Assistant Practitioner - Breast Research
At a glance
- Band
- Band 4
- Contract
- Fixed-term
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Posted
- 03/09/2026
- Closes
- 16/09/2026
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Role summary
This Assistant Practitioner role within the Breast Research Team supports Registered Nurses in patient care delivery at The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust. The post holder will provide clerical, clinical, and sample processing support, focusing on handling and storing tissue samples and survival follow-up for clinical trials. They will undertake assigned duties under the supervision of senior nursing staff, assisting with routine clinical and research care for participants. The role involves patient contact and contributing to an efficient service provision.
Essential criteria
- Life sciences (or equivalent) degree or relevant experience
Desirable criteria
- Recent GCP training
- Higher Degree qualification (e.g. MSc)
- Experience of working in an NHS setting, academic institution, or pharmaceutical company.
- Demonstrable experience of working in a clinical trials setting, or an understanding.
- Detailed knowledge of clinical trials, UK Clinical trial regulations, GCP and regulatory framework.
- Experience of working across boundaries with multidisciplinary teams.
- Experience of working in the field of oncology.
- Experience of working in a laboratory and/or with samples
- Skills/Abilities
- Ability to prioritise workload, and adjust own work in light of unexpected events or changing priorities.
- Ability to work effectively to tight deadlines under direction and on own initiative.
- Excellent administrative and organisational skills.
- Excellent IT skills including access, excel and power point.
- Maintain good attention to detail and work with a high level of accuracy.
- Proven problem-solving skills.
- Excellent interpersonal & communication skills with the ability to deal effectively with a wide range of people (e.g. medical & nursing staff, managers, admin staff) in a helpful manner.
- Experience of developing systems and processes to allow efficient management and conduct of sample management.
- Able to work flexibly to meet the needs of the role.
- Able to work in a proactive manner to identify new risks and issues and flag appropriately.
- Willing to travel within the UK and occasionally overseas to attend meetings and conferences.
- Education/Qualifications
- Life sciences (or equivalent) degree or relevant experience
- Recent GCP training
- Higher Degree qualification (e.g. MSc)
- Experience of working in an NHS setting, academic institution, or pharmaceutical company.
- Demonstrable experience of working in a clinical trials setting, or an understanding.
- Detailed knowledge of clinical trials, UK Clinical trial regulations, GCP and regulatory framework.
- Experience of working across boundaries with multidisciplinary teams.
- Experience of working in the field of oncology.
- Experience of working in a laboratory and/or with samples
- Skills/Abilities
- Ability to prioritise workload, and adjust own work in light of unexpected events or changing priorities.
- Ability to work effectively to tight deadlines under direction and on own initiative.
- Excellent administrative and organisational skills.
- Excellent IT skills including access, excel and power point.
- Maintain good attention to detail and work with a high level of accuracy.
- Proven problem-solving skills.
- Excellent interpersonal & communication skills with the ability to deal effectively with a wide range of people (e.g. medical & nursing staff, managers, admin staff) in a helpful manner.
- Experience of developing systems and processes to allow efficient management and conduct of sample management.
- Able to work flexibly to meet the needs of the role.
- Able to work in a proactive manner to identify new risks and issues and flag appropriately.
- Willing to travel within the UK and occasionally overseas to attend meetings and conferences.
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 4 at £26,530 – £29,114 a year, across England.
This advert: £34,186 – £37,389 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an Assistant Practitioner within the Breast Research Team at The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust. The post holder will be based in Chelsea.
The Royal Marsden is a world leader in cancer research, treatment, and education. Together with our academic partner, The Institute of Cancer Research (ICR), we are the largest comprehensive cancer centre in Europe and the only National Institute of Health Research (NIHR) Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) specialising in cancer in the UK.
We are looking for enthusiastic and self-motivated team members to work alongside the Research Nursing team on our new and existing studies contributing to the ground-breaking research run out of this unit.
Main duties of the job
The Assistant Practitioner is an essential valued member of the unit team appointed to support Registered Nurses (RN) in the delivery of patient care. The role involves contact on a physical and psychological level with patients and their families. The post holder will undertake a range of activities under the supervision of a registered nurse, having been assessed and deemed competent in the activities required.
As part of a multidisciplinary team the post holder will contribute to the efficient service provision by providing clerical, clinical and sample processing support and will take a lead on the handling and sto
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