Delivering study interventions and research related clinical procedures including venepuncture, ECGs, observations and sample handling.Making professionally autonomous decisions within the scope of research protocols and Good Clinical Practice (GCP).Ensuring participant safety, dignity and wellbeing throughout research participation.Integrating research visits with routine clinical care wherever possible.
Study Coordination
Coordinating the setup and delivery of commercial research studies, including feasibility assessments, site initiation and sponsor engagement.Acting as the primary operational contact for commercial sponsors, Contract Research Organisations and the NIHR Research Delivery Network.Maintaining accurate and contemporaneous research documentation.Ensuring timely and accurate data capture and query resolution in line with commercial timelines and performance expectations.Recording research activity accurately within clinical systems and research databases.Supporting monitoring visits, audits and inspections by sponsors and regulatory bodies.
Training & Development
Maintaining up‑to‑date Good Clinical Practice (GCP) certification and compliance with research governance requirements.Supporting the development of research capability within GP practices through informal training, guidance and mentorship.Contributing to workforce development within the Sunderland GP Alliance research team.Actively engaging in continuing professional development relevant to clinical research delivery.
Confidentiality
In the course of research delivery, participants entrust staff with sensitive personal and clinical information.The post holder will respect confidentiality at all times and ensure that information relating to patients, carers, colleagues and the business of the Alliance is handled in accordance with Sunderland GP Alliance policies, GDPR legislation and research governance requirements.
Health & Safety
- Assist in promoting and maintaining their own and others’ health, safety and security as defined in the Alliance’s Health & Safety Policy.
- Identify the risks involved in work activities and undertake them in a way that manages those risks.
- Ensure that all accidents or dangerous incidents are reported and investigated, and follow‑up action is taken where necessary.
Equality and Diversity
- Support the quality, diversity and rights of patients, carers and colleagues.
- Act in a way that recognizes the importance of people’s rights, interpreting them in a way consistent with current legislation.
- Respect privacy, dignity, needs and beliefs of patients, carers and colleagues.
- Behave in a manner which is welcoming to and of the individual, is non‑judgemental, and respects their circumstances, feelings, priorities and rights.
Quality
- Alert other team members to issues of quality and risk.
- Assess own performance and take accountability for own actions, either directly or under supervision.
- Contribute to the effectiveness of the team by reflecting on own and team activities and making suggestions to improve and enhance performance.
- Work effectively with individuals in other agencies to meet patients’ needs.
- Manage own time, workload and resources effectively.
Communication
- Communicate effectively with other team members, patients and carers.
- Recognise peoples’ needs for alternative methods of communication and respond accordingly.
The employer is Sunderland GP Alliance and the post holder is expected to comply with the Alliance’s employment policies and procedures.
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