Job vacancy: Project Manager - Trial Access to Private Patients, The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, Chelsea

Job summary

Main area: Administration
Grade: NHS AfC: Band 8a
Contract: 6 months (Fixed Term)
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref: 282-CR1270

Employer: The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Royal Marsden Hospital Chelsea
Town: Chelsea
Salary: £64,156 - £71,148 Per Annum
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 10/03/2026 23:59

Project Manager - Trial Access to Private Patients

NHS AfC: Band 8a

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For further information on this role, please see the attached detailed Job Description and Person Specification:

To comprehensively map the current range of barriers to Private Patients enrolling in clinical trials at the Royal Marsden, seeking input from Private Medical Insurers, Embassies, R&D leads, Private Care Division leads, and patients and their families.
Understand how these issues have been addressed successfully in other centres, assessing the appropriateness of these solutions to the Royal Marsden’s context.
Engage with trial sponsors to understand their views and preferences, exploring in particular how the large number of international patients treated at RM could add valuable demographic diversity.
Discuss with trial sponsors and embassies the options for ensuring international patients can continue to adhere to trial protocols even through follow-up.
Create a clear benefits case for the inclusion of Private Patients in RM trials, from the perspective of the trust, trial sponsors, payors and patients.
Lead conversations, alongside colleagues from the Private Care Division, with Private Medical Insurers and Embassies around how private patients could be supported to enter trials – focusing on the financial, logistical, and any other key implications.

Person specification

Education/Qualifications

Essential criteria

Higher degree qualification (e.g. MSc) in a relevant subject or role or equivalent experience.
Recognised Good Clinical Practice certification.
Commitment to continued professional development.

Desirable criteria

Project management qualification (e.g. PRINCE 2).

Experience

Essential criteria

Significant experience of working in an NHS or HEI environment.
Extensive experience of working in clinical research ideally in a governance or clinical operations role.
Extensive experience and excellent skills in project and programme/change management.
Experience of cross-organisational working and managing multiple senior stakeholders in research projects and programmes.
Outstanding communication and diplomacy skills.
Experience of working with staff from a range of backgrounds and different levels of seniority.
Good experience of managing change.
Experience of leading and managing meetings and producing reports.

Skills / knowledge

Essential criteria

Able to work unsupervised, managing and prioritising workload, meeting deadlines and exercising initiative.
Able to analyse and communicate complex issues to staff at all levels.
Excellent written and verbal skills and to produce clear written and verbal reports.
Excellent interpersonal skills.
Strong leadership skills.
Able to build effective relationships with a wide range of people.
Innovative and creative thinker.
Able to network effectively.
Able to represent The Royal Marsden and The Institute of Cancer Research externally.
Effective planning and organisational skills.
Able to work under pressure and handle working on a wide range of areas simultaneously.
General IT skills – databases, spreadsheets etc.
Good attention to detail.
Extensive expert knowledge of legal, ethical, managerial and regulatory requirements for clinical trials and studies.
Knowledge of developing budgets for clinical trials and the need for full cost recovery.
A detailed understanding of the clinical trials approval process to conduct clinical research in the UK.
Knowledge of the requirements of clinical trials and clinical research projects during their life-cycle especially at the start-up stage.

Other requirements

Essential criteria

Flexible attitude and capable of dealing with changing working conditions.
Able to work on both sites and to be flexible to meet the needs of the role.

The Royal Marsden values diversity and is committed to the recruitment and retention of underrepresented minority groups. We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQ+ candidates and candidates with disabilities.

As a Disability Confident Employer, we are working to create a workplace that enables all staff to reach their full potential. We are committed to this because we know that greater diversity and inclusion will lead to an even greater positive impact for the people we serve.

Due to the high volumes of applications we receive, we reserve the right to close any adverts before the published closing date once we have received a sufficient number of applications. We advise you to submit your application as early as possible to prevent disappointment. Please ensure your information is accurate to avoid errors with processing your application

All applicants will be contacted by email to the address supplied on your application. Applicants are advised to check their email accounts regularly and to ensure that email filters are set to allow our emails.

Flu Vaccination – What We Expect of our Staff

At The Royal Marsden we have an immune compromised patient population who we must protect as much as we can against the flu virus. Each year, seasonal flu affects thousands of people in the UK. Occurring mainly in winter, it is an infectious respiratory disease capable of producing symptoms ranging from those similar to a common cold, through to very severe or even fatal disease.

The wellbeing of our staff and patients is of the upmost importance to us, and it is the expectation of The Royal Marsden that all patient-facing staff have an annual flu vaccination, provided free of charge by the Trust.