Clinical Trials Coordinator

About us

The Department of Neuromuscular Diseases is a hub for clinical and research excellence across the spectrum of spinal cord and neuromuscular diseases. Our group of world-leading clinical, genetic and basic science researchers focus their work on understanding the causes and biological mechanisms leading to neuromuscular disease and translating this knowledge into developing novel therapeutic solutions that is of direct benefit to neurological disorders such as motor neurone disease, Alzheimer’s disease and neuromuscular disease.

About the role

You will coordinate the SORD and SENSE trials as well as help a research nurse with the natural history studies coordination within the Centre for Neuromuscular Diseases (CNMD). You will collate and manage regulatory documentation to ensure the team is conducting research in accordance with international and UK regulations, and local guidance. This will involve, among other tasks: preparation of ethics, MHRA, and R&D submissions, liaising with sponsors and clinical research facilities, negotiating contracts, liaising with other staff, coordinating audits and inspections, dissemination of information about studies. You will also organise and coordinate trial patient visits (and may be required to undertake some of the assessments) and liaise with international sites and funders.

The role is available immediately and is funded until March 2024 in the first instance.

If you have any queries regarding the application process, please contact the Institute of Neurology HR Team (ion.hradmin@ucl.ac.uk).

For a full job description and to apply for this role please visit UCL’s online recruitment portal (https://www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/search-ucl-jobs) and search using vacancy reference B02-04564.

We expect to hold interviews on 01 March 2023.

About you

You will have a degree in a scientific/healthcare-related discipline or equivalent experience, and significant experience in clinical trials work preferably in a clinical trial centre. Experience working in clinical research and managing or coordinating a project to GCP standard is essential as is experience of setting up and coordinating studies, including multi-centre studies, preparing submission of research projects to ethics committees, MHRA and R&D submissions. Understanding of ethical issues surrounding research and patients and experience in data management is also a requirement.

What we offer

The post is graded as UCL Grade 7 with salary in the range £38,308 - £39.333 per annum including London Allowance.

As well as the exciting opportunities this role presents, we also offer some great benefits; visit https://www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/reward-and-benefits to find out more.

We will consider applications to work on a part-time, flexible, and job share basis wherever possible.

Our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

As London’s Global University, we know diversity fosters creativity and innovation, and we want our community to represent the diversity of the world’s talent. 12% of Institute staff are actively working on EDI initiatives; visit

https://www.ucl.ac.uk/ion/equality-diversity-inclusion for more information about what we’re doing. We therefore particularly encourage applications from candidates who are likely to be underrepresented in UCL’s workforce; these include people from Black, Asian and ethnic minority backgrounds, disabled people, LGBTQI+ people, and for our Grade 9 and 10 roles, women.

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