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Job summary

Main area
Contracts; Research; Law; Agreements; R&D; Administration
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 5
Contract
Fixed term: 14 months (Maternity cover)
Hours
  • Full time
  • Flexible working
  • Compressed hours
  • Annualised hours
37.5 hours per week (Part-time will be considered (0.8 or 4 days per week) along with other flexible working options)
Job ref
196-RD352
Employer
Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Guy's Hospital
Town
London
Salary
£37,259 - £45,356 per annum inc HCA (pro rata if part time)
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
20/08/2025 23:59

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R&D Contracts Associate

NHS AfC: Band 5

Guy’s and St Thomas’ is among the UK’s busiest and most successful NHS foundation trusts. We provide a full range of hospital and community services for people in south London and as well as specialist care for patients from further afield including cancer, renal, orthopaedic, respiratory and cardiovascular services.

Guy’s is home to the largest dental school in Europe and a £160 million Cancer Centre opened in 2016. As part of our commitment to provide care closer to home, in 2017 we also opened a cancer centre and a kidney treatment centre at Queen Mary’s Hospital in Sidcup. St Thomas’ has one of the largest critical care units in the UK and one of the busiest emergency departments in London. It is also home to Evelina London Children’s Hospital.

Evelina London cares for local children in Lambeth and Southwark and provides specialist services across south east England including cardiac, renal and critical care services. We lead a number of specialist service networks aiming to ensure children are treated locally where possible, but have access to specialist expertise when they need it. Our community services include health visiting, school nursing and support for families of children with long-term conditions. 

Our adult community services teams deliver care at the heart of the local communities we serve, working in partnership with GPs, local authorities and other healthcare and voluntary sector organisations. Working with our partners in Lambeth and Southwark, we are focusing on new ways of working to improve care for local patients.

In February 2021 the Royal Brompton and Harefield joined Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, bringing together world-leading expertise in the care and research of heart and lung disease. Our merger provides a once in a generation opportunity to build a lasting, world-renowned heart and lung centre, providing the highest quality care for patients and conducting world-leading research.

We have a reputation for clinical excellence and high quality teaching and research. We are part of King’s Health Partners, one of eight accredited UK academic health sciences centres. In partnership with King’s College London we have dedicated clinical research facilities including an MHRA accredited Phase I clinical trials unit.

Patients are at the heart of everything we do and we pride ourselves on ensuring the best possible patient experience as well as safe, high quality care. We are proud to have one of the lowest mortality rates in the NHS. Following a comprehensive Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspection in 2019 we maintained our overall rating of ‘good’. Our adult community services achieved a rating of ‘outstanding’.

The commitment of our 23,500 staff is key to our success. We are one of the largest local employers and we aim to develop and support all our staff so they are able to deliver high quality, safe and efficient care. The 2019 NHS staff survey results show that we have one of the most engaged and motivated workforces in the NHS. We know this has a positive impact on the care provided to our patients.

We have one of the most ambitious capital investment programmes anywhere in the NHS.



Job overview

The Research and Development department within Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust are recruiting an R&D  Contracts Associate, on a fixed term contract maternity cover. 

This dynamic, lively and diverse department has the breadth of knowledge and skills to ensure that this high level of research activity and associated research processes are managed smoothly and efficiently.

This is an excellent entry-level in the Research and Development presents a training opportunity to move into R&D contracts management and Research Governance and  play a key role in the effective delivery of non-commercial contract activity within the Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust non-commercial R&D teams.  Candidates with knowledge of clinical research and/or contracts negotiation and UK law are encouraged to apply, along with experienced administrators e.g. data managers, research assistance, governance officers, clinical research practitioners, research nurses as well as contracts or procurement staff. 

Working in a large R&D Governance Team,  this is an opportunity to learn new skills and gain the experience to progress in contracts management and into a research governance career. 

Main duties of the job

The successful candidates will be able to demonstrate they are experienced administrators with excellent communication and organisation skills, who  enjoys supporting others in their research. While experience in clinical research governance, research contracts or clinical trials would be advantageous, full training will also be provided but an enthusiasm and interest in clinical research is a must. The selected candidates must work well within a team, follow standard operational procedures, whilst being able to work autonomously and manage their time productively. It is necessary for the candidates to communicate clearly and professionally with a range of staff.

Working for our organisation

The R&D Department at Guy’s & St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust (GSTT) is one of the focal points for innovative research in London through its nationally recognised research portfolio and research infrastructure. The broad ranging research portfolio includes  our academic partner King’s College London, numerous NIHR Programme and Project Grants, as well as a Research Scheme for academic consultants. In addition the Trust is a stakeholder in the accredited Academic Health Sciences Centre, King’s Health Partners, and also the KHP Clinical Trials Office. The R&D Department also supports the Phase 1 accredited Clinical Research Facilities. As well as hosting the South London Comprehensive Local Research Network (CLRN), the Trust is a major player in the South London network both in relation to the national research study portfolio and accruals into studies.

Full-time R&D staff are required to work in the office three days a week (part-time staff's attendance is pro-rata). Other flexible working and part-time applicants  will be considered such as compressed hours, term-time only, job-shares. However, all R&D Governance staff are required to work some of the time in the office and be available to visit our  hospitals to collaborate with colleagues and support our researchers and research delivery teams. 

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The post-holder will join the other Contracts Associate, Contracts Administrator, Senior Contracts Associate and R&D Contracts Manager. they will be trained by a friendly team to review research site agreements (MnCAs); to draft and executing material transfer and simple data sharing agreements and contract amendments for the non-commercial research team, along with other contracts administration. Full-training will be given.

Additionally the post holder will be responsible for ensuring all contract data and documents are recorded on the R&D database (EDGE) to enable the R&D Department to produce effective and accurate reports for government inspections.  

Secondments will be considered but applicants must demonstrate that their current managers supports their application if selected for interview. 

Person specification

Qualification and Knowledge

Essential criteria
  • Relevant degree or professional qualification or equivalent experience

Previous Experience

Essential criteria
  • Knowledge of the regulatory requirements for clinical trials and GCP
  • Negotiation skills including the ability to persuade people to their point of view without causing resentment or damaging working relationships
Desirable criteria
  • Knowledge and experience of working with research contracts and agreements, in particular, the review, drafting and amendment of such agreements

Skills

Essential criteria
  • Excellent oral and written communication skills to communicate effectively with researchers, consultants and staff from different disciplines and administrators at all levels
  • Ability to communicate legal and other technical information in an easily understood manner
  • Ability to analyse and interpret research project information and ability to make judgements regarding a range of highly complex research management issues
  • Excellent analytical approach to problem solving and careful attention to detail
  • Demonstrable proof-reading skills.

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Name
Rachel Fay
Job title
R&D Director (Governance)
Email address
[email protected]
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