Clinical Trials Pharmacist - Harefield Hospital
NHS AfC: Band 7
Main area: Pharmacy
Grade: NHS AfC: Band 7
Contract: Permanent
Hours:
* Full time
* Flexible working
37.5 hours per week (9-5.30)
Job ref: 196-LIS9174
Employer: Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Harefield Hospital
Town: Harefield
Salary: £51,883 - £58,544 per annum inc. Outer London HCAS
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 26/01/2025 23:59
Job overview
We have an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic and highly motivated Clinical Trials Pharmacist to join our team and be responsible for the day to day management and delivery of safe and secure handling of all investigational medicinal products, including advanced therapy medicinal products (ATIMPs) in order to provide a high quality clinical trials service.
This post will focus on managing and delivering studies predominantly at Harefield Hospital with regular cross-site working at Royal Brompton Hospital.
Main duties of the job
* Ensures that all processes and documentation are completed in line with UK legislation (The Medicines for Human Use (Clinical Trials) Regulations 2004 and associated amendments). Good Clinical Practice and Good Manufacturing Practice guidance is followed when dispensing and managing Clinical Trials that involve Investigational Medicinal Products (IMPs).
* Provides a Clinical Trial prescription screening service and final checking to ensure that the service is efficient, effective and safe in accordance with the particular study protocol.
* Work with the investigator, research staff and external Clinical Research Associates (CRAs) to manage the initiation, maintenance and close down of clinical trials.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
* To participate in the provision of the pharmacy clinical trials service at Royal Brompton Hospital and Harefield Hospital sites.
* As a member of the Pharmacy Clinical Trials Team (PCTT), to undertake clinical trial set-up and provide continued support for the running and maintenance of current trial activity.
* To provide clinical trial support and advice to other areas within pharmacy, e.g. dispensary, clinical services and to the research teams.
* As a PCTT member, deliver day-to-day running of the clinical trials dispensing service and to ensure that clinical trials are supplied and monitored according to agreed governance framework and Good Clinical Practice (GCP).
* To maintain and enhance effective working partnership with clinical trial partners, site investigators, research personnel, the Research Office, and other support services to provide a comprehensive process for delivering the Pharmacy Clinical Trial Service.
* To contribute to ensuring appropriate governance arrangements in relation to accountability and management of Investigational Medicinal Products (IMP) across the Trust.
* To ensure that, through the provision of pharmacy services to patients and carers, there is safe and effective use of medicines.
Person specification
Education/Qualifications
* Member of RPS
Experience and Knowledge
* General clinical pharmacy knowledge
* Demonstrated advanced clinical pharmacy knowledge or experience
Skills and Abilities
* Clinical trials or research experience
* Previous experience in delivering clinical trials pharmaceutical services within a specialist hospital setting
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Applications are welcomed from applicants with a disability. We can make reasonable adjustments and offer support and advice in a variety of ways throughout the application process. Equality of opportunity is our policy.
As an organisation we are committed to developing our services in ways that best suit the needs of our patients. This means that some staff groups will increasingly be asked to work a more flexible shift pattern so that we can offer services in the evenings or at weekends.
We are committed to supporting all employees to achieve a healthy work life balance and to work in a way that is best for them and our patients. We will consider all requests to work flexibly, taking into account the individual’s personal circumstances as well as the needs of the service. We encourage all prospective applicants to discuss their individual circumstances with the recruiting manager as part of the on-boarding process.
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This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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