Senior Clinical Research Associate at King’s College London
Job Description
Location: Guy’s Campus
Contact details: Amy Holton. Amy.holton@kcl.ac.uk
Job description
The Kings Health Partners Clinical Trials Office (KHP-CTO) is a joint initiative between the member institutions of King’s Health Partners. It has been set up to provide a single interface for those wishing to conduct clinical trials within the partner institutions, and to ensure that there are common, efficient processes for the set up and administration of clinical trials. http://www.khpcto.co.uk.
The KHP-CTO Quality Team was established in 2008 to manage the Sponsor responsibilities for Clinical Trials of Investigational Medicinal Products (CTIMPs), as defined in the Medicines for Human Use (Clinical Trials) Regulations, for trials sponsored or co-sponsored by King’s Health Partner Organisations. Also to assist Chief Investigators with the set up and initiation of their trials and to ensure that these trials are established and conducted according to Good Clinical Practice (GCP) and the Regulations
The post holder will be required to:
- To lead a team of Clinical Research Associates/Administrators to ensure GCP compliance (through monitoring) and manage the sponsor responsibilities of non-commercial trials on behalf of the Partner Organisations who are acting as sponsor or co-sponsor to ensure regulatory compliance.
- To set up and monitor clinical trials on behalf of the sponsor where one or more of the partner institutions is acting as sponsor, to ensure regulatory compliance.
- To provide support to investigators to ensure they are working to the highest quality standards and to monitor and report on the progress of trials across the partner institutions where one or more of the partners is acting as sponsor or co-sponsor.
The post holder will ensure that investigators and their teams run trials according to sponsor’s SOPs, prevailing regulations and best research practice by providing advice, practical assistance and carrying out monitoring functions as appropriate.
This post will be offered on an indefinite contract contract.
This is a full-time post – 100% full time equivalent. Part time applications will be considered.
