"Clinical Trial Administrator"

About us

The King’s Health Partners Clinical Trials Office (KHP-CTO) is a joint initiative between the member institutions of King’s Health Partners (Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, South London & Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust & Kings College London).

It has been set up to provide a single interface for those wishing to conduct clinical trials within the partner institutions, and to ensure that there are common, efficient processes for the set up and administration of clinical trials.

You will find more information about us on our website: https://khpcto.co.uk/

About the role

We are looking for a highly organised and motivated Clinical Trials Administrator. You will be joining the Quality Team, who are a friendly team of Clinical Research Associates. The main purpose of this role is to:

• Assist the Quality Team to ensure that all trials sponsored or co-sponsored by the partner organisations are conducted in accordance with the Clinical Trial Regulations and the KHP CTO SOPs.
• Provide day to day admin and support to the Quality Team to assist Investigators conducting clinical trials sponsored by the partner institutions ensuring they are working to the highest quality standards.
• Perform File Reviews and conduct archiving of trial documents for the KHP-CTO.

The successful candidate will bear excellent organisational and communication skills and demonstrate experience or willingness to learn meticulous record keeping. All relevant training will be provided.

This is a full-time post (35 Hours per week), and you will be offered an indefinite contract.

About you

To be successful in this role, we are looking for candidates to have the following skills and experience:

Essential criteria

• Educated to GCSE-level or equivalent
• Able to learn and work to SOPs
• Strong planning and organisational skills including the ability to prioritise & manage multiple tasks
• Excellent interpersonal skills – tactful and able to deal with a wide range of people in an enthusiastic & helpful manner whilst being capable of firmly maintaining policies and regulations.
• Problem solving skills – pragmatic and flexible approach whilst maintaining policies & regulations.
• Strong computer skills (proficient with MS WORD, Excel & web-based applications).
• Experience acquired in administration role(s), preferably in either a pharmaceutical industry or clinical research setting, including specific experience of clinical trial administration.
• Excellent verbal & written communication skills with the ability to demonstrate exceptional attention to detail.

Desirable criteria

• Educated to “A” level or degree level preferably in a related subject area, e.g. a life science or clinical subject.
• Knowledge of GCP full working knowledge of local regulatory requirements for the conduct of clinical trials.
• Understanding of Research Governance Framework, Ethics committee & Competent Authority approval processes.
• Understanding of medical terminology & practice
• Experience with Archiving procedures.