Job vacancy: Senior Statistician, The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, Chelsea

Job summary

Main area: Administration
Grade: NHS AfC: Band 7
Contract: 11 months (Fixed Term)
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref: 282-CR363

Employer: The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Royal Marsden Hospital Chelsea
Town: Chelsea
Salary: £54,320 - £60,981 Per Annum
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 11/04/2025 23:59

Senior Statistician

NHS AfC: Band 7

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For further information on this role, please see the attached detailed Job Description and Person Specification:

To maintain full working knowledge of the in-house software used to collect and analyse clinical research data such as STATA and MACRO.
To maintain knowledge of the EU directive on clinical trials (EU directive 2001/20/EC) and ICH GCP according to EU directive 2005/28/EC.
To gain a good knowledge of the clinical features, management and treatment of the disease being studied, and to keep updated of any developments in the area.
To liaise with, advise and educate clinicians on the design aspects of clinical trials, research studies and audits and to be responsible for the statistical design where appropriate

Person specification

Education/Qualifications

Essential criteria

Good honours degree or equivalent in a subject with a statistical component
Higher qualification in statistics or appropriate experience in applied statistics, preferably in the role of medical statistician (with appropriate higher degree)

Experience

Essential criteria

Experience in contributing to the statistical design of clinical trials
Experience in manipulating complex databases
Experience of carrying out survival analysis and the application of other relevant statistical techniques.
Experience of presenting complex statistical information so that it is understandable to users without statistical knowledge.
Awareness of research governance issues in clinical trials.
Practical experience of PC Applications and good knowledge of MS Office products

Desirable criteria

Evidence of publications in peer reviewed journals
Experience of managing staff

Skills Abilities/knowledge

Essential criteria

Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, including the ability to select an appropriate methodology when analysing data
Good working knowledge of STATA or similar statistical analysis packages
Excellent computing and database skills
Excellent statistical analysis skills
Report writing and written presentation skills

Desirable criteria

Good knowledge of the disease process and treatment of cancer
Teaching experience

The Royal Marsden values diversity and is committed to the recruitment and retention of underrepresented minority groups. We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQ+ candidates and candidates with disabilities.

As a Disability Confident Employer, we are working to create a workplace that enables all staff to reach their full potential. We are committed to this because we know that greater diversity and inclusion will lead to an even greater positive impact for the people we serve.

Due to the high volumes of applications we receive, we reserve the right to close any adverts before the published closing date once we have received a sufficient number of applications. We advise you to submit your application as early as possible to prevent disappointment.

All applicants will be contacted by email to the address supplied on your application. Applicants are advised to check their email accounts regularly and to ensure that email filters are set to allow our emails.

Flu Vaccination – What We Expect of our Staff

At The Royal Marsden we have an immune compromised patient population who we must protect as much as we can against the flu virus. Each year, seasonal flu affects thousands of people in the UK. Occurring mainly in winter, it is an infectious respiratory disease capable of producing symptoms ranging from those similar to a common cold, through to very severe or even fatal disease.

The wellbeing of our staff and patients is of the upmost importance to us, and it is the expectation of The Royal Marsden that all patient-facing staff have an annual flu vaccination, provided free of charge by the Trust.