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Senior Clinical Trials Co-ordinator
The closing date is 29 July 2025
Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust (MFT) has been awarded just under £3M From the NIHR to set up a HealthTech Research Centre (HRC). The HRC will support commercial development of innovative solutions for better diagnosis, treatment and care for people across our region.
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To manage the research delivery portfolio of the NIHR HRC in Emergency and Acute Care within Research & Innovation (R&I), acting as professional lead for the programme of work. To manage clinical trials administration staff (as and when required). To ensure that comprehensive, high quality and efficient administrative processes are in place for setting up studies, organising necessary approvals (ethics, HRA, local R&D, MHRA, research networks etc.), data management, ensuring full compliance with the UK Policy Framework for Health and Social Care Research; including financial management of study set-up costs and income recovery in conjunction with the R&I finance team. To manage relationships with commercial partners and to contribute to the overall running of programmes within the HRC.
Main duties of the job
- To act as professional lead for the clinical trials administration team by attending Operations meetings and highlighting any risk, issues as appropriate.
- To manage research studies, ensuring that problems are identified and resolved working within Trust and R&I priorities and deadlines.
- To liaise with external bodies, such as the LCRN, sponsors, NHS RECs, industry partners
- Manage industry enquiries to the HRC,
- Manage the VALIDATE programme and related studies, co-ordinating trial management group meetings and steering group meetings.
- Works closely with the HRC and R&I management teams to support delivery of the PPIE, Inclusive Research and communications strategies.
- Support the identification of new grant funding opportunities and opportunities to collaborate with industry.
- Support the development, organisation and running of events and training which are part of the HRCs deliverables.
- Makes a major contribution to annual reports and other ad-hoc reports and documents
- The post holder will be responsible for the co-ordination of the HRC research delivery in conjunction with the research lead. Close liaison is required between the researchers' leading studies, the sponsors and the Clinical Research Network.
- To assist senior staff within R&I with study management as required, including grant, business cases and other funding applications to support the work of the Trust.
About us
MFT is one of the largest NHS Trust In England with a turnover of over £3bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We're creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.
Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 30,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you'll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.
We've also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research, and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022.
We're proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What's more, we're excited to be embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.
At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together
Job responsibilities
To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience youll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the Supporting Documents heading. So that youre even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, youll need to take time to read theCandidate Essentials Guidethat sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how we care for you as you care for others. Most importantly, it also contains critical information youll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.
Diversity Matters
MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating, and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at .
Were looking forward to hearing from you!
Person SpecificationEducation
- Degree in a science or health-related discipline, or a degree in another field with experience in clinical trials, or relevant experience
- A thorough understanding of the clinical trial process.
- MSc or an equivalent qualification in clinical trials or a health-related discipline.
- Evidence of structured managerial training and continuing professional development, a managerial qualification or proven experience
Knowledge and Experience
- Experience in Clinical Trials Management, including set up, financial management, data collection, audit and project management.
- Sound knowledge of all aspects of research governance and related legislation and inspection requirements (e.g. MHRA, HTA).
- Experience of the governance and approval systems within the NHS and UK CRN for clinical studies.
- An appreciation of research methodology
- Research project monitoring.
- Previous NHS experience.
- Experience of managing a budget
- Evidence of writing policies and procedures and evaluating their application in practice.
- Knowledge of the landscape around innovation development and implementation, and the stakeholders therein (including but not limited to NHS England, NIHR, MHRA, NICE)
- Understanding of the use of health technologies
- Awareness of issues around health inequalities, sustainability and digital exclusion
- Knowledge of funding sources and processes for innovation and research
Skills
- Excellent organisational skills, with a methodical approach, and the ability to pay attention to detail.
- Ability to motivate self and others
- Ability to work as part of a team, and experience of interdisciplinary working.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills including ability to present information and materials to a wide range of audiences.
- Ability to prioritise own and others workload, and practice effective time management.
- Ability to work under pressure, and to tight and unexpected deadlines.
- Able to demonstrate initiative and judgement in identifying key issues.
- Advanced IT skills with a good working knowledge of IT packages and databases.
- Evidenced ability in engaging diverse stakeholders (from multiple sectors) to deliver results and mutual benefit Ability to interact and manage relationships with industry, NHS provider organisations, industry and regional/ national innovation structures such as the Academic Health Sciences Network, Accelerated Access Collaborative, and NHSE
Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust
£38,682 to £46,580 a yearPer annum (pro rata)
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