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Job summary

Main area
Contracts; Research; Clinical Trials; Research Governance
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 6
Contract
14 months (Fixed-term or secondment)
Hours
  • Full time
  • Flexible working
  • Compressed hours
37.5 hours per week ((Part time 0.8 WTE , flexible working and compressed hours considered))
Job ref
196-RD348
Employer
Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Guy's Hospital
Town
London
Salary
£46,419 - £55,046 p.a. inc HCA
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
13/08/2025 23:59

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Interim R&D Senior Contracts Associate

NHS AfC: Band 6

Guy’s and St Thomas’ is among the UK’s busiest and most successful NHS foundation trusts. We provide a full range of hospital and community services for people in south London and as well as specialist care for patients from further afield including cancer, renal, orthopaedic, respiratory and cardiovascular services.

Guy’s is home to the largest dental school in Europe and a £160 million Cancer Centre opened in 2016. As part of our commitment to provide care closer to home, in 2017 we also opened a cancer centre and a kidney treatment centre at Queen Mary’s Hospital in Sidcup. St Thomas’ has one of the largest critical care units in the UK and one of the busiest emergency departments in London. It is also home to Evelina London Children’s Hospital.

Evelina London cares for local children in Lambeth and Southwark and provides specialist services across south east England including cardiac, renal and critical care services. We lead a number of specialist service networks aiming to ensure children are treated locally where possible, but have access to specialist expertise when they need it. Our community services include health visiting, school nursing and support for families of children with long-term conditions. 

Our adult community services teams deliver care at the heart of the local communities we serve, working in partnership with GPs, local authorities and other healthcare and voluntary sector organisations. Working with our partners in Lambeth and Southwark, we are focusing on new ways of working to improve care for local patients.

In February 2021 the Royal Brompton and Harefield joined Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, bringing together world-leading expertise in the care and research of heart and lung disease. Our merger provides a once in a generation opportunity to build a lasting, world-renowned heart and lung centre, providing the highest quality care for patients and conducting world-leading research.

We have a reputation for clinical excellence and high quality teaching and research. We are part of King’s Health Partners, one of eight accredited UK academic health sciences centres. In partnership with King’s College London we have dedicated clinical research facilities including an MHRA accredited Phase I clinical trials unit.

Patients are at the heart of everything we do and we pride ourselves on ensuring the best possible patient experience as well as safe, high quality care. We are proud to have one of the lowest mortality rates in the NHS. Following a comprehensive Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspection in 2019 we maintained our overall rating of ‘good’. Our adult community services achieved a rating of ‘outstanding’.

The commitment of our 23,500 staff is key to our success. We are one of the largest local employers and we aim to develop and support all our staff so they are able to deliver high quality, safe and efficient care. The 2019 NHS staff survey results show that we have one of the most engaged and motivated workforces in the NHS. We know this has a positive impact on the care provided to our patients.

We have one of the most ambitious capital investment programmes anywhere in the NHS.



Job overview

This fixed-term or secondment role within the R&D Department and presents a training opportunity to move into or progress within Research and Development contracts management and develop within the NHS. Role is suitable for someone with transferrable skills e.g. research governance, trial management, research coordinators/nurses/CRAs, data managers, CRPs or conversely those with law/contracts experience wanting to gain experience in research contract management.

Main duties of the job

You will have excellent communication skills with experience in clinical research contracts in the NHS/HEI/pharma and/or in contracts negotiations.  You will have great attention to detail, excellent communication skills and enjoy liaising with colleagues and staff at all levels.  You will be highly organised and methodical approach to your work, using database and systems to track your workload with exceptional document control skills.

Interested candidates should have an awareness of Health Research Authority's role and an interest in clinical research.  This is an excellent role for someone with some experience of facilitating MTAs, PIC or site agreements, who wants to gain more contracts training and experience. 

Working for our organisation

The R&D Non-Commercial team operates with a flexible working approach. All team members are expected to work a minimum of three days per week on-site at Guy’s Hospital (London Bridge), pro-rata for part-time staff, following an initial training period.

We are open to discussing a variety of flexible working options, including:

  • Part-time roles
  • Job shares
  • Compressed hours (weekly, monthly, or term-time only)

If you are applying for this role as a secondment, please ensure you provide written confirmation of your manager’s support should you be invited to interview.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The post-holders will be responsible for supporting non-commercial research contracts, within the R&D contracts team.  In particular, the negotiation, management and execution of agreements for drug trials, device studies, collaboration agreements,  material transfer agreements (MTAs) , data sharing agreements, model non-commercial agreements (MnCAs)  service level agreements (SLA), confidentiality agreements (CDAs), collaborative and consortium agreements for both national and international studies.

Further information on the role and its requirements can be found in the attached job description and person specification documentation. 

Person specification

Qualifications and Knowledge

Essential criteria
  • Significant postgraduate training in research or biomedical science (Diploma) or equivalent experience in research

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Knowledge of research contracts and agreements, in particular, the review, drafting and amendment of such agreements
  • NHS research governance and / or Health Research Authority ethics experience
Desirable criteria
  • Project management experience

Skills

Essential criteria
  • Excellent oral and written communication skills to communicate effectively with researchers, consultants and staff from different disciplines and administrators at all levels
  • Calm and approachable demeanor with a flexible approach to working and a commitment to quality culture
  • Excellent analytical approach to problem solving and careful attention to detail
  • Able to persuade people to their point of view without causing resentment or damaging working relationships
  • Ability to analyse and interpret research project information and ability to make judgements regarding a range of highly complex research management issues

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Rachel Fay
Job title
R&D Deputy Director (Governance)
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
02071887188
Additional information

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