Clinical Trials Assistant (CTA)

This is an exciting role for a Clinical Trials Assistant (CTA) to be part of a new network of NIHR Primary Care Clinical Research Delivery Centres (CRDC) (Primary Care) to deliver clinical trials based in Dorset. Within the NIHR Dorset CRDC (Primary Care) is an established collaboration consisting of 5 practices who have committed to work together delivering commercial research to our local population. We have a 2-year track record of successful trial delivery. The vision of the NIHR CRDC (Primary Care) is to enable practices across Dorset, who wish to be research active at whatever level, achieve this through the support of the NIHR CRDC (Primary Care). The Adam Practice (TAP) hosts the NIHR CRDC (Primary Care) and will support R&D function including study set up, delivery & finance management. All the practices in the NIHR CRDC (Primary Care) are partners and work as spokes delivering clinical trials for patient benefit.

• Assist and support research nurses with completion of trial paperwork including transcribing/exporting data from medical records/GP Surgery IT systems to Case Report Forms (CRFs) (paper or electronic) as required by clinical trial protocols.
• Ensure clinic appointments/tests required for patients involved in trials are carried out according to the schedule in the protocol.
• Provide general administrative support including filing, typing, fielding telephone calls, retrieving patient test results via hospital IT systems, and arranging meeting dates, times and venues as directed by management.
• Update the trials databases including EDGE with details of patients screened and recruited to trials/research. Training will be provided where necessary.
• Assist research nurses in the day-to-day running of clinical trials, including completing lab work. Full training will be given for this.
• With assistance, make arrangements for pathological samples, radiological films and electronic data to be sent for central review.
• Support the team in preparing documentation for monitoring visits, ensuring all study documentation is available to the monitors during their visit, arranging suitable meeting rooms and acting as a liaison when monitors are on-site.
• Ensure that all research is conducted according to ICH-GCP, the EU Directive on Good Clinical Practice and the Research Governance Guidelines and assist the team in upholding these.

The Adam Practice is a partnership of 16 GPs located across 5 surgeries in Poole, Dorset. This is an exciting opportunity to join our growing primary care team in a forward-thinking, innovative general practice, which has a current CQC rating of Outstanding in Care. Our Research team provides the best possible patient care and benefits our patients. We have been an active research centre for the past 10 years and have worked on early phase studies up to later phase. We are now an accredited NIHR CRDC (Primary Care) facility. As well as our work at the research hub we are continuing to recruit into complex commercial trials.

Additional benefits include access to NHS Pension Scheme and NHS discounts, 6.6 weeks annual leave (inclusive of bank/public holidays that fall in the holiday year). Entitlement is pro-rata for part-time employees.