Director of the Edinburgh Clinical Trials Unit

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Director of the Edinburgh Clinical Trials Unit

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University of Edinburgh

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Job Description:Grade ACN4/ACT4 (clinical): £96,963 to £128,841 per annum or UE10 (non-clinical): £76,398 to £89,501 per annumCMVM / MGPHS / USHER InstituteFull-time roleOpen-ended: permanent, available from early 2025Location: Usher Building, Edinburgh BioquarterThe Usher Institute within The University of Edinburgh is looking for a dynamic and experienced Director (clinical or non-clinical) for the Edinburgh Clinical Trials Unit (ECTU) to harness the enormous opportunities that exist for inter-disciplinary collaborations and to embed a culture of service provision and excellence in delivery of high-quality trials, high-quality services for trial design and delivery, and high-quality clinical trials methods research. The Director will lead on the University’s clinical trials strategy, building upon the strengths of the University, its connections with NHS Lothian and the broader Scottish health ecosystem in clinical research.
This important strategic role would be suitable for a clinician or non-clinician.The Opportunity:The Director will be responsible for overseeing the strategic development and operational management of ECTU. The Director will manage demand, align capacity, and monitor resource requirements to ensure that the operations of the ECTU are run efficiently and performance is assessed against agreed targets. They will ensure that the ECTU portfolio of clinical trials is delivered to the standard required, compliant with the scientific, legal, ethical, research governance and other regulatory requirements applying to clinical trials. There is an opportunity for the incoming postholder to integrate and centralise clinical trials services across CMVM, and the University, becoming a full-service organization, reducing fragmentation of services across the University and providing efficiencies.
We strongly encourage informal enquiries by interested applicants. Please contact Julie Jacko (Interim Director of the Usher Institute, [email protected]), Steff Lewis (Interim Director of ECTU, [email protected]) or Rustam Al-Shahi Salman (Clinical Director of ECTU, [email protected])Your skills and attributes for success:

• Advanced degree (MD, PhD, or equivalent) in a subject closely allied to clinical trial methodology, and/or medicine.
• Extensive experience of the design and delivery of clinical trials (and clinical research more broadly).
• A strong track record in leadership and management, particularly in multi-disciplinary contexts with extensive experience of leadership roles in a clinical trial setting.
• Demonstration of strategic thinking.
• Ability to work as part of a senior academic team and to engage in high-level research and strategic planning.

.Please include your CV and a supporting statement with details of how you meet the knowledge, skills and experience required for this post.Non-University of Edinburgh employees (i.e. external applicants) – please refer to the system user guideCurrent University of Edinburgh employees (i.e. internal applicants) interested in applying for this role – you must apply as an internal applicant through the People and Money Current Jobs tile. Please refer to the system user guideAs a valued member of our team you can expect:

• A competitive salary.
• An exciting, positive, creative, challenging and rewarding place to work.
• To be part of a diverse and vibrant international community.
• Comprehensive Staff Benefits, such as a generous holiday entitlement, competitive pension schemes, staff discounts, and family-friendly initiatives. Check out the full list on our

(opens in a new tab) and use our reward calculator to discover the total value of your pay and benefits.Championing equality, diversity and inclusionThe University of Edinburgh holds a Silver Athena SWAN award in recognition of our commitment to advance gender equality in higher education. We are members of the Race Equality Charter and we are also Stonewall Scotland Diversity Champions, actively promoting LGBT equality.Prior to any employment commencing with the University you will be required to evidence your right to work in the UK. Further information is available on our (opens new browser tab).The University is able to sponsor the employment of international workers in this role. If successful, an international applicant requiring sponsorship to work in the UK will need to satisfy the UK Home Office’s English Language requirements and apply for and secure a Skilled Worker Visa.Unless stated otherwise the closing time for applications is 11:59pm GMT. If you are applying outside the UK the closing time on our adverts automatically adjusts to your browsers local time zone.– where inquiring minds work together to improve lives across the world.Join our growing team of academics and professional services staff and work in a vibrant, multi-disciplinary environment. Our vision is to catalyse the transformation of health in society by working with people, populations and their data.Our greatest asset is our people, working together to improve public health using evidence-based research.We are a key applied and translational arm of the Edinburgh Medical School, within the College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine at The University of Edinburgh. Working with partners across UK and international universities, health and care providers, policymakers, industry and the public is central to our highly collaborative ethos.About Us: As a world-leading research-intensive University, we are here to address tomorrow’s greatest challenges. Between now and 2030 we will do that with a values-led approach to teaching, research and innovation, and through the strength of our relationships, both locally and globally.About the Team:The Usher Institute works with people, populations and their data to understand and advance the health of individuals and populations through innovative collaborations in a global community. Our Director is Professor Aziz Sheikh OBE, and we sit within the Edinburgh Medical School in the College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine at The University of Edinburgh.Working with partners across the NHS, policymakers, industry partners and the public is central to our highly collaborative ethos. Three core research centres in Global Health, Medical Informatics and Population Health Sciences are at the heart of the Usher Institute; also home to the Edinburgh Clinical Trials Unit and a bustling General Practice, the Mackenzie Medical Centre.The Usher Institute is a truly interdisciplinary environment. Around 350 researchers and support staff with expertise in a varied range of methodologies and topics contribute to world-leading research in global health, population health sciences and medical informatics. Our research expertise is at the heart of the excellent educational experience we offer in a wide range of taught and research postgraduate programmes, both online and on-campus, our programme of continuing professional development and in our contribution to the undergraduate medical degree.We maintain an open, engaging and dynamic environment and welcome collaborations from around the globe.To find out more visit

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Edinburgh – Midlothian

Job date

Sun, 08 Dec 2024 06:56:36 GMT

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