Lead Biospecimen Coordinator

2 weeks ago


Chelsea, United Kingdom The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust Full time

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Lead Clinical Biospecimen Coordinator role within the Breast Clinical Research Unit at The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust. The post will cover our Sutton and Chelsea site.

The Royal Marsden is a world leader in cancer research, treatment, and education. Together with our academic partner, The Institute of Cancer Research (ICR), we are the largest comprehensive cancer centre in Europe and the only National Institute of Health Research (NIHR) Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) specialising in cancer in the UK.

We are looking for enthusiastic and self-motivated team members to lead on our new and existing tissue studies contributing to the ground-breaking research run out of this unit.

Continuous professional development is encouraged. Working as a highly valued member of the MDT, we support further study opportunities.

To Lead the Breast Research Team Non CTIMP studies in order to ensure the efficient and successful delivery of new and existing non CTIMP clinical trials to ensure Good Clinical Practice (GCP), Human Tissue Act (HTA), standard operating procedures (SOPs), trust policies and all applicable regulations and governance are adhered to.

To provide leadership and oversight to ensure all Breast Unit tissue studies are compliant with all regulations with robust systems in place to audit unit practice.

The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust is a world-leading cancer centre. Our role is to offer our patients the best cancer care available anywhere in the world, and to continue to make a global contribution to finding better ways of diagnosing and treating cancer. We employ over 4,500 staff in a diverse range of careers including nursing, medical, science, radiography, pharmacy, occupational therapy, finance and administrative services. We have two hospitals - one in Chelsea, London, and one in Sutton, Surrey - as well as a Medical Daycare Unit in Kingston Hospital

At The Royal Marsden, we deal with cancer every day, so we understand how valuable life is. When people entrust their lives to us, they have the right to demand the very best. That's why the pursuit of excellence lies at the heart of everything we do.

At the heart of the hospital is our dedicated team. We offer a stimulating and dynamic working environment, a wide range of staff benefits and learning and development opportunities. We are looking for employees who aspire to excellence, share our values and can play a crucial role in our on-going achievements.

For further information on this role, please see the attached detailed Job Description and Person Specification.
- Leading the tissue collecting team working within Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust and our Academic partner Institute of Cancer Research at both Chelsea and Sutton sites.
- Ensuring the seamless delivery of biobanking, with oversight and management of members of staff within the department across both sites.
- Ensuring the collection of human samples is undertaken in accordance with the Human Tissue Act (HTA), and proactively support staff to progress their responsibility within the Biobank.
- Providing leadership, drive, and innovative solutions to maintain governance support in the department and promote access to human tissue for research.
- Working directly with senior management to aid the Tissue Bank Manager and Operations Manager to design, develop and deliver the long-term strategy of the CTUUC to enhance governance and actively seek collaborations.



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