Job Description

The vision of the Trust is to become the leading integrated health, teaching, research and innovation campus in the NHS. Within this context our aim is to ensure that MFT is one of the top 5 NHS Trusts for research and innovation in the U.K. Our capacity for translation of research and innovation into improved patient care will be internationally recognized, both in its own right and in partnership with Manchester Academic Health Science Centre. The Trust is highly committed to embedding research and innovation into its core business and to be able to offer patients the potential to be recruited to appropriate research studies (as per the NHS Constitution).

The Thoracic Oncology ResearChHub (TORCH) at MFT is looking for a motivated Clinical Trials Assistant to join the team and play a key role in delivering an efficient administrative service for research activity conducted at MFT.

This is an exciting opportunity to support our dynamic research team and get involved in many aspects of our research studies. You will actively contribute to the performance and delivery of the team by ensuring you deliver administrative support in a proactive, timely and efficient manner. You'll help us to provide high quality research studies for our patient population to participate in. The Trust is dedicated to supporting its staff, and so you can expect a comprehensive induction, a PDP and on-going training and development opportunities.

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

Our ideal candidate will have good communications skills, a team orientated approach and the ability to plan and undertake work in an accurate, methodical and efficient manner. A good eye for detail is essential, as are strong administrative and IT skills and previous experience in patient databases (ideally in MS Office, PAS/EPR, Lorenzo, Chameleon, Medisec, Medisoft and online databases). Also preferable is an understanding of the clinical trial process, clinical practice, and research governance, together with a familiarity with terminology relevant to Thoracic Oncology / Pulmonary Cancers.