Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The specific responsibilities will depend on the requirements of each team, but may
include:

• Act as a point of contact for the core Research and Development team, study
  sponsors, clinical research organisations and specific research teams,
  communicating directly with them regarding data queries, monitoring visits and other
  enquiries relevant to trial set up and general trial conduct.
• Set up and initiation of allocated trials within an assigned team, under the
  guidance of the Senior Clinical Trials Coordinators.
• Track all payments throughout each clinical trial including completion of
  activity logs and requesting invoices to be raised.
• Maintain investigator site files and essential documentation in accordance
  with ICH-GCP and Trust SOPs to ensure they are kept inspection ready at all times.
• Process trial amendment submissions in accordance with ICH-GCP and Trust
  SOPs and timelines.
• Provide administrative support to the Clinical Research Nurses and Principal
  Investigators for safety reporting in accordance with protocol requirements.
• Complete team reporting mechanisms (i.e. recruitment activity logs, patient
  visit logs, costing spreadsheets, case report form trackers and electronic proformas).
• Produce trial workbooks for review by the lead Clinical Research Nurse and
  Principal Investigator for assigned studies and ensure version control is maintained.
• Ensure collection of clinical case notes for all patients, so that these are
  available as needed, for monitoring and audit purposes.
• Complete case report forms as per sponsor requirements, and liaise with
  clinical trial monitors to ensure the data sent is valid and their requirements are met
  at site monitoring visits.
• Cross check, confirm data and complete query resolution with sponsors and
  third parties in a timely manner.
• Completion of clinical trial specific databases with data from various sources
  such as questionnaires, hospital records and other electronic and paper sources.
• Liaise with internal and external NHS staff regarding case notes, data
  collection, archival tumour blocks, mortality data, and other general trial activities,
  which may be confidential and sensitive in nature.
• Arrange shipping and delivery of relevant trial data and documents including
  import/export of tumour blocks, ECGs and copy scans.
• Arrange team and trial related meetings as required, producing minutes in a
  timely manner.
• Ensure that data is available and up to date for any meetings related to a
  clinical trial.
• If required attend project related meetings, investigator meetings (abroad or
  teleconferences, as necessary) to convey the relevant information to the study team.
• Assist with preparation for audit and inspections within assigned teams.
• Assist with trial document archiving by following the Trust’s archiving
  guidelines.
• Ensure that office/ trial related supplies are adequate and assist with the
  ordering process.
• Undertake general administrative tasks as delegated by managerial
  representatives from the Research Division to contribute to the smooth running of the
  patient recruitment Teams.
• Demonstrates the agreed set of values and accountable for own attitude and
  behaviour.