Clinical Trials Clerk

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic individual to join the Experimental Cancer Medicine Team at The Christie NHS Foundation Trust. The Clinical Trials Clerk will join an established Trials Administration function, working closely with the team Clinical Trials Coordinators, Data Managers and Translational Research Facilitators, and will be involved in various administrative support tasks to provide a high-quality clerical and administrative service.

We are looking for a candidate with previous administrative/clerical experience, good organisation, and communication skills, who can work well both in a team and using their own initiative.

The Christie NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest cancer treatment centres in Europe, and an international leader in cancer research and development. We are one of the leading centres in the UK for clinical trials and radiotherapy research. In 2010, we also opened our new patient treatment centre, the largest clinical trials unit of its kind ough this development, we aspire to put Manchester at the forefront of international research.,

The Christie is one of Europe's leading cancer centres, treating over 60,000 patients a year. We are based in Manchester and serve a population of 3.2 million across Greater Manchester & Cheshire, but as a national specialist around 15% patients are referred to us from other parts of the country. We provide radiotherapy through one of the largest radiotherapy departments in the world;

chemotherapy on site and through 14 other hospitals; highly specialist surgery for complex and rare cancer; and a wide range of support and diagnostic services. We are also an international leader in research, with world first breakthroughs for over 100 years. We run one of the largest early clinical trial units in Europe with over 300 trials every year. Cancer research in Manchester, most of which is undertaken on the Christie site, has been officially ranked the best in the UK.