Greater Coventry Area
Having completed a MSc in Chronic Disease and Immunity at the University of Leicester, I am currently working in the Renal, Melanoma, Lung and Neuro-oncology cancer research teams as a Senior Clinical Trials Co-ordinator at Mount Vernon Cancer Centre which is part of the East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust. My role entails working extensively with the Research and Development team, Principal Investigators, Research Nurses and Clinical Trials Coordinators to ensure efficient and timely delivery of clinical trials, from study set-up to close out. I have successfully facilitated the delivery of a large portfolio of studies, spanning phase 1a to phase 4, specific to renal, melanoma, lung and neuro-oncology cancer with extensive previous experience in urology, haematology and head and neck cancer trials.
• Experience in working on clinical trials for multiple tumour sites, including: Urology, Head and Neck, Haematology, Renal, Melanoma, Lung and Neuro-oncology. • Shadowing Clinical Trials Managers to gain further insight into study set-up responsibilities, including expressions of interest, internal and external feasibility processes, confidentiality agreements, ethics and governance, trial agreements, service level agreements and contract amendments. • Responsible for the training and line management of Clinical Trials Coordinators. • Lead Administrator for EDGE, ensuring all site recruitment for the team is uploaded in a timely manner and study queries regarding patient recruitment are resolved. • Responsible for processing all trial amendments for my team, ensuring escalation of any issues to the appropriate support department. • Creation of site-specific source document worksheets and study trackers for studies in the set-up phase. • Responsible for the completion of Research Delivery Proformas for monthly R&D Operations Meetings. • Responsible for the preparation of Study Summaries for team meetings with Principal Investigators and Research Nurses. • Liaising with study start-up associates to organise face-to-face site selection and site initiation visits including: o Providing a tour of on-site facilities and answering any related questions. o Organising tours of support departments as requested. o Ensuring efficient completion of action items raised during the visit to avoid delays in site activation. • Responsible for processing all patient travel expenses for the team. • Undertaking all other key clinical trials coordinator duties as required.
• Responsible for coordinating multiple clinical trials in the urology, haematology and head and neck research team. • Ensured trials were coordinated are conducted in accordance with clinical best practice, applicable ethical, regulatory and quality standards to protect the research subject and the quality of each study. • Laboratory experience: Adhered to trial specific protocol for patient blood processing, packaging and shipping. • Worked closely with Research Radiographers, Research Nurses and Clinical Trials Practitioners to ensure timely case report form completion and patient blood processing. • Prepared and submitted trial documentation including patient case report forms. • Liaised with external Clinical Research Associates and arranged site monitoring visits. • Effectively used multiple relational databases to input patient data and respond to queries (MACRO, Medidata RAVE, InForm, GalaxKey, Castor, Veeva, Zelta, Calyx). • Completed administrative tasks including filing of trial specific documentation in relevant Investigator Site Files and upkeep of site files and delegation logs. • Training completed: Introduction to Good Clinical Practice, Shipping of Dangerous Goods
• Provided accounts and admin support including day-to-day financial reconciliation, preparation of VAT returns, Corporation Tax payments, updating business accounts using FreeAgent cloud-based software • Extensive use of Excel to manage business finances and updates to Risks and Issues Logs • Defined approach for research collection based on multiple requirements • Planned and undertook activities using an Agile delivery approach, to retire existing Excel based Action Trackers and adopt an Atlassian Jira Kanban board. This helped to better visualise and manage work, increase flexibility, productivity and focus on tasks in a more consistent and structured manner • Designed artefacts to capture research information and also implemented a Research Library to store and share completed deliverables using Microsoft OneDrive • Updated Risk and Issues Logs • Managed the SKBC inbox acting as a point of contact for all accounting relating matters, actioning queries and requests in a timely manner • Acted as Secretariat for research meetings ensuring all actions were documented and captured onto the Jira Kanban board • Provided administrative support including progress chasing, managing central inbox and calendar
• Participated in handover meetings and the paediatric and neonatal ward rounds • Shadowed junior doctors and nurses • Observed doctor-patient interactions in the Children’s Accident and Emergency ward
• 90 hours undertaken (17-28th June) • Surgical procedures observed: AV fistula vein transposition, carotid endarterectomy, fistula narrowing, varicose vein removal and AV malformation removal • Other procedures observed: o Dialysis line insertion, fistuloplasty and femoral angioplasty (Interventional Radiology) o Biopsy and fluid drain • Shadowing: o Shadowed senior doctors and nurses in vascular, renal and diabetic foot clinics o Shadowed junior doctors clerking patients and taking blood samples • Participated in handover meetings and the vascular, renal and diabetic foot ward rounds • Observed the renal and vascular multidisciplinary meetings as well as the monthly vascular morbidity and mortality meeting