Clinical Research Interface Coordinator

Company Description

Genomics England partners with the NHS to provide whole genome sequencing diagnostics. We also equip researchers to find the causes of disease and develop new treatments – with patients and participants at the heart of it all.

Our mission is to continue refining, scaling, and evolving our ability to enable others to deliver genomic healthcare and conduct genomic research.

We are accelerating our impact and working with patients, doctors, scientists, government and industry to improve genomic testing, and help researchers access the health data and technology they need to make new medical discoveries and create more effective, targeted medicines for everybody.

Job Description

As a Clinical Research Interface Coordinator, you will facilitate the daily operations of the diagnostic discovery pathway, ensuring the seamless return of researcher-identified potential diagnoses to the NHS. You will also foster clinical collaboration, serving as a key liaison to strengthen partnerships between researchers and clinicians.

You will work with members of the clinical team, bioinformatics team, system developers and external professionals to provide optimal end-to-end support for these workflows and assist in streamlining processes at the clinical-research interface having sought feedback both internally and from external stakeholders. 

Additionally, you will be responsible for following up on reported variants and collaborations to verify their outcomes. You will work collaboratively with the Data Protection, Information Governance, Ethics and other teams to evolve Genomics England's policies and processes, providing essential support to the research environment squads as they update, improve and enhance Genomics England's research environments.   

Skills and experience for success:

A confident, empathetic self-starter with excellent communication skills and a collaborative mindset.  
Strong analytical skills and keen attention to detail, ensuring accuracy in clinical research data.  
Proficiency with clinical research interfaces, including Excel and Microsoft tools.  
Ability to work effectively with multiple stakeholders in a dynamic, fast-paced environment.
Experience in a clinical data setting, handling sensitive healthcare data.If that sounds like you, we’d love to hear from you.

Qualifications

Science or healthcare-related qualification at degree level or equivalent experience and ideally an understanding and/or experience of the NHS ecosystem. 

Additional Information

Salary from £36,500

Being an integral part of such a meaningful mission is extremely rewarding in itself, but in order to support our people, we’re continually improving our benefits package. We pride ourselves on investing in our people and supporting them to achieve their career goals, as well as offering a benefits package including: 

Generous Leave: 30 days’ holiday plus bank holidays, additional leave for long service, and the option to apply for up to 30 days of remote working abroad annually (approval required).
Family-Friendly: Blended working arrangements, flexible working, enhanced maternity, paternity and shared parental leave benefits.
Pension & Financial: Defined contribution pension (Genomics England double-matches up to 10%, however you can contribute more if you wish), Life Assurance (3x salary), and a Give As You Earn scheme.
Learning & Development: Individual learning budgets, support for training and certifications, and reimbursement for one annual professional subscription (approval required).
Recognition & Rewards: Employee recognition programme and referral scheme.
Health & Wellbeing: Subsidised gym membership, a free Headspace account, and access to an Employee Assistance Programme, eye tests, flu jabs.Genomics England is actively committed to providing and supporting an inclusive environment that promotes equity, diversity and inclusion best practice both within our community and in any other area where we have influence. We are proud of our diverse community where everyone can come to work and feel welcomed and treated with respect regardless of any disability, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, religion, sexual orientation, or social background.

Genomics England’s policies of non-discrimination and equity and will be applied fairly to all people, regardless of age, disability, gender identity or reassignment, marital or civil partnership status, being pregnant or recently becoming a parent, race, religion or beliefs, sex or sexual orientation, length of service, whether full or part-time or employed under a permanent or a fixed-term contract or any other relevant factor. 

Genomics England does not tolerate any form of discrimination, harassment, victimisation or bullying at work. Such behaviour is contrary to