Clinical Trials Coordinator

Job description

Job responsibilities

Job summary Applications are welcomed for the post of a Clinical Trial Co-ordinator within the Imperial College Memory Research Centre within the Department of Brain Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, and Imperial College London. The Centre is led by Dr Paul Edison, and the research focusses upon Alzheimer's disease, mild cognitive impairment, and other causes of dementia and cognitive impairment. The unit utilises state-of-the-art techniques in PET and MRI basic and translation imaging to evaluate novel therapeutic targets and novel microglial agents in Phase I, II and III studies of dementia, Alzheimer's disease and other forms of mild cognitive impairment Duties and responsibilities Performing neuropsychometric evaluation and other assessments of the patients and many aspects of day-to-day management of the intervention and observational study at Imperial College London and Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust and other NHS trusts and working closely with the external consultants etc. The Co-ordinator will liaise closely with the Principal Investigator, implementing and adapting established imperial College systems to ensure the trial is developed and conducted to the highest scientific and regulatory standards. There will be opportunity to help with the set-up of new interventional and observational studies and opportunity to learn about all the regulatory aspects of the study. Essential requirements The successful candidate will have a degree in psychology or equivalent speciality. Experience of the audit process is essential, as is the ability to work both independently and as part of a team. The post holder will also have the flexibility to travel and work out of hours on occasion when travelling to and from sites and as and when necessary. Further information The post is full time and fixed term for 12 months with the possibility of extension. As this post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974, a satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check, at the appropriate level, will be required for the successful candidate. Should you require further details for the post you can contact Dr Paul Edison ()

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Masters degree or equivalent in Psychology or closely allied disciplines. Bachelor's
• degree may be considered if you have sufficient experience.
• Experience in performing neuropsychometric testing

Desirable

• Other Postgraduate qualifications and experience in clinical trials methodology

Experience

Essential

• Evidence of strong IT literacy (MS Office and Redcap)
• Experience of data management processes using electronic CRF

Desirable

• Proven clinical trial/project management experience gained in multi-centre, phase II and/or phase III, randomised trials including CTIMPs
• Proven experience of coordinating health trials
• Experience of early phase clinical trials
• Proven experience of clinical trial monitoring including source data verification
• Working knowledge of the current EU Clinical Trials Directive, UK Clinical Trials regulations, Principles of GCP, Data Protection Act and Research Governance Framework legislation and proven ability to apply these to the coordination of clinical trials

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer details

Employer name

Imperial College London

Address

Du Cane Rd

Hammersmith

W12 0NN

Employer's website

https://www.imperial.ac.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)