Director of the Edinburgh Clinical Trials Unit

Grade ACN4/ACT4 (clinical): £96,963 to £128,841 per annum or UE10 (non-clinical): £76,398 to £89,501 per annum

CMVM / MGPHS / USHER Institute

Full-time role

Open-ended: permanent, available from early 2025

Location: Usher Building, Edinburgh Bioquarter

The Usher Institute within The University of Edinburgh is looking for an experienced Director (clinical or non-clinical) for the Edinburgh Clinical Trials Unit (ECTU) to harness the enormous opportunities that exist for inter-disciplinary collaborations and to embed a culture of service provision and excellence in delivery of high-quality trials, high-quality services for trial design and delivery, and high-quality clinical trials methods research. The Director will lead on the University’s clinical trials strategy, building upon the strengths of the University, its connections with NHS Lothian and the broader Scottish health ecosystem in clinical research.  
This important strategic role would be suitable for a clinician or non-clinician. 

The Opportunity:
 

The Director will be responsible for overseeing the strategic development and operational management of ECTU. The Director will manage demand, align capacity, and monitor resource requirements to ensure that the operations of the ECTU are run efficiently and performance is assessed against agreed targets. They will ensure that the ECTU portfolio of clinical trials is delivered to the standard required, compliant with the scientific, legal, ethical, research governance and other regulatory requirements applying to clinical trials. There is an opportunity for the incoming postholder to integrate and centralise clinical trials services across CMVM, and the University, becoming a full-service organization, reducing fragmentation of services across the University and providing efficiencies.
We strongly encourage informal enquiries by interested applicants.  Please contact Julie Jacko (Interim Director of the Usher Institute, julie.jacko@ed.ac.uk), Steff Lewis (Interim Director of ECTU, steff.lewis@ed.ac.uk) or Rustam Al-Shahi Salman (Clinical Director of ECTU,  Rustam.Al-Shahi@ed.ac.uk)

Your skills and attributes for success: 

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  Advanced degree (MD, PhD, or equivalent) in a subject closely allied to clinical trial methodology, and/or medicine. 
  •    Extensive experience  of the design and delivery of clinical trials (and clinical research more broadly).
  •    A strong track record in leadership and management, particularly in multi-disciplinary contexts with extensive experience of leadership roles in a clinical trial setting.
  •    Demonstration of strategic thinking.
  •    Ability to work as part of a senior academic team and to engage in high-level research and strategic planning.

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