Job vacancy: Senior Clinical Trial Coordinator, The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, Sutton

Job summary

Main area: Administration
Grade: NHS AfC: Band 6
Contract: 11 months (fixed term)
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref: 282-CR1909

Employer: The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Royal Marsden Hospital Sutton
Town: Sutton
Salary: £45,953 - £54,254 per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 05/10/2026 23:59

Senior Clinical Trial Coordinator

NHS AfC: Band 6

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For further information please refer to the job description and personal specification

Primary areas of responsibility
These responsibilities will be carried out under the guidance of the operations manager.

Service Delivery:

• Responsible for implementation of systems and processes within the Unit.

• Under the direction of the Operations Manager/Senior Trial Manger to lead in implementation of systems within the Unit to ensure all Clinical Trials are conducted in accordance with all regulatory requirements including:
o Medicines for Human Use (Clinical Trials) Regulations
o Research Governance Framework for Health and Social Care
o Human Tissue Act

• To coordinate the portfolio research meeting ensuring appropriate, documented monitoring of the clinical trial portfolio.

• To be a member of the Trial Coordination Forum.

• To supervise other clinical trial coordinators and clinical trial administrators within the Unit as appropriate.

Coordination of specific trials allocated to the Coordinator within the Unit’s portfolio. Trial Set Up and Maintenance

• Initiate and manage day to day running of allocated trial(s) in accordance with GCP and RMH / ICR SOPs, policies and procedures.

• Complete applications to REC, HRA, MHRA and CCR for new research proposals.

Trial Conduct

• Responsible for ensuring all research within the clinical unit receives all relevant regulatory approval before it commences.

• Responsible for ensuring the Unit’s Clinical Research Portfolio is conducted in accordance with all regulatory requirements.

Trial Closure

• Ensure trial closure is notified to Clinical R&D Office, Sponsor, REC, HRA and MHRA as appropriate.

• Ensure appropriate archiving of trial documentation.

Person specification

Education/Qualifications

Essential criteria

Recent GCP training
Life Sciences (or equivalent) degree or relevant experience

Experience/Knowledge

Essential criteria

Demonstrable experience of working in a clinical trial setting
Understanding of clinical trials and regulations governing clinical research

Desirable criteria

Experience of trial set up/management experience in an academic institution/hospital
Experience of working in the field of haematology/oncology

Skills/Abilities

Essential criteria

Ability to prioritise workload and adjust own work in light of unexpected events or changing priorities.
To be able to use own initiative planning own work and work unsupervised where appropriate.
Excellent administrative and organisational skills
Excellent IT skills including access, excel and power point
Experience of data entry and data management
Excellent oral and written communication skills
Ability to interact with, influence an motivate people at all levels
Ability to interact confidently with experts and non-experts alike
Good attention to detail
Ability to maintain adherence to written procedures
Experience of problem solving

Desirable criteria

Experience of supervising administrative staff

Other Requirements

Essential criteria

Able to work on both sites and to be flexible to meet the needs of the role

Desirable criteria

Willingness to travel within the UK and occasionally overseas to attend meetings and conferences

The Royal Marsden values diversity and is committed to the recruitment and retention of underrepresented minority groups. We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQ+ candidates and candidates with disabilities.

As a Disability Confident Employer, we are working to create a workplace that enables all staff to reach their full potential. We are committed to this because we know that greater diversity and inclusion will lead to an even greater positive impact for the people we serve.

Due to the high volumes of applications we receive, we reserve the right to close any adverts before the published closing date once we have received a sufficient number of applications. We advise you to submit your application as early as possible to prevent disappointment. Please ensure your information is accurate to avoid errors with processing your application

All applicants will be contacted by email to the address supplied on your application. Applicants are advised to check their email accounts regularly and to ensure that email filters are set to allow our emails.

Flu Vaccination – What We Expect of our Staff

At The Royal Marsden we have an immune compromised patient population who we must protect as much as we can against the flu virus. Each year, seasonal flu affects thousands of people in the UK. Occurring mainly in winter, it is an infectious respiratory disease capable of producing symptoms ranging from those similar to a common cold, through to very severe or even fatal disease.

The wellbeing of our staff and patients is of the upmost importance to us, and it is the expectation of The Royal Marsden that all patient-facing staff have an annual flu vaccination, provided free of charge by the Trust.