guide and inspire everything we do. By being caring, expertly meeting the needs of our patients and our people, and accepting nothing less than the best quality, we can do extraordinary work and help our people to do something extraordinary in their career, too. Three small words, one big difference - Caring, Expert and Quality. Together we'll save and improve more lives than ever. You will join us on our journey to create an inclusive workplace and aim to reflect the diverse communities we work with, and we positively encourage applications from all sectors of the community.