Location
London

Hours
Full Time

Salary
£56,863 per annum

About the Role
Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK’s busiest and most successful NHS foundation trusts, providing a full range of hospital and community services across south London, including specialist care in cancer, renal, orthopaedic, respiratory, and cardiovascular services. The Trust is home to Europe’s largest dental school, a £160 million Cancer Centre, and specialist centres at Queen Mary’s Hospital in Sidcup. It also includes Evelina London Children’s Hospital and one of the largest critical care units in the UK.

The Clinical Research Practitioner II will manage a caseload of participants in a portfolio of haematology clinical research studies, providing duty of care and acting as an advocate for participants and their families throughout their involvement. The role requires autonomous working within professional practice guidelines and the Research Governance Framework, with flexibility across disciplines to support successful clinical research projects.

Key responsibilities include identifying suitable patients for clinical trials, ensuring adherence to Good Clinical Practice (GCP) and Medicines for Human Use Regulations, supervising and mentoring staff, and contributing to service evaluation and improvement. The post holder will facilitate high-quality research, ensuring patient wellbeing and compliance with regulatory standards.

The Trust is committed to clinical excellence, research, and innovation, with a strong focus on patient experience and staff development. It is part of King’s Health Partners and hosts dedicated clinical research facilities, including an MHRA accredited Phase I clinical trials unit.

Experience
- Previous experience using commercial and non-commercial clinical trial databases
- Experience working effectively within a clinical trial team
- Experience preparing for clinical trial audits and inspections
- Experience performing laboratory sample processing
- Desirable: Experience using hospital databases (EPIC and EDGE)
- Desirable: Experience performing venepuncture

About you
- Strong communication skills, both verbal and written, with staff at all levels
- Understanding of research methodologies including Phase I – III clinical trials
- Attention to detail in data collection related to clinical trials
- Ability to assess and interpret clinical and non-clinical information to determine appropriate actions (desirable)

Qualifications
- Degree or equivalent qualification
- Evidence of continuous personal, professional, and academic development
- Experience working with software and computer systems acquired through diploma level qualifications or equivalent
- Desirable: Qualification in data management within clinical research