Clinical Trials Assistant

The Clinical Trials Assistant is a key administrative role within the Research Delivery Team, providing essential support to ensure the smooth and efficient conduct of clinical research across the Trust. The post holder is responsible for managing and maintaining study documentation, coordinating administrative processes, and supporting the set‑up, day‑to‑day delivery, and close‑out of clinical studies in compliance with Good Clinical Practice (GCP) and Trust procedures.

This role involves working closely with Clinical Research Nurses, Principal Investigators, and wider stakeholders to facilitate the administrative and logistical requirements of research projects. Responsibilities include maintaining accurate study records, preparing regulatory and ethics submissions, scheduling study activities, tracking study progress, and assisting with data management and reporting.

The post holder plays a central role in ensuring high standards of organisation and documentation, contributing to the overall efficiency of the research team and supporting a positive experience for study participants.

Strong attention to detail, excellent organisational skills, and the ability to manage multiple tasks are essential for success in this administrative‑focused position.

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• Provide comprehensive administrative support to the Research & Innovation team to enable the safe and efficient delivery of clinical research studies.
  
• Support study set‑up, day‑to‑day delivery and close‑out activities in line with Good Clinical Practice (GCP), Trust SOPs and regulatory requirements.
  
• Assist Clinical Research Nurses and Practitioners with participant screening, scheduling study visits, follow‑up activities and maintaining accurate study documentation.
  
• Maintain electronic trackers, screening logs, visit logs and study records to support performance monitoring and reporting.
  
• Support monitoring visits, audits and inspections, ensuring essential documentation is complete and readily available.
  
• Liaise with internal departments, external sponsors, Clinical Research Network staff and other stakeholders to support study delivery.
  
• Provide reception and participant‑facing support within the research department, ensuring a positive experience for research participants.
  
• Support data collection, data entry and processing of study documentation in line with data protection and information governance requirements.
  
• Contribute to the smooth running of the Research Delivery Team through effective organisation, communication and workload management.
  

We actively encourage applications irrespective of race, age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage & civil partnership, or pregnancy or maternity. Recognising those communities that are underrepresented within our workforce, we would particularly welcome applications from you.

We recognise that flexible working is important. We take requests for flexible working seriously, consider any request we receive and try to work with you, so we can explore if your request may fit with the needs of the service.

The salary for the role is only one part of the excellent package of benefits we offer to you:

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• Between 27-33 days of annual leave plus bank holidays
  
• NHS pension scheme membership
  
• Salary sacrifice schemes for lease cars, home electronics and more, to make your salary go further
  
• NHS Staff discounts
  
• Cycle to work scheme
  
• Salary finance – for loans, savings, budget planning and tips on managing debt
  
• Stockport Credit Union – for local financial advice
  

Name: Sara Bennett

Job title: Lead Clinical Research Nurse

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Please contact Julie Melville or Sara Bennett for more information.