Job summary
- Main area
- 317 CR CARU 414053
- Grade
- Band 4
- Contract
- Fixed term: 3 years (from date of appointment)
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 317-2025-25-046
- Employer
- The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Trustwide
- Town
- 317 Trustwide
- Salary
- £26,530 - £29,114 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 02/07/2025 23:59
- Interview date
- 23/07/2025
Employer heading
Clinical Trials Assistant
Band 4
Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the busiest and largest NHS foundation trusts in the country, with around 15,000 staff and an annual budget of £1.6 billion.
We have a long history of providing high quality care, clinical excellence, and innovation in medical research regionally, nationally and internationally.
We’re in the top five providers of specialised health services in the country, supporting people with a range of rare and complex medical, surgical and neurological conditions, cancers and genetic orders.
Our staff oversee around 6,500 patient contacts each day, delivering high standards of healthcare.
We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and recognise the benefit in providing an inclusive environment. We value and respect the diversity of our employees and aim to recruit a workforce which reflects the communities we serve, and is equipped to deliver the best service to our patients. We welcome all applications irrespective of people’s race, disability, sex, sexual orientation, religion or belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity and in particular those from under- represented groups.
Newcastle Hospitals are proud to be one of the exemplar organisations across the NHS on sustainability, with a long history of delivering Sustainable Healthcare in Newcastle (Shine) and the first healthcare organisation in the world to declare a climate emergency. Our strategy includes commitments to being Net Zero by 2030, for our direct carbon footprint, and Net Zero by 2040 for our footprint plus. Delivering these ambitions will not be possible without the help, support and action of every single member of our team.
Job overview
An opportunity has arisen for a highly motivated and enthusiastic person to join the team at the Clinical Ageing Research Unit (CARU) as a Clinical Trials Assistant – CTA
CARU specializes in neurodegenerative diseases in particular Parkinson’s Disease and works closely with the mitochondrial and ageing research teams. We also work closely with Cumbria Northumberland Tyne & Wear (CNTW) to deliver Dementia studies.
This role will focus on Parkinsons research and requires an individual with excellent organizational and communication skills, effective time management, basic IT skills, knowledge of data collection systems and the ability to work autonomously and as part of a team.
Clinical experience and skills such as venepuncture will be desirable but training will be provided to the successful candidate.
The successful candidate will work as an integral member of the CARU research delivery team to provide clinical care to study participants and their families who are participating in research.
This is a Trust wide post.
- Interview Date Wednesday 23 July 2025
- 37 Hours 30 Minutes/Week
- You will be redirected to Trac to apply for the vacancy. Please expand the job details section and read all of the information before applying for the vacancy
NO AGENCIES PLEASE
Main duties of the job
The post holder will be required to:
Fulfil the role of a CTA as per job description.
Support the delivery of clinical trials whilst maintaining a high standard of care and have the skills such as venepuncture, cannulation, ECG – or be willing to obtain these skills – required for these studies.
Ensure compliance with NUTH policies and procedures and adhere to Clinical Governance framework.
Enter study information into appropriate data systems – paper/electronic.
Liaise with the study admin team and study sponsors to ensure accurate data is collected.
Working for our organisation
Our staff oversee over 6,500 patient contacts every day, delivering high standards of healthcare from the following sites:
• Freeman Hospital
• Royal Victoria Infirmary (RVI)
• Health Innovation Neighbourhood (on the former Newcastle General Hospital and Centre for Ageing and Vitality site)
• Newcastle Dental Hospital
• Newcastle Fertility Centre
• Northern Centre for Cancer Care, North Cumbria
• Northern Genetics Service
• Cramlington Manor Walks
These include a range of flagship services which deliver cutting-edge care (supported by state-of-the-art diagnostic services in both radiology and pathology) and are a catalyst for innovation to support pioneering clinical practice in the NHS.
We also have offices at Regent Point in Gosforth and community sites.
Please see attached information on what Staff Benefits we have to offer at our Trust under ‘Documents to download’ or ‘Supporting documents’.
For further information on The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust please visit: Careers | Newcastle Hospitals | NHS | Newcastle Hospitals and Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
- Coordinate and improve trial communication throughout Multi-Disciplinary Teams throughout the Trust
- Maintain effective communication with patients, carers and professional to ensure service delivery
- Communicates effectively with research team and study participants and their family members. Is able to provide patients with information, which may be complex or sensitive, regarding their participation in the clinical trial and the care that they
will receive as a consequence of that - Facilitate the recruitment of research participants in to low risk research studies, which is likely to include quality of life and tissue sample collection studies
- Support the research delivery team to successfully deliver a broad ranging portfolio of clinical trials
- Coordinate and supervise housekeeping duties and ordering of all clinical trial supplies
- Co-ordinate the collection transfer and storage of blood / tissue samples in accordance with the Human Tissue Act 2004 as required by trial protocol
As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
Person specification
Qualifications & Education
Essential criteria
- NVQ level 4 or equivalent qualification or NVQ level 3 and an ability to demonstrate significant experience relevant to role
Knowledge & Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of caring for patients in a professional setting
- Knowledge of medical terminology
- Understanding of the Trust’s confidentiality procedures (Data Protection Act, Caldicott guidelines)
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of any education related training programs pertaining to clinical trials
- Experience of using NHS patient management systems
- Knowledge regarding the mandatory standard regarding conduction/construction of clinical trials (to include ICH GCP, UK Policy Framework for Health and Social Care Research etc.)
Skills & Abilities
Essential criteria
- Ability to coordinate collection of data to agreed timescales
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Ability to communicate well (written and verbally)
- Strong IT skills, specifically in database management and microsoft excel
Desirable criteria
- Venepuncture skills
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Adam Scadeng
- Job title
- Research Nurse
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0191 2081250
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