Senior Clinical Trial Coordinator | The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Senior Clinical Trial Administrator to join the Breast Clinical Research Unit at The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, based at both our Sutton and Chelsea sites.

The Royal Marsden is a world leader in cancer research, treatment and education. Together with our academic partner, The Institute of Cancer Research (ICR), we are the largest comprehensive cancer centre in Europe and the only National Institute of Health Research (NIHR) Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) specialising in cancer in the UK.

We are looking for enthusiastic and self-motivated team members to contribute to the ground-breaking research run out of our unit.

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

The primary purpose of the Senior Trial Coordinator post in the breast clinical research unit is to

• Take responsibility for ensuring clinical trials within the unit are conducted and managed in accordance with Good Clinical Practice and Trust SOPs.
• Be responsible for conveying the requirements of the Clinical R&D Office to clinical staff within their allocated Clinical Unit.
• Provide an efficient clinical trial coordination service to the unit, ensuring trials fulfil all statutory requirements.
• Oversee the conduct of trials within the unit and maintain day to day responsibility for specific trials within the Unit.
• Represent the unit at key meeting and deputise for the Research Operations Manager as required.

The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust is a world-leading cancer centre. Our role is to offer our patients the best cancer care available anywhere in the world, and to continue to make a global contribution to finding better ways of diagnosing and treating cancer. We employ over 4,500 staff in a diverse range of careers including nursing, medical, science, radiography, pharmacy, occupational therapy, finance and administrative services. We have two hospitals – one in Chelsea, London, and one in Sutton, Surrey – as well as a Medical Daycare Unit in Kingston Hospital.

At The Royal Marsden, we deal with cancer every day, so we understand how valuable life is. When people entrust their lives to us, they have the right to demand the very best. That's why the pursuit of excellence lies at the heart of everything we do.

At the heart of the hospital is our dedicated team. We offer a stimulating and dynamic working environment, a wide range of staff benefits, learning and development opportunities and clear career pathways. There are opportunities to work flexibly across a range of areas and specialities and we welcome flexible working requests from point of hire to support employees work life balance. We are looking for employees who aspire to excellence, share our values and can play a crucial role in our on-going achievements.

For further information on this role, please see the attached detailed

Job Description and Person Specification

• Ensure all research within the unit receives all relevant regulatory approval before it commences.
• Implementation of systems within the unit to ensure research cannot commence without all regulatory approvals.
• Under the direction of the Research Operations Manager to lead implementation of systems within the unit to ensure all clinical trials are conducted in accordance with all regulatory requirements including:

o Medicines for Human Use (Clinical Trials) Regulations

o Research Governance Framework for Health and Social Care o Human Tissue Act

• To review capacity and resource requirements within the unit for coordination and administrative management of trial portfolio and to advise the Research Operations Manager accordingly.
• Ensure all patients consented to clinical trials in the unit are recorded on the electronic patient record (EPIC).

This advert closes on Wednesday 27 May 2026

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