Senior Trial Manager

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Salary: £45,585 to £48,350 with progression to £54,395 per annum

Job description:

The Role

The post is based within the UKCRC registered Newcastle Clinical Trials Unit (NCTU).

You will work as part of a team of Senior Trial Managers to provide comprehensive management to a portfolio of clinical trials run in collaboration with NCTU. You will understand and contribute to the scientific, design, regulatory and technical elements of clinical trials; you will provide advice to ensure they are designed, delivered and managed efficiently, in line with sponsor, regulatory and research governance requirements. You will be expected to appropriately handle confidential and sensitive information. The Senior Trial Manager will directly manager one or more Trial Managers and other NCTU staff as appropriate. NCTU's portfolio includes clinical trials across all phases, in support of NCTU strategic aims.

There are currently approximately 40 active trials being conducted by NCTU.

NCTU works with multiple trial sponsors, locally, nationally and internationally and from its hub based in Newcastle. Chief Investigators, Principal Investigators, and Co-Investigators are located throughout and beyond the University, including nationally and internationally. You will work at both sites depending on the needs of individual trials and NCTU.

You will report to the NCTU Senior Leadership Team and work closely with Trial Managers, Data Managers, Investigators, Collaborators, Sponsors and the wider research team to deliver trials including monitoring of and progress against milestone targets, highlighting and managing risks as appropriate.

This post is full-time and open-ended.

Further information can be obtained by contacting Miranda Morton or Naomi McGregor

Find out more about the Faculty of Medical Sciences here: https://www.ncl.ac.uk/medical-sciences/ 

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As part of our commitment to career development for research colleagues, the University has developed 3 levels of research role profiles. These profiles set out firstly the generic competences and responsibilities expected of role holders at each level and secondly the general qualifications and experiences needed for entry at a particular level.

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