R&D Operations Assistant London, England
Job description
The aim of the role of R&D Operations Assistant is to enhance the overall set up and delivery of clinical research within the Trust by providing support to the R&D Operations team, by assisting with clinical and administrative activities related to research projects, from initiation to termination, in accordance with Good Clinical Practice guidelines.
The R&D Operations Assistant will be responsible for supporting the R&D Operations Team by assisting with a range of administrative and clerical duties including ensuring accurate records are kept and maintained for all new and ongoing research studies.
In addition the post holder will assist the R&D Operations Team by managing departmental trackers for a range of recurring tasks, including report writing and invoice scheduling.
The postholder's main duties will be providing administrative support to the Research Operations Team. This will include ensuring that data on the R&D departmental database is accurate, managing accurate electronic research records and study folders and managing invoice trackers.
The postholder will also supporting data transfer requests, produce reports and assist with audits.
We provide services from two main hospitals, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital and West Middlesex University Hospital, and a number of clinics across London and the South-East.
We have over 6,000 members of staff that are PROUD to Care for nearly one million people. Both hospitals provide full clinical services, including full maternity, emergency and children’s, in addition to a range of community-based services across London, such as award-winning sexual health and HIV clinics.
We’re one of the safest and best performing Trusts in the country. We’re also one of the top trusts to work for – our staff say they’re engaged, motivated, and would recommend us as a place to work and receive treatment.
In 2020 Trust was rated by the Care Quality Commission as Outstanding in the well-led and use of resources domains and Good in the safe, effective, caring, and responsive domains. The Trust as a whole was Good, but the Chelsea site was Outstanding.
Our facilities are some of the best in the country. We have been investing around £10 million a year in our estate. We are currently spending £25 million on expanding our adult and neonatal critical care facilities at Chelsea and Westminster and redevelopment of our children’s unit at West Middlesex – in partnership with our charity, CW+ and generous donors.
- Maintaining project level data on EDGE (the trust’s local portfolio management system)
- Maintaining R&D Operations research study electronic folders and working files
- Maintaining a tracker of research study invoices to be raised
- Assisting with transfer of source data into electronic data capture systems
- Assisting with management of study amendments
- Attending meetings and minute taking as required
- Assisting with audit preparation
- Assisting with the filing of research material such as laboratory and imaging reporting
- Correct storage of research consumables including monitoring use by dates and reducing excess storage
- Procurement of supplies
