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The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
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For further information on The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust please visit Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
Data Manager
Closed for applications on: 5-Aug-2025 00:00
Vacancy status: Closed
Closed for applications on: 5-Aug-2025 00:00
Key details
Location
- Site
- Freeman Hospital
- Town
- 317 01 Freeman Hospital
- Postcode
- NE7 7DN
- Major / Minor Region
- Tyne and Wear
Contract type & working pattern
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Salary
- Salary
- £27,485 - £30,162 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Grade
- (Band 4)
Specialty
- Main area
- 317 CR Team 3 570222
- Interview date
- 18/08/2025
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
An opportunity has arisen within the Cardiovascular Research Team for two full-time Data Managers.
The team delivers a large portfolio of studies across Cardio and Transplant. The Data Managers work closely with the multi-disciplinary team to provide opportunities into clinical research.
The Data Manager is an integral part of the Cardio Research Team, in which they are responsible for the data collected within the portfolio of clinical trials. The post holder will be responsible for the timely entry of data and query resolution.
The positions available are full-time, based at Freeman Hospital.
- Interview Date: Monday 18 August 2025
- 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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The successful candidate will be responsible for the collection of data relating to patients recruited onto Cardio and Transplant clinical trials, ensuring data is entered onto several trial databases in line with Information Governance, Data Protection and GDPR. With this it’s imperative that the successful candidate has a high level of attention to detail, is organised and can manage their own time.
The candidate will be responsible for data query resolution locally, nationally and internationally. With this you must have excellent communication skills, with the ability to communicate across different mediums and a variety of multi-disciplinary staff.
We would expect all candidates applying and the successful candidate to have previous database experience and experience in all aspects of Microsoft Windows.
Working for our organisation
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.
Our staff oversee over 6,500 patient contacts every day, 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
- To be responsible for the collection of data relating to patients treated within the department, in particular, where the patient is entered onto a clinical trial.
Act as a point of contact for regional, national and international data queries.
Ensure that Trust policy regarding Data Protection is adhered to.
Assist the Trial Coordinator in all aspects of maintaining records of patients on trials and the regulatory issues that govern the management of clinical trials
Provide administrative support when needed.
Person specification
KNOWLEDGE
Essential criteria
- Knowledge of medical terminology.
- Knowledge of trust policy regarding Data Protection - Caldicott Guidelines, Data Protection Act
Desirable criteria
- Good working knowledge of clinical trials and the regulatory bodies to include: GCP, ICH
- Knowledge of eRecord
SKILLS
Essential criteria
- Must possess excellent communication and interpersonal skills – able to communicate across a multi-disciplinary team (both verbal and written)
- Ability to prioritise tasks and demonstrate organisational and time management skills.
- Ability to accurately transfer data from one medium to another (using paper based and electronic data capture).
Desirable criteria
- Ability to collate, analyse and present accurate data.
Experience
Essential criteria
- Previous database experience.
- Must be experienced in all aspects of Microsoft Windows applications.
- Previous experience of data management.
Desirable criteria
- Previous experience in a health care environment
QUALIFICATIONS
Essential criteria
- Educated to A level standard or equivalent qualification / experience
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Laura Gebbie
- Job title
- Clinical Trials Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0191 2139330
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