Location
London

Hours
Full Time (hours not specified)

Salary
£65,261 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 and specialist care for patients further afield. The Trust is home to Europe’s largest dental school, a £160 million Cancer Centre, and Evelina London Children’s Hospital, among other specialist units. It is part of King’s Health Partners and offers world-leading clinical research facilities including an MHRA accredited Phase I clinical trials unit.

We are recruiting a Senior Clinical Research Practitioner / Team Lead for the Gynaecology Oncology Team within one of London’s largest haematology and oncology research teams. This role offers the opportunity to build a career in research, leading the coordination and set-up of a portfolio of clinical trials, recruiting trial patients, collecting and reporting data, and supporting patients and their carers throughout treatment. The successful candidate will be an excellent communicator with strong attention to detail and a commitment to improving patient choices, care, and outcomes.

The role combines clinical and managerial responsibilities, including managing a team of clinical research delivery staff and a portfolio of research studies to ensure high quality research and clinical care. Key duties include reviewing protocols, identifying resource needs, participating in meetings, proposing action plans for underperforming studies, training and mentoring staff, leading service development, contributing to the research business plan, and managing a caseload of participants. The post holder will ensure excellence in research delivery and participant experience.

Working for our Organisation
The Oncology and Haematology Clinical Trials (OHCT) team at Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust consists of over fifty staff members including Research Nurses, Clinical Trial Practitioners, Clinical Trial Coordinators, and Safety & Support staff. The team works closely with oncology and haematology medical teams to recruit and monitor patients across a large portfolio of Phase II and III trials, as well as early phase trials. The mission is to improve treatment choice, clinical care, and outcomes for cancer patients through innovation, dedication, and excellence in clinical trials.

Experience
- Significant experience in clinical research delivery including managing own portfolio of studies
- Substantial experience relevant to speciality
- Knowledge and experience of handling complex relationships
- Experience mentoring, developing and supervising junior staff in clinical settings
- Experience in service development
- Desirable: Demonstrable managerial/team lead experience and experience of change management

About you
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with ability to handle complex and sensitive situations
- Basic knowledge of recent NHS legislation relevant to specialist areas
- In-depth understanding of research methodologies
- Ability to lead, teach, supervise and mentor others in all aspects of clinical research delivery
- Awareness of changing trends in healthcare
- Desirable: Experience in audits

Qualifications
- Demonstrable theoretical knowledge equivalent to masters/NVQ Level 7 qualification in life sciences or related field
- GCP certificate
- Evidence of continuous professional development
- Teaching experience
- Desirable: Post graduate teaching qualification