About this role
About us
The King’s Health Partners Clinical Trials Office is a collaboration between King’s College London, Guy’s & St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust. It was set up to provide a single interface for those wishing to conduct clinical trials within the partner organisations, and to ensure that there are common, efficient processes for the set up and administration of clinical trials.
About the role
The post-holder will conduct clinical trial monitoring activities (including the initiation phase, routine phase, and close-out phase) of clinical trials sponsored or co-sponsored by King’s Health Partners (KHP) Partner Organisations: Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, and South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust.
The post-holder will ensure adherence to approved protocols and undertake effective source data verification.
The post-holder will ensure that all activities are conducted in accordance with applicable legislation, ICH GCP E6 guidelines, and applicable institutional policies. Working as part of the KHP-CTO Non-Commercial Team, the post-holder will ensure that the sponsor responsibilities (delegated to the KHP-CTO) for clinical oversight, safety reporting, and data integrity; are discharged to the highest standards of quality and compliance.
This is a full-time post, offered on a 14-month fixed-term secondment cover contract. We’re looking for someone to start asap.
About you
To be successful in this role, we are looking for candidates to have the following skills and experience:
Essential criteria
Educated to degree level in a health-related area or equivalent professional experience Significant experience of monitoring multi-centre clinical trials in accordance with GCP (including source data verification) Working knowledge of the regulations, guidance and codes of practice pertaining to the conduct of clinical trials Able to learn and work to SOPs and demonstrate a commitment to quality culture Strong planning and organisational skills including the ability to prioritise, manage multiple tasks and projects, with proven ability to deliver to stringent performance criteria Strong interpersonal skills, communication skills, influencing skills and problem-solving skills, including the ability to build rapport quickly and collaborate in a cross-functional team Eye for detail and ability to accurately document findings in written reports Willingness to travel, including overnight stays
Desirable criteria
Experience supporting regulatory inspections, ideally by the MHRA Ability to ensure quality related issues are identified and followed up in a timely manner Experience with risk-based quality management systems
Downloading a copy of our Job Description
Full details of the role and the skills, knowledge and experience required can be found in the Job Description document. This document will provide information about the criteria that will be assessed at each stage of the recruitment process.
Further Information
At King’s, we believe that the diversity of our community and a culture that is welcoming, open, inclusive and collaborative, are great strengths of the university.
The Equality Act of 2010 protects the rights of our students and staff and provides a framework to fulfil our duties to eliminate unlawful discrimination, harassment and victimisation and in addition, to advance equality of opportunity and foster good relations between those who share a protected characteristic and those who do not. At times, this will include balancing rights and beliefs that can feel in tension.
Interviews are due to be held in February 2026.