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Clinical Trials Associate
Closed for applications on: 13-Nov-2024 00:00
Vacancy status: Closed
Closed for applications on: 13-Nov-2024 00:00
Key details
Location
- Site
- Royal Victoria Infirmary
- Town
- 317 02 Royal Victoria Infirmary
- Postcode
- NE1 4LP
- Major / Minor Region
- Tyne and Wear
Contract type & working pattern
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Salary
- Salary
- £26,530 - £29,114 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Grade
- (Band 4)
Specialty
- Main area
- 317 CR Team 6 570244
- Interview date
- 20/11/2024
Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the busiest and largest NHS foundation trusts in the country, with around 15,000 staff and an annual budget of £1.6 billion.
We have a long history of providing high quality care, clinical excellence, and innovation in medical research regionally, nationally and internationally.
We’re in the top five providers of specialised health services in the country, supporting people with a range of rare and complex medical, surgical and neurological conditions, cancers and genetic orders.
Our staff oversee around 6,500 patient contacts each day, delivering high standards of healthcare.
We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and recognise the benefit in providing an inclusive environment. We value and respect the diversity of our employees and aim to recruit a workforce which reflects the communities we serve, and is equipped to deliver the best service to our patients. We welcome all applications irrespective of people’s race, disability, sex, sexual orientation, religion or belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity and in particular those from under- represented groups.
Newcastle Hospitals are proud to be one of the exemplar organisations across the NHS on sustainability, with a long history of delivering Sustainable Healthcare in Newcastle (Shine) and the first healthcare organisation in the world to declare a climate emergency. Our strategy includes commitments to being Net Zero by 2030, for our direct carbon footprint, and Net Zero by 2040 for our footprint plus. Delivering these ambitions will not be possible without the help, support and action of every single member of our team.
Job overview
It’s an exciting time to be part of Clinical Research at Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS foundation Trust. We are a large, busy and positive team that is looking for a motivated Band 4 Clinical Trials Associate to support the planning, delivery and monitoring of clinical trials in the area of Reproductive Health and Neonatal Clinical Research. We work in close collaboration with local, regional, and national colleagues, partnership organisations and networks to increase research opportunities and impact in line with our Trust ‘Our Clinical Research Strategy 2021 – 2026’.
We work across fertility, gynecology and neonatal care clinical areas as well as maternity services and perform a vital role in the delivery of research that underpins future practice in the specialty.
In the role of a Clinical Trials Associate, you will be a crucial contributor as part of the team and sometimes leading others in observational studies. Please note, this CTA position is an operational, patient facing role with a focus on face to face recruitment of participants into research. Although previous experience is helpful, full training and a preceptorship period will be given. If you feel this post is for you then I look forward to reading your application!
- Interview Date Wednesday 20 November 2024
- 37 Hours 30 Minutes/Week
- You will be redirected to Trac to apply for the vacancy. Please expand the job details section and read all of the information before applying for the vacancy
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- Work flexibly across all reproductive health clinical areas.
- Communicate and collaborate with the research team to facilitate effective study delivery.
- Communicate and collaborate with the clinical teams, maintaining positive relationship and integrated research delivery.
- Work confidently and sensitively to recruit study participants face to face, maintaining confidence and privacy at all times.
- Maintain and organize essential trial documentation.
- Comply with Good Clinical Practice at all times.
- Assist with data entry and responding to data queries.
- Work with other CTA team members to cover workload for annual leave etc. and ensure continuity of study delivery.
- Keep mandatory training up to date.
- Show willingness to engage with the challenge of learning and change.
Working for our organisation
Our staff oversee over 2 million patients ‘contacts’ each year, delivering high standards of healthcare from the following sites:
- Freeman Hospital
- Royal Victoria Infirmary (RVI)
- Health Innovation Neighbourhood (on the former Newcastle General Hospital and Centre for Ageing and Vitality site)
- Newcastle Dental Hospital
- Newcastle Fertility Centre
- Northern Centre for Cancer Care, North Cumbria
- Northern Genetics Service
- Cramlington Manor Walks
These include a range of flagship services which deliver cutting-edge care (supported by state-of-the-art diagnostic services in both radiology and pathology) and are a catalyst for innovation to support pioneering clinical practice in the NHS.
We also have offices at Regent Point in Gosforth and community sites.
Please see attached information on what Staff Benefits we have to offer at our Trust under ‘Documents to download’ or ‘Supporting documents’.
For further information on The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust please visit: Careers | Newcastle Hospitals | NHS | Newcastle Hospitals and Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
- Coordinate and improve trial communication throughout Multi Disciplinary Teams throughout the Trust
- Maintain effective communication with patients, carers and professional to ensure service delivery
- Communicates effectively with research team and study participants and their family members. Is able to provide patients with information, which may be complex or sensitive, regarding their participation in the clinical trial and the care that they will receive as a consequence of that
- Co-ordinate research clinics and co-ordinate a portfolio of studies this involves planning and organising clinical trial related care.
- Coordinate and supervise housekeeping duties and ordering of all clinical trial supplies
- Co-ordinate the sage collection transfer and storage of blood / tissue samples in accordance with the Human Tissue Act 2004 as required by trial protocol
As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
Applicant requirements
Person specification
KNOWLEDGE
Essential criteria
- Understanding of the Trust’s confidentiality procedures (Data Protection Act, Caldicott guidelines)
- Knowledge of medical terminology
Desirable criteria
- Good understanding of medical and clinical terminology
- Knowledge regarding the mandatory standard regarding conduction/construction of clinical trials (to include GCP / Research Governance Framework / EU Directive / Data Protection Act)
SKILLS
Essential criteria
- Ability to coordinate collection of data to agreed timescales
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Ability to communicate well (written and verbally)
- IT skills, specifically in database management, Microsoft Excel and eRecord
- Clear and legible handwriting
Desirable criteria
- Venepuncture skills
EXPERIENCE
Essential criteria
- Experience of caring for patients in a professional setting
QUALIFICATIONS
Essential criteria
- NVQ level 4 or equivalent qualification or qualified to NVQ level 3 plus significant previous experience
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of any education related training programmes pertaining to clinical trials
- European Computer Driving Licence or equivalent qualification
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Gayle Gills
- Job title
- Clinical Trials Practitioner
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0191 2820362
- Additional information
Informal enquiries are welcome. Please call Abi on 0191 24 48824
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