Data Manager - Complex Interventions

Manpower is working with a Clinical Trial Research Unit in Leeds to recruit a Data Manager - Complex Interventions School of Medicine, Clinical Trials Research Unit.

Are you a driven individual with a good working knowledge of clinical trials or large observational studies and Data Management?

Do you want to maximise retention to clinical trials and ensure quality standards in data collection to provide reliable answers to key research questions for patient benefit?

Do you want to join a successful, highly talented and multi-disciplinary team in a large, well-established clinical trials unit?

Following several years of success and growth, we are looking to appoint a motivated candidate to the position of Data Manager in our Complex Interventions Division

You will be based at their Clinical Trials Research Unit which is an international leader in the field of clinical trials. The company is one of the largest in the UK and conducts national and international randomised and early phase clinical trials in a variety of clinical fields. Our main aim is to support the challenge of changing clinical practice for the better and our past results and current work have already helped to do this. Our results inform the academic development of this specialised field of clinical research on a national and international level. Particularly, we specialise in complex phase III trials, efficient phase I/II trials, biomarker driven designs, seamless phase II/III designs, adaptive designs and the development and evaluation of complex interventions.

You will join our Complex Intervention Division and team and take responsibility for the data management of specific clinical trials from set-up, recruitment, intervention delivery, follow-up, through to trial closure and analysis. This will involve the collection, computerisation and validation of data, creating trial specific database specifications and supervising data management staff. You will use your problem solving skills to identify and resolve issues affecting the successful delivery of your trials

You will have experience of data management, ideally gained working on interventional trials or large observational studies, along with an up-to-date knowledge of legislation, regulatory and governance environment relating to clinical trials. You may also be aware of strategies use to maximise retention and return of data in research studies. As you will work closely, interactively and collaboratively with numerous stakeholders you will need excellent communication, interpersonal and team working skills, along with the ability to manage and meet deadlines.

What does the role entail?

• Co-ordinating the set-up, conduct and closure of multi-centre randomised controlled trials, and contributing to the design, conduct and analysis from a data collection and data management perspective. This will include development and maintenance of appropriate data collections methods and writing the relevant sections of the protocol, CRF design, database specification and testing, identification and implementation of appropriate database reports to facilitate trial monitoring;
• Managing and coordinating the data management of projects on a day-to-day basis to deliver a reliable and complete dataset, meeting agreed milestones, providing appropriate updates and reports relevant to specific meetings groups, highlighting issues for further discussion with the senior project team and supervising and managing data management staff working on the projects;
• Maintaining a thorough and up-to-date understanding and working knowledge of legislation, guidance and local and national initiatives relating to clinical research and applying this knowledge through working practices on your projects;
• Establishing and maintaining professional relationships with collaborators including clinicians, professors, relevant laboratory and research staff at centres participating in specific projects;
• Actively contributing to the development of company systems and processes through involvement in Working Groups and development or amendment of associated documentation;
• Delivering relevant training sessions internally within the Unit and externally for site staff responsible for data collection.

These duties provide a framework for the role and should not be regarded as a definitive list. Other reasonable duties may be required consistent with the grade of the post.

What will you bring to the role?

As a Data Manager - Complex Intervetions you will have:

• Experience in data management in interventional trials in a quality assured clinical trials environment or substantial experience of managing large clinical or medical datasets collected from multiple organisations;
• Expertise in designing case report forms or equivalent and specifying database requirements for the accurate collection of medical data;
• Knowledge of the regulatory and governance environment in the UK and other relevant guidance, for example Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials (CONSORT), and the practical application within projects;

A confident manner and inquisitive mind and ability to constructively participate in complex multi-disciplinary meetings and decision making processes;

• The ability to assimilate information and reproduce it in a clear, consistent and accurate manner, tailoring it to suit purpose and audience;
• Excellent interpersonal and diplomacy skills, with the ability to build professional working relationships with internal and external stakeholders and work effectively in a team environment, assuming responsibility and making decisions where appropriate;
• Strong initiative, with a high level of organisational, planning and self-management skills, including the ability to work on a range of different tasks simultaneously, manage and meet multiple deadlines and effectively handle or escalate problems;

You may also have:

• Experience of data management within a relevant area, such as evaluations of Complex interventions.