About usThe UCL Institute for Global Health (IGH) is at the heart of UCL’s Grand Challenge of Global Health. The Institute’s vision is for a world where international policy on global health is informed by world class research. IGH aims to support the development of robust solutions to aspects of the world’s major global health challenges through scholarly outputs, education, public engagement, translational research and ultimately by influencing public policy and professional practice. The Centre for Clinical Research in Infection and Sexual Health has a research programme covering a wide range of studies from observational cohort studies, qualitative and mixed methods studies to intervention trials. The Centre works closely with its principal clinical partner, the Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust (CNWL). The Centre is responsible for the delivery of all clinical studies in HIV and sexual health at CNWL. University College London Hospital Division of Infection integrates the in-patient and out-patient infectious diseases, Tropical medicine services and Infection Control. The division also hosts the Hospital for Tropical diseases (at the Mortimer Market Centre), the Find & Treat service and the NaTHNaC travel advice centre. About the roleThe Clinical Studies Manager will work across two research groups: the clinical research group of the Institute for Global Health at the Mortimer Market Centre (working with the sexual health and HIV services of Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust) and the clinical infection group that sits within the Infection Division at UCLH (working with the infection service at UCLH Trust). The post will be based at the Mortimer Market Centre, while working across the two organisations. The post offers an excellent opportunity to learn clinical research study management skills working on a broad portfolio of infection-related studies. While the post holder will work under a substantive contract with UCL, and an honorary contract at UCLH, the roles will be split 50:50 between the two organisations. Subject to a successful basic Disclosure and Barring Service check, the post holder will have honorary contracts with other NHS organisations as required, principally with the CNWL which runs the sexual health, HIV and BBV clinical services at the Mortimer Market Centre. Other honorary contracts with our partner organisations will be arranged as deemed necessary. The post holder will be based within the busy clinical research teams at MMC and UCLH and will take responsibility for the coordination and management of a clinical research portfolio comprising in-house, national, and international studies, including both observational and interventional trials and studies recruiting at our NHS sites. They will be responsible for co-ordination of both observational and interventional studies. The post holder will lead on all aspects of study management through all stages, including feasibility assessment, set up, study delivery through to archiving and meeting agreed patient recruitment targets where possible, acting as the key point of contact with stakeholders to oversee study conduct from set-up to close down. They will work with other members of the clinical research team to ensure that studies are delivered within the proposed timeframe and in accordance with Good Clinical Practice (GCP), the Declaration of Helsinki and applicable legislation. This role is available immediately for 12 months in the first instance. An acceptable basic DBS check is required to carry out this role. A job description and person specification can be accessed at the bottom of this page. Salary range: £42,099 - £50,585 per annum (including London Allowance), depending on experience. If you have any queries about the role, please contact Dr Emmi Suonpera (e.suonpera@ucl.ac.uk), Clinical Project Manager or Ms Michelle Berkeley (michelle.berkeley@nhs.net), Lead Research Nurse, UCLH Infection Division. If you need reasonable adjustments or a more accessible format to apply for this job online or have any queries about the application process, please contact the IGH HR Team on IGH.HR@ucl.ac.uk About youThe post holder should have:
Excellent organisational, administration, numeracy, and accuracy skills and excellent attention to detail are also essential requirements for this role. What we offerAs well as the exciting opportunities this role presents, we also offer some great benefits some of which are below:
Visit https://www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/reward-and-benefits to find out more. Our commitment to Equality, Diversity and InclusionAs London’s Global University, we know diversity fosters creativity and innovation, and we want our community to represent the diversity of the world’s talent. We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where we all belong. We therefore particularly encourage applications from candidates who are likely to be underrepresented in UCL’s workforce. These include people from Black, Asian and ethnic minority backgrounds; disabled people; LGBTQI+ people; and for our Grade 9 and 10 roles, women. Our department holds an Athena SWAN Silver award, in recognition of our commitment and demonstrable impact in advancing gender equality.
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