Student Placement - Clinical Trial Assistant (ID508)

Key Information

Duration of Contract: Fixed Term for 12 Months

Hours per week: 35 hours per week (Full Time)

Job Details

Summary of Role
Student Work Placement - Clinical Trial Assistant

The successful applicant will helping to monitor allocated Phase I clinical trials to ensure compliance with GCP and the UK Clinical Trials legislation. Assist with trial related activities including assisting the Clinical Data Analyst to perform regular data reviews (central monitoring) and manage queries in the Clinical Data Management System (MACRO) and also offer administrative support.

Key Requirements
This role is for an undergraduate student searching for a year in industry placement for a medical, life science, nursing or pharmacy equivalent degree. 

You must have:

- Excellent attention to detail
- Be motivated and be able to work independently
- Be well organised, systematic approach towards work 
- Ability to develop effective working relationships with staff at all levels
- Good logistical and planning skills, ability to prioritise effectively
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Good IT skills, proficient with the use of MS Office applications

Department Information

DDU- IIT Team 

The Drug Development Unit, led by Professor Johann de Bono aims to seamlessly integrate preclinical drug discovery, proof-of-principle phase I trials and tumour-specific evaluation of novel agents. It is a conduit for the two-way communication between laboratory and clinical teams, that is so essential for successful modern drug development. The unit conducts first-in-man phase I trials involving a range of targets,

The DDU also has a portfolio of investigator-initiated phase 1 trials of novel targeted agents and combinations of these, including those made available via Cancer Research-UK’s (CRUK) Experimental Cancer Medicine Centres (ECMC)Combinations Alliance. We are a dedicated team within the DDU who centrally manage these studies. The Investigator Initiated Trails (IIT) team perform those functions associated with sponsoring early phase trials including project management, monitoring, pharmacovigilance, database development and central data review.  

We encourage all applicants to access the job pack attached for more detailed information regarding this role. For an informal discussion regarding the role, please contact Lucy Milne via email at lucy.milne@icr.ac.uk.  

About The Institute of Cancer Research

Why work for us?

As a member of staff, you'll have exclusive access to a range of staff benefits.

The ICR is committed to supporting overseas applicants applying for roles, please click here to find out further information.

The Institute of Cancer Research, London, is one of the world's most influential cancer research institutes, with an outstanding record of achievement dating back more than 100 years. Further information about working at the ICR can be found here.

We look forward to receiving applications from all candidates, wherever in the world they are currently based. We will select those who display the potential to become, or to support, the world leading cancer researchers of the future based on their application and performance at interview. However, we particularly welcome British applicants from black and ethnic minority backgrounds, as they are under-represented within the ICR and nationwide in STEM roles.

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