Fiona Strachan

Experience

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  Clinical Research Centre

  Jan 1997 - Jan 2001

  Clinical Nurse Manager

  Responsibilities included day-to-day management of a 22 bedded research unit; supervision and management of nursing staff, staff appraisal and personnel administration; setting and managing budgets for clinical trials; liaison with trial sponsors, hospital and university departments; policy development; data analysis and study reporting.

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  Scottish Poisons Bureau

  Jan 2001 - Jan 2006

  Specialist Nurse

  Responsible for clinical research and audit programme, development of guidelines and staff support tools, undergraduate medical and nursing education and post-registration training. Involved in development of e-based training package for multidisciplinary CPD with NHS Education for Scotland and NHS24. Duties also included clinical role within the toxicology unit in the combined assessment unit.

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  Self employed project consultant

  Jun 2003 - Oct 2012

  Project consultant

  Self employed project consultant working in research and training, with experience of content and curriculum development for national programmes, online delivery and assessment, training needs assessmentand SOP and policy development. Clients include NHS Education for Scotland (NES), Health Protection Scotland (HPS), the Scottish Ambulance Service, the Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Facility and the University of Edinburgh.

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  Adoption UK

  Jun 2003 - Nov 2005

  Development Manager (Scotland)

  Responsible for promoting and developing the adoption support activities of Adoption UK in Scotland; setting up a regional office base & extension to national helpline, supervision and management of helpline staff and volunteers. Activities also involved liaison with the Scottish Executive, adoption agencies and adoptive families; applying for grant funding and strategic development of the organisation.

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  CardioDigital Ltd

  Jun 2007 - Jan 2013

  Consultant Trial Co-ordinator

  Responsible for trial co-ordination, data management and reporting. Involved in general company administration and policy development.

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  Leuchie House

  Nov 2011 - Jul 2012

  Operations Manager

  Responsible for the day to day running of Leuchie House Short Break Care and providing clinical supervision for nursing and care staff.

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  Edinburgh Clinical Trials Unit and Centre for Cardiovascular Science

  Oct 2012 - Jun 2016

  Clinical Trial Manager

  Trial Manager for HighSTEACS, a multi centre trial evaluating the impact of a high-sensitivity troponin assay on clinical outcomes in suspected acute coronary syndrome, and for the Lothian Research Safe Haven Project.

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  Centre for Cardiovascular Science, University of Edinburgh

  Jun 2016 - now

  Clinical Research Manager
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  The University of Edinburgh

  Aug 2020 - now

  Programme Lead for the Innovative Healthcare Delivery Programme