Clinical Trials Administrator

The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) brings together staff and services from the former Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust and The Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust. The sheer size, scale and potential of our combined service is huge. Together, we’ve a wealth of skills and resources to share and tap into and, a wide range of career paths for you to develop and explore. If you want to join a team of around 20,000 NHS experts in delivering high-quality, local care across Salford, Oldham, Bury and Rochdale and beyond
- **come and take your place with us.**

**Job overview**:
As a Clinical Trials Administrator you will work closely with all members of the Stroke, Cardiovascular and Neurology Research Delivery Team, performing all aspects of administrative duties related to clinical trial delivery.

You will work according to Good Clinical Practice (GCP), standard operating procedures (SOPs) and Trust policies.

**Main duties of the job**:
Research & Innovation are looking for a motivated and effective Clinical Trials Administrator with a ‘can do’ attitude and an eye for detail. You should be organised, able to demonstrate initiative and be able to prioritise effectively.

This will be a rewarding post, adding value to the working practices of this nationally recognised team who offer research opportunities to patients with complex medical conditions.

Informal visits to discuss the role are welcomed.

**Working for our organisation**:
The Northern Care Alliance (NCA) is one of the largest NHS organisations in the country. Launched in April 2017, the NCA serves over one million people across Greater Manchester and employs over 19,000 healthcare professionals across Bury, Rochdale, Salford and Oldham. The sheer size, scale and potential of our combined service is huge. At the NCA, we can offer groupwide, flexible multi-site opportunities, as part of our connected, integrated and engaged team. We believe in saving and improving lives and are passionate about driving forward significant improvements to the provision of safe, high-quality integrated health and social care to our local community. If you share our vision, take your place with us.

**Detailed job description and main responsibilities**:
**Person specification**:
**Essential qualifications**:
**Essential criteria**:

- Knowledge and relevant experience equivalent to NVQ Level 3
- ECDL or equivalent

**Desirable criteria**:

- First level degree

**Knowledge, Skills, Training and Experience**:
**Essential criteria**:

- IT literate, including ability to demonstrate Microsoft Office and internet skills, with an aptitude for developing IT systems to record and retrieve clinical trials data
- Effective communication and interpersonal skills
- Ability to manage and prioritise own workload with mínimal supervision and to strict timescales
- Data entry experience with methodical approach and attention to detail
- Good comprehension skills
- Set up and manage documentation systems
- Ability to pick up new ideas quickly
- Displays sensitivity to others and respects confidentiality
- Understanding of data protection and Caldicott Guidelines
- Experience of working autonomously and as part of a Team.
- General administration experience
- Maintain professional development
- Positive, enthusiastic and committed
- Supportive to colleagues
- Confident and self-motivated
- Demonstrates flexibility in working hours, ability to move between sites

**Desirable criteria**:

- Experience of working in a clinical environment.
- Relevant experience of research.
- Knowledge of ICH-GCP Knowledge of research governance framework
- Some knowledge of the healthcare environment
- We understand the importance of balancing work and home life. We are committed to supporting flexible working for our people wherever possible and all our colleagues are given the opportunity to discuss potential for flexible working. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement.

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