Senior Clinical Research Database Manager

**Pay Scale: STANDARD GRADE 8**



**Salary ( £): £45,585 - £54,395 per annum**



**Location: Oxford Respiratory Trials Unit, Churchill Hospital**



**Contract Type: Fixed-Term**



**Hours: Full-Time**








**About the Role**





We are looking for a Senior Clinical Research Database Manager to join the
Oxford Respiratory Trials Unit (ORTU). This is an essential new role in
managing all clinical research databases and associated staff within the
Oxford Respiratory Trials Unit (ORTU). You will need to work closely with
Researchers to ensure essential services are provided including input into
funding applications and forward planning for new trials and research
programmes.





The post holder will be responsible for leading a small team who design,
create and validate clinical research databases. These ensure accurate and
highly detailed data capture for a wide range of respiratory trials and
related research in the ORTU portfolio. Furthermore, the team manage the
databases throughout the life cycle of the trials providing substantial
amendments, quality assurance support and data extraction for interim and
final data-locks for data analysis and scientific publications.





You will provide oversight, workload management and line management to your
team, but will also use initiative to drive quality and process improvement
ensuring compliance with clinical trial legislative requirements. It is
expected that the Senior Manager will lead by example and therefore be hands-
on carrying out programming and validation functions whilst also providing
leadership and driving continuous improvement.








**About You**





Applicants should be educated to degree level or equivalent in a biomedical /
allied science field or in computer science, or have significant equivalent
professional experience.





You will also need to demonstrate that you have:





• An understanding of the role of data management in contributing to the
conduct of high-quality clinical trials and compliance with regulatory
standards such as GCP and the UK Clinical Trials Regulations.



• Experience of developing and delivering data management plans and working
with complex databases.



• Experience of designing electronic Case Report Forms, including knowledge of
best practice in CRF design.



• Evidence of significant experience in using programming and data management
languages e.g., SQL.



• Ability to work efficiently and prioritise own workload and that of others;
experience of working to tight deadlines. Ability to work independently and as
part of a team.



• Confidence using Microsoft Office including advanced Microsoft Excel
spreadsheets.



• An excellent understanding of Data Protection and Information Security.





Having had previous experience of contributing to costing programming and/or
data management activity for funding applications would be a desirable
attribute for this post.







**About the Oxford Respiratory Trials Unit**





The Oxford Respiratory Trials Unit (ORTU) is a Clinical Trials Unit which
specialises in the design, delivery and administration of trials across the
scope of Respiratory Medicine.



We run national and international trials related to our own academic areas, as
well as supporting trials led by other teams. Our scope of work includes
clinical trials at all phases, including translational studies, phase II
discovery studies and multicentre definitive randomised trials.







**Benefits of working**





As an employer, we genuinely care about our employees’ wellbeing and this is
reflected in the range of benefits that we offer including:





• An excellent contributory pension scheme



• 38 days annual leave



• A comprehensive range of childcare services



• Family leave schemes



• Cycle loan scheme



• Discounted bus travel and Season Ticket travel loans



• Membership to a variety of social and sports clubs





See https://hr.admin.ox.ac.uk/staff-benefits for more information.








**Application Process**





“Committed to equality and valuing diversity”





The post is full time and fixed-term for 12 months in the first instance.





Hybrid working will be considered.





Applications for this vacancy are to be made online. You will be required to
upload a supporting statement and CV as part of your online application. The
supporting statement should include a cover letter and should also clearly
describe how you meet each of the selection criteria listed in the job
description. Click here for more information and advice on how to write an
effective supporting statement.





Only applications received before 12:00 midday on 14/06/2024 will be
considered.





Interviews are due to take place on the week commencing 24/06/2024.





**_Previous Applicants Need Not Apply_**