Junior Data Manager (Secondment) – UCL Internal Candidates Only

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Junior Data Manager (Secondment) – UCL Internal Candidates Only

Company

University College London

Job description

About usPRIMENT Clinical Trials Unit mission is to advance the quality, range and design of clinical trials in primary care, mental health and community settings in order to improve the health of the population. PRIMENT CTU is a partnership between 3 UCL departments:

• Research Department of Primary Care & Population Health
• Division of Psychiatry
• Department of Statistical Science

PRIMENT CTU conducts high quality randomised trials and related studies in mental health and primary care. The unit has a particular focus on mental health and behavioural change interventions. PRIMENT CTU collaborates with internal and external researchers to develop and/or evaluate complex interventions in primary care, psychiatric and community settings. PRIMENT CTU is a UK Clinical Research Collaboration (UKCRC) registered clinical trials unit. UKCRC registration recognises the CTU’s strengths in conducting major trials and other large, well-designed studies. PRIMENT CTU receives National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) CTU support funding. This funding has been awarded to support the unit in developing and supporting NIHR trials.The Directors of the CTU at UCL are Professor Irwin Nazareth and Professor Greta Rait. The PRIMENT CTU Steering Group is supported by the Operational Group, a scientific and clinical team including trialists, statisticians, health economists, qualitative research experts and trial managers.The Priment academic collaboration has existed for over 15 years and consists of multidisciplinary teams including clinical researchers in psychiatry, primary care, psychology, palliative care, nursing, epidemiology, trial management and statistics. Over the years this group has conducted clinical trials and other large studies on severe mental illnesses, common mental disorders (i.e. depression and anxiety disorders) and other common clinical conditions in primary care.The strategic direction of PRIMENT CTU has evolved from the research activities undertaken by the collaboration and includes the evaluation of cognitive behaviour therapy and other interventions for dementia, depression, and severe mental illnesses such as psychosis in community mental health and primary care settings, smoking cessation interventions, the management of illnesses in older people and the implementation of treatments in general practice and community mental health. The CTU has several specific themes namely as mental health, e-health, dementias and methodological approaches to the conduct and analyses of trials. Each team is multidisciplinary and supported by administrative staff, and the CTU as a whole has both statistical and health economics expertise. http://www.ucl.ac.uk/priment/The Research Department of Primary Care and Population Health is part of the Institute of Epidemiology and Health Care and is co-led by Professor Greta Rait and Professor Kate Walters. The Department’s strategic aim is to deliver high-quality teaching in community-based primary care and public health and to undertake a programme of internationally competitive multi-disciplinary research addressing the management and prevention of disease in individuals and populations in areas which are of priority to the health of the public. Further information can be found at: http://www.ucl.ac.uk/pcph/About the roleThis post is a full-time (1.0 FTE) secondment position available for 12 months.It provides an exciting opportunity to develop and deliver data management services provided by the Priment Clinical Trials Unit to collaborating academics and clinicians, both within UCL and externally.The post will be required to travel to GP practices nationally to collect data for trials we support at Priment CTU and as such, the postholder will be required to hold a valid driving license and be willing to travel to GP practices.The post holder will also have the opportunity to work as a member of the wider CTU Operational team. They will have duties in delivering clinical data management systems and provision of data management support to the unit.The post is suitable for a candidate with previous experience in Clinical Trials and/or health-related research.Application Process:

• A full job description and person specification can be accessed at the bottom of this page.
• Please use the personal statement section to explain how you meet each of the essential and desirable criteria outlined in the person specification

Contact Details:

• If you have any queries regarding the vacancy or the application process, please contact Sven Nelson (Email: [email protected])

About youThe post holder must have a degree, or equivalent, in a subject allied to information technology, computer science, or mathematics or relevant clinical trial data management experience.The candidate must have a good understanding of Good Clinical Practice, current regulatory requirements regarding data management and in the Data Protection regulations.The successful candidate must have experience with data collection in randomised controlled trials or other clinical research, be able to use Microsoft word and Excel at an advanced level and hold a valid UK driving licence and be prepared to GP practices nationally.What we offerAs well as the exciting opportunities this role presents we also offer some great benefits some of which are below:

• 41 Days holiday (27 days annual leave 8 bank holiday and 6 closure days)
• Additional 5 days’ annual leave purchase scheme
• Defined benefit career average revalued earnings pension scheme (CARE)
• Cycle to work scheme and season ticket loan
• Immigration loan and expenses
• Relocation scheme for certain posts
• On-Site nursery
• On-site gym
• Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption pay
• Employee assistance programme: Staff Support Service
• Discounted medical insurance

Visit https://www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/reward-and-benefits to find out more.Our commitment to Equality, Diversity and InclusionAs London’s Global University, we know diversity fosters creativity and innovation, and we want our community to represent the diversity of the world’s talent.We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where we all belong. We therefore particularly encourage applications from candidates who are likely to be underrepresented in UCL’s workforce. These include people from Black, Asian and ethnic minority backgrounds; disabled people; LGBTQI+ people; and for our Grade 9 and 10 roles, women.Our department holds an Athena SWAN Bronze Award, in recognition of our commitment to advancing gender equality.You can read more about our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion here : https://www.ucl.ac.uk/equality-diversity-inclusion/Available documents

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Location

North West London

Job date

Fri, 05 Jul 2024 03:06:21 GMT

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