Vacancies with Registered CTUs

Job title: REDCap Database Officer
Salary: £34,982-£40,855 per annum
Contract type: Fixed term (2 years in the first instance)
Working pattern: Full time
Closing date: 19 August 2025 (12 noon)
 
We have an exciting opportunity for an OCTRU REDCap Database Officer, to join the Oxford Clinical Trials Research Unit, within NDORMS. This position is part of the expanding OCTRU programming team, that ensures trial programming provision enables and proactively supports excellent research with high quality fully validated systems. On receipt of database specification documents (case report forms) that have been developed by the wider trial team, the primary role of the post holder is to use these to create data collection systems for trials primarily using the REDCap system and other systems.
 
As an OCTRU REDCap Database Officer you will be part of a team that provides the day-to-day operation of the Unit’s data management systems; including the monitoring and maintenance of databases and user administration. You will be responsible for adding new trials to OCTRU IT systems, including the creation of electronic case report forms and randomisation instances as required in Commercial Off the Shelf systems – the main system used being REDCap. You will also investigate and implement suitable alternative training delivery methods, at the top level this includes reviewing the existing OCTRU IT training provision to end users. You will have management responsibility of the digital data pathway from trial completion into a state of digital archive readiness, then moving the datasets into DigiSafe. You will also be responsible for the development of documentation in the area of data management systems and computer system validation documentation.
 
You must be educated to a degree level with experience of data manipulation/analysis and management. It is essential that you have REDCap experience and a familiarity with Microsoft Office products (Word, Excel and PowerPoint). You will be well organised with the ability to manage and prioritise multiple demands and have a high level of motivation and flexibility with the ability to organise and to take responsibility for own work and seeing tasks through to completion. Familiarity with Database tools and programs (e.g. PGAdmin, text editors, XAMPP) and SQL and/or PHP, experience in database administration are desirable.
 
Interviews are scheduled to take place on 28th August 2025.
 
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Job title: Director of the Sheffield Clinical Trials Research Unit
Salary: £70,579 to £135,065 per annum
Contract type: Permanent
Working pattern: Full time
Closing date: 17 August 2025

We are recruiting a Director for our Clinical Trials Research Unit (CTRU). CTRU is a UK Clinical Research Collaboration (UKCRC)-registered clinical trials unit providing high-quality support in running clinical trials in line with international regulatory standards, from the planning stages right through to analysis and reporting.

As the Director of the CTRU, you will have overall responsibility for a portfolio of trials and for developing and expanding the CTRU portfolio into trials of cancer interventions.

Leading a unit of nearly 100 researchers that sits in the School of Medicine and Population Health, you will make a full contribution to the vision and strategy of the University of Sheffield, delivering excellent teaching and research.

This is a tremendous opportunity to drive forward our tradition of excellence in clinical and translational research for the benefit of all our communities, work with our partners to address inequalities in healthcare and lead our ambition in line with Yorkshire Cancer Research (YCR) investment for a new Cancer Research Clinical Trials Centre at Sheffield to facilitate our vision.
You will join a friendly, highly collegial, innovative and collaborative research environment and, as a leader in your field, be excited by the opportunity to shape the clinical trials and cancer research agenda at the University of Sheffield; a top 100 University in the QS World Rankings with our research ranked in the top 10 for impact (REF2021).

If you share our ambitions and drive to make a positive difference, we would be delighted to talk to you.

For informal enquiries please contact Mark Strong (PA Francesca Baker f.a.baker@sheffield.ac.uk).
 
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Job title: Senior Research Fellow/Research Fellow in Statistics
Salary: £39,355 to £57,422 per annum
Contract type: Fixed Term (Available to 30/11/2029)
Working pattern: Full time
Closing date: 7 August 2025
 
The role
This role will be based at the Academic Unit for Ageing & Stroke Research (ASR) on the Bradford Teaching Hospitals site, with co-location at the Leeds Institute of Clinical Trials Research (LICTR) on the main University of Leeds campus, with scope for it to be undertaken in a hybrid manner. We are also open to discussing flexible working arrangements.
 
Are you an ambitious and talented statistician with expertise in individual participant data meta-analysis (IPDMA) of clinical trials and related methodological projects? Do you want to join a leading research centre to implement high quality health and social care research?
 
We are seeking to appoint a dynamic statistician to join our centres of excellence in the Academic Unit for Ageing & Stroke Research (ASR), part of Leeds Institute of Health Sciences, and in the Complex Interventions Division at Leeds Institute of Clinical Trials Research (LICTR). 
 
This role is an exciting opportunity to take a role in the development, management and analysis of a new repository of Individual Participant Data (IPD) from ageing research trials. The work is an international partnership, funded through a prestigious National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Research Professorship award, overseen by the global Ageing Research Trialists (ART) collaborative, alongside a new UK Multiple Long-Term Conditions Collaborative (UK MTC) funded by NIHR.
 
Further details
Interviews to take place w/c 1 September 2025

To explore the post further or for any queries you may have, please contact:
Andrew Clegg, Professor of Geriatric Medicine and Head of the Academic Unit for Ageing & Stroke Research. Email: a.p.clegg@leeds.ac.uk 
Or
Amanda Farrin, Professor of Clinical Trials and Evaluation of Complex Interventions and Director of the Complex Interventions Division, Leeds Institute of Clinical Trials Research Email: a.j.farrin@leeds.ac.uk
 
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Job title: Clinical Trial Administrator
Salary: £30,805 to £31,637 per annum (pro rata)
Contract type: Fixed term
Working pattern: Full time (part time considered)
Closing date: 25 July 2025

The Role
We have an exciting opportunity for a Clinical Trials Administrator to join our successful UKCRC registered Clinical Trials Unit.

You will work within a multi-disciplinary team including Trial and Data Managers to ensure that clinical trials are managed in line with sponsor, regulatory and research governance requirements. This is an exceptional opportunity for the right individuals to join our team.

You should be an enthusiastic and motivated individual with strong administration, communication and organisational skills, as well as excellent attention to detail. A working knowledge of Good Clinical Practice and experience of project planning and management are desirable for this post.
 
Further details
This post is full time, fixed term until 31.08.26. Part time working would be considered.

Enquiries about this post can be made through: Miss Chrissie Butcher (Senior Trial Manager) chrissie.butcher@newcastle.ac.uk

Further details about NCTU can be found via the following link: https://www.ncl.ac.uk/nctu/trials/
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Job title: Clinical Trials Administrator
Salary: £40,201 – £44,722 pro rata per annum plus benefits
Contract type: fixed term for 12 months in the first instance
Working pattern: Part-time (0.5FTE)
Closing date: 28 July 2025

About the role
We are looking for a new Clinical Trials Administrator to join our team at the Imperial Clinical Trials Unit (ICTU) at Imperial College London.
 
Based within the School of Public Health at Imperial, the Imperial Clinical Trials Unit (ICTU) works to bring together academic and trial management expertise. Trial designs range from early stage to large confirmatory studies, with a focus currently on a number of therapeutic areas including cancer, cardiovascular and metabolic diseases, respiratory disease, emergency medicine and critical care, HIV and infectious diseases. Other key areas currently being developed include surgery and hepatology research.

What you would be doing
This is a key role within the trial team, and you will provide essential day-to-day trial administration for a range of studies on the ICTU portfolio to help ensure that the studies are conducted to the highest scientific, ethical and regulatory standards. You will also undertake some general administrative duties for the Trial Managers as well as support trial data management as required.
 
Further details
Travel is expected between the Imperial College campuses and research sites as detailed in the job description.
 
Should you have any informal queries, please contact Mrs Alex Baker: a.williams@imperial.ac.uk  
 
For a full role description, and to apply, please click here.

Job title: Clinical Trial Monitor (maternity cover)
Salary: £43,374 – £51,860 per annum, inc. London Allowance
Contract type: Fixed term (12 months)
Working pattern: Full time
Closing date: 23 July 2025
 
About us
The Cancer Research UK & UCL Cancer Trials Centre (CTC) is a UKCRC registered and NCRI Clinical Trials Unit group member: https://www.ctc.ucl.ac.uk/. It is a major research department within the UCL Cancer Institute (https://www.ucl.ac.uk/cancer/), which consists of over 400 scientists working together to translate research discoveries into developing safer and more effective therapies for cancer patients. The CTC Director is Professor Allan Hackshaw.

The CTC is responsible for the development, design and conduct of clinical trials to evaluate new approaches to the treatment or early detection of cancer. It is one of the largest cancer trials centres in the UK, conducting predominantly multicentre phase II and III trials using survival, tumour response or quality of life as endpoints; as well as large-scale cancer screening studies, and observational studies. There is an expanding portfolio of phase I, II and feasibility studies, some with biological endpoints, and most trials now include a translational research component. The CTC is conducting more than 110 national and international trials (ongoing or in set-up) with more than 115 members of staff, involving the recruitment of several thousand patients.

Currently the CTC portfolio is divided into 4 trial groups: (i) Haematological and Brain cancers; (ii) Upper and Lower Gastrointestinal tract, Head & Neck, Prostate cancers and Sarcoma, (iii) Gynaecological and Lung cancers; and (iv) Advanced Therapies. These groups reflect the type of work currently undertaken within the CTC. However, the CTC works flexibly and adapts to changing needs of the local and national research environment, and so these groups and divisions may evolve over time.

About the role
The main purpose of the post is to conduct monitoring visits at participating trial sites to ensure that: the rights, safety and well-being of human subjects are being protected, reported trial data are accurate, and the trial is being conducted in compliance with the protocol and applicable regulatory requirements, including Good Clinical Practice. The postholder will work on specific CTC trials with on-site/remote monitoring requirements and will also support CTC trial teams in the preparation of monitoring documentation and assist with centralised monitoring of documents submitted by trial sites.

About you
The postholder will have significant knowledge of the biomedical or life sciences area (e.g. BSc in related field), as well as familiarity with current clinical trial and research regulatory requirements (in particular the Medicines for Human Use (Clinical Trials) Regulations, UK Policy Framework for Health and Social Care Research and GDPR), relevant national requirements and associated guidance documents, all as amended. An understanding of monitoring processes and risk-based monitoring and experience of report writing is essential.
 
Further details
The CTC offers hybrid working with staff being able to work flexibly between our office and home, along with core hours and flexible start/finish times. Staff are expected to work onsite for a minimum of 60% of their time (3 days per week for full time staff), however given the nature of this post and the regular off-site visits required, this would be flexible.

This post is available as a 12-month secondment for internal UCL employees only, or a 12-month fixed-term contract for external applicants to provide maternity cover. Please advise if you are applying for the secondment or the fixed term post on your application to assist with shortlisting.
 
If you have any queries about the post, please contact ctc.hr@ucl.ac.uk.

For a full role description, and to apply, please click here.

Job title: Senior Lecturer/CTRU Portfolio Lead
Salary: £60,907 per annum
Contract type: Permanent
Working pattern: Full time
Closing date: 30 July 2025

The role
A position has arisen for a Senior Lecturer/CTRU Portfolio Lead based in the Sheffield Clinical Trials Research Unit (CTRU).   Sheffield CTRU aims to grow and diversify its portfolio of multi-centre clinical trials and intervention evaluation studies.  The Senior Lecturer/CTRU Portfolio Lead will be responsible for trial design, grant development and submission as well as senior level oversight of study implementation, including oversight of CTIMPs (Clinical Trials of Investigational Medicinal Products). 

You will work closely with CTRU staff and study Chief Investigators to secure research funding and ensure that studies under your supervision are implemented in accordance with randomised controlled trial scientific principles, the study protocols and regulatory standards. You will have teaching and staff management responsibilities and will contribute to the strategic development of the trial’s unit and to methodological research in the area of clinical trials.
 
You will provide oversight of all aspects of CTRU input into the studies within your portfolio and ensure that delivery of the studies meets regulatory frameworks and the requirements of the funder. Experience of project-managing large, multi-centre clinical trials is essential. Experience of NIHR funding programmes is also essential.
 
Further details
For informal enquiries about this job contact Professor Stephen Walters, Interim Clinical Trials Research Unit Director on s.j.walters@sheffield.ac.uk or on 0114 2220730.

For a full role description, and to apply, please click here.

Job Title: Information Governance and Data Linkage Manager
Salary: £40,497 to £48,149 per annum 
Contact type: Permanent
Working pattern: Full time
Deadline: 8 August 2025
 
The Edinburgh Clinical Trial Unit at the Usher Institute within The University of Edinburgh is looking for an Information Governance and Data Linkage Manager to support delivery of its portfolio of clinical trials that use healthcare systems data.

The Opportunity:
The Edinburgh Clinical Trials Unit (ECTU) was founded in 2006, and encompasses the expertise and infrastructure for running multi-center clinical trials led by Edinburgh researchers. Having full registration within the UKCRC Clinical Trials Unit registration framework, ECTU has an established track record in delivering high quality clinical trials and works under a quality framework in accordance with ICH GCP.

Working within the ECTU Research Development and Trial Planning Team, the post holder will use their expertise in information governance (IG), data linkage and data management to ensure that the requirements for clinical trials that use healthcare systems data (e.g., clinical information from electronic health records, health administrative data, disease registries, etc.) are met. The post-holder will liaise with internal and external stakeholders to design, plan, manage, and audit confidential/sensitive patient data flows in and out of Trusted Research Environments (TREs) for clinical trials within the ECTU portfolio.

Your skills and attributes for success:
~ Experience in a clinical research environment, ideally within data management/ information governance.
~ Knowledge of IG and Caldicott principles, and Good Clinical Practice (GCP).
~ Strong IT literacy and experience with database systems, e.g., Electronic Data Capture systems.
~ Experience of Trusted Research Environment (TRE) use and administration.
 
Further information
Informal enquiries may be directed to: Tony Wackett, Data Management & Programming Architect, Tony.Wackett@ed.ac.uk.

For a role description, and to apply, please click here.

Job title: Data Collection and Processing Assistant
Salary: £26,948 – £27,233 per annum
Contract type: Fixed term (18 months in the first instance)
Working pattern: Full time
Closing date: 12 August 2025
 
We are looking for a Data Collection and Processing Assistant to join our team within Oxford Trauma and Emergency Care, Kadoorie Critical Care Research Centre. You will be a critical member of an administrative team working on medical research studies. You will learn how good quality research data is captured and processed – work that will influence what treatments NHS patients receive. You will be working within a supportive team who value training and personal development.
 
As a Data Collection and Processing Assistant you will provide assistance with data entry for research projects and perform follow-up study data collection via telephone and deal with incoming and outgoing post. You will assist the research administrative team when carrying out missing data/quality checks by reviewing study documents, checking against query lists and contacting hospital staff for further information. You must ensure the confidentiality and security of data at all times in accordance with the Data Protection Act as well as maintain accurate records and keep an up-to-date filing system.
 
You must be educated to at least GCSE (or equivalent), grade C or above, including Maths and English. You must be able to demonstrate practical use of information technology systems, in particular database systems, Microsoft Office packages, e-mail and Internet and have data entry experience with an ability to record data accurately. You will be able to demonstrate effective organisational and teamworking skills and possess effective verbal and written communication skills including an ability to effectively deal with telephone and email enquiries. Knowledge of medical terminology and experience of working in a call centre are desired.
 
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