AFAR Study Co-ordinator

The successful applicant will work with the General Surgery Directorate Research Co-ordinator, Chief Investigator and Sponsor to set up, support and close down 15-25 NHS participating sites in the UK. The post holder will be required to monitor recruitment to time and target and project delivery, submit amendments to regulatory bodies as appropriate, provide quality assurance and liaise with research finance.

Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (STHFT) is one of the busiest and most successful NHS Foundation Trusts in the UK, and our academic partner the University of Sheffield (UoS) is a world top-100 university striving to solve the world's greatest challenges through teaching and research. STHFT and UoS have a large and expanding clinical research portfolio with significant joint Trust-University research programmes, academic directorates, UK and EU Centres of Excellence and extensive collaborations in the UK.

The Clinical Research & Innovation Office (CRIO) provides hands-on support and advice to researchers, members of the public, patients and industry partners about getting involved in research, study design and set-up and how our cutting-edge facilities can improve health and healthcare for patients living in Sheffield and beyond.

The Academic Directorate of General Surgery is based at the Northern General Hospital. It is a research active Directorate with a large and growing portfolio of NIHR studies delivered by Clinical Trials Assistants. The Directorate conducts research in the areas of coloproctology, upper GI, hepatobillary and thyroid surgery.