Clinical Trial Manager

The Role

This exciting new post represents an ideal opportunity for a self-motivated, experienced Trial Coordinator/ Trial Manager to work in a multi-site CTIMP trial in a registered Clinical Trials Unit.

The PCTU are collaborating with the Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust on a programme of research called ‘EVolution of a patiEnt-REported symptom-based risk stratification sySTem to redesign the suspected Head and Neck cancer referral pathway’ (EVEREST-HN).

The post holder’s primary role will be to coordinate and manage work packages 4 and 5 of the EVEREST-HN programme. They will work closely with both the lead team at the Royal Marsden and the Trial management Group at the PCTU.

The post holder will manage work package 4 – a concurrent data collection exercise and feasibility study, using a symptom questionnaire with data from previous work packages to develop a risk stratification algorithm, and to agree management thresholds and recommendations by stakeholder consensus.

The post holder will also manager work package 5, which is a cluster randomised medical device trial, with 6-month internal pilot, to compare the new pathway to standard care, using a non-inferiority design and primary outcome of cancer diagnosed within 62 days.

This post represents an exciting opportunity for a self-motivated individual to develop their trial management skills in a multi-site trial of an intervention working with a multidisciplinary team

The post-holder will work in the Centre for Evaluation and Methods (CEM), a thriving centre that incorporates collaborative units who work to deliver outstanding research based on their combined and complementary strengths. The post-holder will contribute in particular to the Pragmatic Clinical Trials Unit (PCTU).

About You

Previous research experience in multi-site Clinical Trials of an Investigational Medicinal Product (CTIMPs) involving NHS patients or research participants is essential.

About the School/Department/Institute/Project

The Wolfson Institute of Population Health harnesses expertise across a wide range of population based research and education activities and aims to be an internationally recognised centre of excellence in population health, primary care and preventive medicine

About Queen Mary

At Queen Mary University of London, we believe that a diversity of ideas helps us achieve the previously unthinkable.

Throughout our history, we’ve fostered social justice and improved lives through academic excellence. And we continue to live and breathe this spirit today, not because it’s simply ‘the right thing to do’ but for what it helps us achieve and the intellectual brilliance it delivers.

We continue to embrace diversity of thought and opinion in everything we do, in the belief that when views collide, disciplines interact, and perspectives intersect, truly original thought takes form.

Benefits

We offer competitive salaries, access to a generous pension scheme, 30 days’ leave per annum (pro-rata for part-time/fixed-term), a season ticket loan scheme and access to a comprehensive range of personal and professional development opportunities. In addition, we offer a range of work life balance and family friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements, and campus facilities including an on-site nursery at the Mile End campus.

Queen Mary’s commitment to our diverse and inclusive community is embedded in our appointments processes. Reasonable adjustments will be made at each stage of the recruitment process for any candidate with a disability. We are open to considering applications from candidates wishing to work flexibly.