Team Leader: Clinical Trials Team

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Team Leader of the Cancer Research Delivery Group (CRDG) at St. Bartholomew's Hospital.

We are seeking an innovative, enthusiastic Team Leader with significant knowledge and understanding of clinical research in oncology. They should have expert experience of planning, coordinating and conducting cancer clinical trials as well as clinical audits. The applicant should also have excellent communication skills, be able to make decisions, effective management skills and the ability to prioritize workload. Experience of training and motivating teams to ensure high standards of quality are maintained in delivering clinical trials as well manage the care and follow up of trial patients, as per regulatory requirement, are essential.

Main duties of the job

The Team Leader is part of the CRDG management team, prime focus of the role is:

• Working with clinical and academic staff in all stages of the development of the cancer research portfolio.
• Improving patient recruitment into clinical trials.
• Providing management of a team of Clinical Research Nurses, Clinical Trial Practitioners and Research Administrators.
• Developing strategies for efficient management and delivery of clinical trials.
• Ensuring the team meets appropriate key performance indicators (KPIs) and Centre Objectives.

In bringing together laboratory and clinical patient-based research, our Centre promotes translational work needed to develop new anti-cancer drugs and diagnostics from the laboratory into clinics and then to test them in early phase clinical trials, and develop them into late phase trials.

About us

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain's leading healthcare providers.

The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.

Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.

We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.

Job responsibilities

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below.

Person Specification

Experience

• Experience of at least 1 year as a Band 6 Clinical Trial Practitioner or Research Nurse in oncology trials. Nursing applicants must be chemotherapy trained.
• Experience in tackling clinical trial recruitment challenges.

Skills

• Ability to lead the allocated tumour group in service improvement and meeting targets.
• Can prove basic computer literacy in Windows and IT systems.
• Ability to plan, allocate and supervise the work of a team providing clear constructive feedback in order to maintain and improve performance.
• Ability to prioritise clinical work effectively.
• Ability to work as part of a multidisciplinary team.
• Ability to communicate effectively at all levels across the Department and Directorate / Trust / Organisations both written and orally.
• Ability to communicate with patients in an empathetic manner regarding their treatment and procedures.

Knowledge

• Extensive knowledge of GCP and clinical regulations.
• Knowledge of costing a clinical trial.

Qualifications

• BSc in Scientific, healthcare or related discipline or equivalent experience of operational management of clinical trials within the NHS.

Other

• Demonstrate an enthusiastic, approachable and friendly manner.
• Willingness to work flexible hours on occasion.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.