Senior Administrator - Clinical Trials

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the NHS Blood and Transplant Clinical Trials Unit (CTU), Cambridge as a Senior Clinical Trials Administrator.

NHS Blood and Transplants Clinical Trials Unit holds full registration with the UK Clinical Research Collaborative (UKCRC) and has expertise in all aspects of clinical trial planning, set up, conduct, analysis and publication. We collaborate with researchers in the design, conduct, analysis and publication of clinical trials and other prospective research studies, primarily in the fields of transfusion medicine, organ donation and transplantation, tissue and stem cell transplantation.

You will support our Clinical Trials Unit team and get involved in many aspects of our research studies, working in a friendly, professional environment. You will actively contribute by ensuring you provide administrative support in a proactive, timely and efficient manner.

You will have good communications skills, a team-orientated approach and the ability to plan and undertake work in an accurate, methodical and efficient manner. A good eye for detail is essential, as are strong administrative and IT skills. An understanding of the clinical trial process, clinical practice, research governance, and a familiarity with medical terminology would be advantageous.

The CTU offers great opportunities for career development and the chance to make a real difference to patients.

Main duties of the job

In this role you will play a key role in the operational management of clinical trials that will inform patient and donor care and equity of access to treatment. Your responsibilities will include:

• Working across the clinical operations and data management teams to provide administrative and data management support to one or more clinical trials being conducted by the Clinical Trials Unit (CTU).
• Assisting the Trial Managers in all aspects of running a clinical trial.
• Liaising with site research teams and external stakeholders in a professional, efficient manner.
• Developing expert knowledge and experience of trial methodology, operational practice and governance.
• Tracking and processing payments.
• Facilitating coordination of ethics, regulatory and research and development (R&D) submissions.
• Monitoring shared email accounts, highlighting and prioritising issues as appropriate
• Contribute to the design and testing of new trial databases.
• Managing trial supplies and assisting with the preparation of trial reports
• Arranging meetings and taking minutes
• General office duties for example photocopying and scanning documents

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.