Location
London, based at Guy's Hospital

Hours
Full Time (hours not specified)

Salary
£46,419 per annum

About the Role
Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK’s busiest and most successful NHS trusts, providing a wide range of hospital and community services across south London and beyond. The Trust is renowned for clinical excellence, high quality teaching and research, and is part of King’s Health Partners, an accredited UK academic health sciences centre. The Oncology and Haematology Clinical Trials (OHCT) team at Guy’s and St Thomas’ is a large, multidisciplinary group dedicated to improving treatment choice, clinical care and outcomes for cancer patients through innovation and excellence in clinical trials.

We are seeking a Clinical Research Practitioner II to join our Gynae Research Team. This role offers the opportunity to build a career in research within one of London’s largest oncology and haematology research teams. Following a comprehensive induction, you will lead the coordination of a portfolio of clinical trials, assist in trial set-up, identify and discuss trials with patients, collect and report data, and support patients and their carers throughout treatment.

The role involves managing a caseload of research participants, acting as their advocate, and working autonomously within professional practice guidelines and the Research Governance Framework. You will work flexibly across disciplines to ensure the success of clinical research projects, supervise and mentor staff, and contribute to service evaluation and improvement. Ensuring research is conducted according to Good Clinical Practice (GCP) and Medicines for Human Use Regulations is a key responsibility.

Guy’s and St Thomas’ is committed to providing a supportive and inclusive working environment, promoting flexible working arrangements to support a healthy work-life balance.

Experience
- Significant experience in clinical research delivery
- Experience managing complex projects
- Experience teaching, assessing, and supervising others in a clinical setting

Desirable Experience
- Experience within speciality
- Line management experience

Skills
- Excellent communication skills with ability to handle complex and sensitive situations
- Understanding of clinical research methodology
- Ability to work autonomously and collaboratively within multidisciplinary teams
- Ability to coordinate and organise activities to deliver study protocols
- Ability to lead, teach, supervise and mentor others in clinical research delivery
- Ability to acquire in-depth knowledge of research protocols and communicate effectively to teams and participants

Desirable Skills
- Proficiency with basic laboratory skills

Qualifications
- Theoretical knowledge equivalent to degree/NVQ Level 6 qualification in life sciences or related field
- Evidence of continuing professional development
- Good Clinical Practice (GCP) training
- Theoretical knowledge relevant to the field equivalent to Postgraduate diploma

Desirable Qualifications
- ILS certificate

About You
You are committed to improving patient choices, care and outcomes through research. You are an excellent communicator with strong attention to detail and the ability to work flexibly and collaboratively. You value diversity and inclusion and are motivated to contribute to a supportive and high-quality research environment.