The post holder will work within the Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust (the Trust) and the Institute of Cancer Research (ICR) Tissue Collection Facility and be responsible, in conjunction with the other Biological Specimen Coordinator(s) for collecting, cataloguing and processing clinical samples (usually tumour and blood specimens) for Translational Research within the Gynaecology Unit.
The post will be responsible for research samples coming through the unit and will ensure all procedures meet with Human Tissue Act (HTA) requirements and Good Clinical Practice UK Regulations for hosted commercial/academic studies as well as all tissue retrieved for central review from all participating centres in the UK and globally for the Trusts sponsored studies running through the Gynaecology unit
The role will involve supervising and assisting Band 4 Biological Specimen Coordinators with day-to-day tasks.
The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust is a world-leading cancer centre. Our role is to offer our patients the best cancer care available anywhere in the world, and to continue to make a global contribution to finding better ways of diagnosing and treating cancer. We employ over 4,500 staff in a diverse range of careers including nursing, medical, science, radiography, pharmacy, occupational therapy, finance and administrative services. We have two hospitals – one in Chelsea, London, and one in Sutton, Surrey – as well as a Medical Daycare Unit in Kingston Hospital.
At The Royal Marsden, we deal with cancer every day, so we understand how valuable life is. When people entrust their lives to us, they have the right to demand the very best. That's why the pursuit of excellence lies at the heart of everything we do.
At the heart of the hospital is our dedicated team. We offer a stimulating and dynamic working environment, a wide range of staff benefits, learning and development opportunities and clear career pathways. There are opportunities to work flexibly across a range of areas and specialities and we welcome flexible working requests from point of hire to support employees work life balance. We are looking for employees who aspire to excellence, share our values and can play a crucial role in our on-going achievements.
For further information on this role, please see the attached detailed Job Description and Person Specification:
- Working independently daily but as an integral part of a busy research department and being responsible for supervision and collection of patient samples for ongoing studies.
- Be responsible for the day-to-day management of samples from multi-centre studies hosted by the Gynae clinical research unit.
- To act as a point of contact for external trial teams and departments to communicate directly with them regarding data queries, audits and other enquiries relevant to the trials run by the Gynae research unit.
- Assist in the setting up, creating and maintaining efficient administrative systems
- Assist with the organisation and set up of initiation of meetings
- To ensure timely and accurate entry of data and relevant information into appropriate database systems
- The post holder will be required to comment on practices and propose changes to improve the service, and lead on day-to-day service provision.
- To maintain a high level of service the post holder will be required to provide holiday/sickness/or when needed cover at both the Surrey and London sites.
- The post holder will be responsible for providing training and supervision of Band 4 biological specimen coordinator posts within the team
- Oversight of Band 4 posts for all tissue collection in relation to hosted and sponsored studies to ensure archival tissue is retrieved from diagnostic centres, logged, tracked and distributed to the relevant sponsor organizations for central review.
