Senior Clinical Trials Data Manager

at  The Christie NHS Foundation Trust

The post holder will act as they key co-ordinator for assigned clinical trials administration teams to proactively ensure the provision of a comprehensive, high quality and efficient data management service. They will be involved in work allocation and monitoring across these teams, as well as their own workload comprising of data entry and query resolution as appropriate to the needs of their assigned teams. They will also be responsible for providing line management support activities for administrative team members as required by the post holder’s line manager.
The post holder will support the work of the clinical research teams to ensure compliance with Trust Policy, Good Clinical Practice (GCP), standard operating procedures, research governance framework and all other relevant requirements.

The post holder will assist with the data management and administration of clinical trials from feasibility to archiving including (but not limited to):

• Facilitate the efficient and timely set up of clinical trials by creating trial workbooks for source data collection and ensuring these are ready for implementation.
• Manage own workload for daily trial activity including case report form (CRF) completion and query resolution to meet internal and external deadlines, whilst supporting and overseeing the workload of direct line reports.
• Support junior members of staff to work effectively to deadlines, manage a competing workload and prioritise effectively.
• Ensure quality assurance of all trial related documentation in accordance with relevant legislation and guidelines.
• Preparation for audit and inspections within assigned teams and implementation of action plans.
• Assist with the induction and training of new members of the research team.
• Contribute to the wider divisional and organisational needs of the Trust as appropriate.
• The post holder will be expected to be flexible to respond to change and organisational need.

The Christie is one of Europe’s leading cancer centres, treating over 60,000 patients a year. We are based in Manchester and serve a population of 3.2 million across Greater Manchester & Cheshire, but as a national specialist around 15% patients are referred to us from other parts of the country.
We provide radiotherapy through one of the largest radiotherapy departments in the world; chemotherapy on site and through 14 other hospitals; highly specialist surgery for complex and rare cancer; and a wide range of support and diagnostic services. We are also an international leader in research, with world first breakthroughs for over 100 years.
We run one of the largest early clinical trial units in Europe with over 300 trials every year. Cancer research in Manchester, most of which is undertaken on the Christie site, has been officially ranked the best in the UK.