Clinical Research Technician - Head and neck diseases

REF. 26-061_SS_MP 

About the research group

The Head and Neck Cancer Group at the Catalan Institute of Oncology (ICO) – Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL) conducts clinical and translational research in head and neck squamous cell carcinomas (HNSCC). The group is part of the multidisciplinary Head and Neck Cancer Functional Unit at ICO-Hospitalet and participates in investigator-initiated and international clinical trials addressing locally advanced disease. The group is part of the OPTIMIZE consortium (EP PerMed JTC2025), a European collaboration among 7 partners from different countries focused on personalised treatment strategies for laryngeal/hypopharyngeal cancer through multi-omic signature validation. The study is set to begin in Q2 2026.

About the role

IDIBELL is looking for a Clinical Research Technician to join the Head and Neck Cancer Group (Medical Oncology, ICO-Hospitalet) within the framework of the OPTIMIZE project (EP PerMed JTC2025).

We are looking for a motivated and proactive person, eager to grow professionally within a collaborative international research environment. You will work closely with clinicians, researchers, and data managers both within our team and across the consortium. This is an opportunity to gain hands-on experience in a European multicentre project combining clinical oncology, multi-omics research, and personalised medicine.

The selected candidate will provide clinical research support for the OPTIMIZE project.

Main responsibilities include:

• Coordination of patient recruitment and monitoring for a prospective multicentre phase 2 clinical trial and retrospective cohort studies.
• Logistics of biological sample collection, labelling, tracking, and shipment of FFPE and fresh tissue specimens to partner laboratories, in coordination with the Pathology Department and Biobank.
• Data quality control, curation, and maintenance of the project's clinical database, ensuring consistency across multi-partner datasets.
• Support for FAIR data management activities, including metadata annotation and application of standard coding systems.
• Administrative and regulatory support: ethics committee submissions, informed consent documentation, Material Transfer Agreements logistics, and periodic reporting to the funding authority.
• Clinical data collection and entry from medical records into electronic case report forms (eCRFs), including patient characteristics, treatment outcomes, and Patient-Reported Outcome Measures (PROMs).
• Liaison with the international consortium: participation in meetings, preparation of minutes, and follow-up of action points.

Job requirements

Professional experience

• Minimum 1 year of experience in clinical research, preferably in oncology or related biomedical fields.
• Demonstrated experience in clinical data collection and data entry in research databases or electronic CRFs.

Education and training

•  University degree in Health Sciences, Biomedical Sciences, Nursing, Biology, Pharmacy, or related fields.
• Training in clinical research methodology (GCP certification, clinical trials regulation, or equivalent). 

Technical & soft skills

• Proficiency in electronic data capture systems (REDCap, OpenClinica, Medidata, or similar eCRF platforms).
• Strong skills in database management, data entry, and data quality control.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Excel, Word) and ability to work with structured datasets.
• Excellent organisational skills and ability to manage multiple tasks simultaneously.
• Strong communication skills for working within an international, multicultural consortium.

Languages

• Good command of the English language. (minimum B2, C1 preferred essential for daily communication within the European consortium).
• Fluency in Spanish and/or Catalan.

We will value, but not required

• Previous experience in EU-funded consortia (Horizon Europe, ERA-NET, EP PerMed, or similar).
• Experience with cost-effectiveness data collection in clinical research.
• Postgraduate training or master's degree in clinical research, biostatistics, or data management.
• Training in data protection and GDPR compliance in clinical research settings.
• Experience with statistical software (R, SPSS, or similar).

What do we offer

•  No. of positions: 1
•  Estimated start date: 01/07/2026
•  Contract duration: Permanent by project
•  Estimated annual gross salary: It is commensurate with qualifications and consistent with our pay ranges.
•  You will be part of a multicultural team. We have a fun loving and friendly international work environment.
•  Flexible working schedule - We know you have a life outside of work and we will work with you to make sure it's kept that way.
• Possibility to work some days in remote -Teleworking
• 26 working days of holiday per year
• System of accumulated hours for employees, from 88 to 104 hours depending on the year (11 to 13 working days), to attend to personal matters.
• Paid leave package
• Benefits of constant training are offered
• We offer and promote diverse and inclusive conditions. Applicants are made free from any discrimination. Specifically IDIBELL works to improve gender equality in all areas with the aim of achieving gender balance, but maintaining the most scrupulous respect to any choice at the level of gender identity. Please express yourself freely, safely and non-binarily, if that's the case.

Deadline: Please submit your application by  02/06/2026

Data protection notice

In compliance with the obligations established in the General Regulation of Data Protection (RGPD), which is the Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the Parliament and of the Council, of April 27, 2016, and the Organic Law 3/2018, of December 5, Protection of Personal Data and guarantee of digital rights, it is reported that the Institut d'Investigació Biomèdica de Bellvitge (IDIBELL), CIF G58863317, with address Av. Granvia de l'Hospitalet, 199-203, 08908, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, will process your personal data, as the controller, to apply for the position, maintain communication concerning the status of the candidature, to access the delivered CV; to compare that your data is in accordance with the offers announced by IDIBELL and to verify, where appropriate, that the information provided is accurate. You can find more information in our Privacy Policy at https://idibell.cat/en/privacy-policy-2/, request more information about the data processing carried out and exercise your rights of access, rectification, deletion, opposition, portability, limitation of processing by sending a request at email: dataprotection@idibell.cat. If you consider that you have not obtained satisfaction in exercising your rights, you may submit a claim to Catalan Data Protection Authority.

Our institute

IDIBELL is a research center that integrates the biomedical research of the Bellvitge University Hospital (HUB), the Catalan Institute of Oncology (ICO), and the University of Barcelona in the Bellvitge Campus (UB), and the Viladecans Hospital (HV). The research focuses of IDIBELL are cancer, neuroscience, translational medicine and regenerative medicine. Research, innovation and society are the pivots on which researchers work every day in order to improve the quality of life of citizens.

Observations:

The 'HR Excellence in Research' award represents IDIBELL’s commitment to the implementation of Human Resources policies, which oversee the attracting and development of talent in an open, transparent, and based on personal merit, in alignment with the principles of the European Charter for Researchers and the Code of Conduct for the Recruitment Researchers (Charter and Code).

IDIBELL is committed to the principles of the Code of Conduct for the Recruitment of Researchers of the European Commission and the implementation of open, transparent and merit-based recruitment (OTMR).

This project was supported by "Acció de projectes de recerca translacional en medicina personalizada (ERA PerMEd)" (grant numer SLD174/26/000001) of the Department of Health of the Government of Catalonia, under the frame of EP PerMed. We thank CERCA Programme / Generalitat de Catalunya for institutional support.