Clinical Trial Coordinator
At a glance
- Band
- Band 5
- Contract
- Fixed-term
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Hours / week
- 37.5
- Posted
- 09/09/2026
- Closes
- 18/09/2026
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Role summary
This is an exciting opportunity for a Clinical Trial Coordinator at The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, focusing on Gastro-intestinal Cancer and Lymphoma research. The role involves managing clinical trials in accordance with GCP, completing regulatory applications, and ensuring compliance. The successful candidate will work within a multidisciplinary team, playing a key role in developing and initiating national and international trials. Experience in a clinical trials setting and familiarity with medical terminology are essential.
Essential criteria
- Life sciences (or equivalent) degree
- Understanding of clinical trials and regulations governing clinical research
- Minimum of one year's experience of working in a clinical trials setting
- Experience of data entry and data management
Desirable criteria
- Recent Good Clinical Practice training
- Experience of working in the NHS
- Experience of working in the field of cancer
- Skills Abilities/knowledge
- Excellent administrative and organisational skills
- Excellent IT skills including access, excel and power point
- Excellent oral and written communication skills
- Ability to work effectively as part of a team
- Ability to prioritise effectively and manage own workload
- Ability to interact confidently with experts and nonexperts alike
- Ability to maintain adherence to written procedures
- Good attention to detail
- Willingness to travel within the UK and occasionally overseas to attend meetings and conferences
- Willingness to be flexible around contracted working hours ie to attend MDT/research meetings etc
- Education/Qualifications
- Life sciences (or equivalent) degree
- Understanding of clinical trials and regulations governing clinical research
- Minimum of one year's experience of working in a clinical trials setting
- Experience of data entry and data management
- Recent Good Clinical Practice training
- Experience of working in the NHS
- Experience of working in the field of cancer
- Skills Abilities/knowledge
- Excellent administrative and organisational skills
- Excellent IT skills including access, excel and power point
- Excellent oral and written communication skills
- Ability to work effectively as part of a team
- Ability to prioritise effectively and manage own workload
- Ability to interact confidently with experts and nonexperts alike
- Ability to maintain adherence to written procedures
- Good attention to detail
- Willingness to travel within the UK and occasionally overseas to attend meetings and conferences
- Willingness to be flexible around contracted working hours ie to attend MDT/research meetings etc
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 5 at £29,970 – £36,483 a year, across England.
This advert: £36,943 – £44,900 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust
Clinical Trial Coordinator
The closing date is 18 September 2026
Job summary
Clinical Trial Co-ordinator
Medical Oncology Gastro-intestinal & Lymphoma Unit
Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Salary Scale: AfC5 + Outer HCAS
Based: Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, Sutton, Surrey(requirement to work at the London site as and when necessary)
The Royal Marsden NHSFT has an international reputation for high quality patient care, education and research and its partnership with the Institute of Cancer Research has created the largest comprehensive cancer centre in Europe.
An exciting opportunity has arisen at the Sutton site for a Clinical Trial Coordinator position at the forefront of research into Gastro-intestinal Cancer and Lymphoma.
The candidate must have experience of working within a clinical trials setting, familiarity with medical terminology and preferably educated to degree level. You will work within the guidelines and policies for the conduct of clinical trials, ensuring high standards of practice in accordance with the principles of GCP.
The post holder will be part of a multidisciplinary team including experienced medical and nursing staff to support our extensive portfolio of exciting commercial and non-commercial research trials.
Main duties of the job
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