Head of Clinical Trial Operations

Job Summary

This is an exciting opportunity to join the NHS Blood and Transplant Clinical Trials Unit (CTU) in a senior leadership role. The UKCRC registered NHSBT CTU delivers a growing, high quality, late phase, multi-centre clinical trials programme, nationally and internationally. Trials are conducted in NHSBT’s therapeutic areas: transfusion medicine, organ donation and transplantation, tissue and stem cell transplantation.

By joining our passionate, innovative and energetic team, you will help to save and improve lives through research. The evidence we generate directly benefits patients through influencing clinical guidelines and practice in the NHS and beyond.

In this role you will provide oversight of operational activities for the CTU, including trial management, data management and quality assurance. The role is vital in ensuring the effective development, conduct, management and delivery of the CTU trial programme, and in contributing to the strategy and growth of the CTU.

Main duties of the job

• Managing the development, implementation and running of the programme of studies, including systems for quality assurance, and resource and financial planning within the CTU.
• Designing and overseeing all operational aspects of trials, including the delivery of all studies on time and within budget and scope, in compliance with Good Clinical Practice, standard operating procedures, relevant regulations and legislation.
• Coordination of internal and external resources for efficient and effective delivery of the clinical trial programme.
• Providing guidance to the CTU and the wider clinical research community, acting with a critical thinking and innovative, problem-solving mindset.
• Leading the operational team and further developing a culture of learning and continuous improvement, as well as developing team diversity and inclusion.
• Line managing the Clinical Operations Managers and the Clinical Data Services Manager, acting as a coach and mentor to aid their development and that of the wider team.
• You will act as a key link with other Trials Units, Sponsor organisations, the UKCRN and other relevant external organisations/groups and will build key relationships with operational departments of NHSBT, to discuss and encourage collaborative projects to improve NHSBT’s products.

You will also be a key member of the wider Statistics and Clinical Research Management Team, contributing to plans and strategies to save and improve lives through research.

Three small words, one big difference - Caring, Expert and Quality.

Together we'll save and improve more lives than ever.

Closing date: 23:59, 8 February 2023.

For informal enquiries please contact –Rachel Johnson, Assistant Director - Statistics & Clinical Research - Rachel.Johnson2@nhsbt.nhs.uk

Apply link: https://jobs.nhsbt.nhs.uk/Job/JobDetail?JobId=953

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