Study Coordinator - Research & Development

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The NIHR Moorfields Clinical Research Facility (‘CRF’) requires a Study Coordinator on a 12 month fixed term contract.

The post holder will join the research operations team within the Clinical Research Facility based at Moorfields Eye Hospital. The role will involve providing administrative support across one or more designated clinical specialties, as such the post holder is required to work closely with the research lead and other clinical and administrative members of the individual specialty teams.

The post holder will have past experience in research (preferably medical research), with data acquisition and entry into spread sheets, with secretarial skills, literature searching and in using the internet.

The post holder should have keen interest in the coordination of Clinical Research.

The post holder will play a key role in ensuring that departmental research activities are undertaken in line with current research governance regulations.

The post holder will join the research administration team within the Clinical Research Facility based at Moorfields Eye Hospital. The role will involve providing administrative support across one or more designated clinical specialties, as such the post holder is required to work closely with the research lead and other clinical and administrative members of the individual specialty teams.

The post holder will have past experience in research (preferably medical research), with data acquisition and entry into spread sheets, with secretarial skills, literature searching and in using the internet. He/she will be required to work flexibly to ensure that objectives and deadlines are met. He/she is expected to be proactive in developing and implementing procedures and will be required to work with a high degree of autonomy. It is essential that the post holder is able to organise their workload and cope with conflicting demands on their time but prioritise their workload accordingly.

Much of the work is confidential in nature and the post holder is expected to adhere to MEH information governance and confidentiality policies. He or she will be required to attend the basic training course in Research Governance “Good Clinical Practice” within 3 months of starting if he/she has not already done so.

Founded in 1804, Moorfields Eye Hospital is a world-class centre of excellence for eye health services, ophthalmic research and education. We are true pioneers in the fight to cure blindness. Every year we treat more than 750,000 patients at City Road in central London and at 30 satellites, and, in partnership with the UCL Institute of Ophthalmology, we lead one of the most impactful ophthalmic research programmes in the world. We train many of the leading eye care clinicians in the UK and internationally, and have a global reputation for quality and professionalism in ophthalmic care. In addition, Moorfields operates two commercial businesses whose profits support our NHS work: Moorfields Private and Moorfields UAE.

The Moorfields Way is to be caring, organised, excellent and inclusive, and we expect all applicants for our posts to commit to upholding these values.

PROBATIONARY PERIOD

This post will be subject to a probationary period of 6 months.

During the probationary period, your suitability for continued employment will be assessed and provided a satisfactory standard is achieved and maintained, your employment will be confirmed. The probationary period may be extended

Or your employment terminated either during or at the end of probation, in line with the trust Probationary Policy. For the duration of the probation period, the notice period will be in line with contractual obligations on either side.

Provide information, advice and practical support to clinical investigators on study feasibility, ethical approval procedures and research governance.

Work in partnership with the clinical specialties, CRF and NHS R&D to develop the services provided to clinical investigators and contribute to the planning of clinical research programmes in MEH.

Maintain knowledge of R&D developments and research governance through internal and external means and disseminate these developments to others within the Trust.

To conduct communication and submissions of Research Ethics applications, grant applications, reports to grant awarding bodies, reports to Moorfields Eye Hospital R&D Directorate, and to medical and scientific journals.

To extract clinical information from case notes, to receive clinical and scientific information from research collaborators and to input data accurately into research files. This may require travel to partnership research centres in the UK. This includes the appropriate handling and transmission of encrypted and personal data.

Organise and coordinate meetings and events on behalf of the designated clinical specialties, organising facilities, circulating agendas and other information in advance and writing and disseminating minutes.