Associate Practitioner

Job summary

This is an excellent opportunity to join the Oxford Centre for Histopathology Research (OCHRe) team in the John Radcliffe Hospital. We are looking for an enthusiastic person, with a background in research administration, some experience in a project management/coordination type role, and some experience with handling samples in a laboratory setting, to join the OCHRe team for a period currently funded to end of March 2024, with the expectation that funding will be renewed for another 12-month cycle, to work as an Associate Practitioner (Clinical Trials) in collaboration with the OUH department of Cellular Pathology.

The primary role is to deal with requests involving services or samples from the Cellular Pathology department, communicating with clinical trial administrators, research nurses and pathologists, as well as technical staff in the department to ensure the right samples are prepared, and occasionally to process study-specific samples. The post holder will need to apply good practical understanding and knowledge of ICH GCP framework and HTA guidelines, training will be provided if required. They will require excellent interpersonal skills, IT skills (particularly relational databases and Excel) and organisational skills, as well as having the confidence to work independently when required, again training will be provided.

Main duties of the job

This is an essential role that ensures clinical trials aiming to influence medical research are supported whilst complying with national and local governance requirements and will involve a mixture of:

• Project management e.g.
  • Organisation of applications, via email, database records and paper files
  • Seeking approval from appropriate personnel and ensuring appropriate consent is in place from information provided with each request, checking for use of tissue before release, recording evidence of approvals / consent on multiple databases.
  • Work with team members to ensure completion of projects in a reasonable time frame.
  • Ensuring activities are recorded at all stages in the pathway to monitor progress and for costings purposes
• Manual laboratory procedures e.g.
  • Centrifugation (e.g. processing blood samples)
  • Running of digital slide scanner and associated software.
  • Slide labelling
• General laboratory support duties e.g.
  • Pulling slides and blocks for review
  • Recalling cases from the off-site archive

Contribution to maintenance of biobank storage facilities

About us

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research. The Trust comprises four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury.

Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community.

We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence.

These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family. Watch how we set out to deliver compassionate excellence via the OUH YouTube channel.

Employer details

Employer name

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

John Radcliffe Hospital

Headley Way

Oxford

OX3 9DU

Employer's website

https://www.ouh.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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Employer details

Employer name

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

John Radcliffe Hospital

Headley Way

Oxford

OX3 9DU

Employer's website

https://www.ouh.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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