Main area: Pharmacist - Clinical Trials (non-oncology)
Grade: Band 7
Contract: Fixed term: 104 weeks (104 weeks from start date)
Hours:
* Full time
* Part time
* Flexible working
37.5 hours per week (Full Time or Part Time/ Flexible working hours may be considered)
Job ref: 180-RD-244273
Employer: Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Addenbrookes Hospital-Division R&D
Town: Cambridge
Salary: £46,148 - £52,809 p.a. pro rata
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 20/10/2024 23:59
Interview date: 04/11/2024
Job overview
Cambridge is home to one of the richest pools of clinical and scientific knowledge and expertise, not only in the country, but in the world. Based on the Cambridge Biomedical Campus, Addenbrookes Hospital is ideally placed to undertake a wide range of clinical studies that help novel and exciting therapeutic drug treatments become available to the patients that need them.
We are seeking a Specialist Pharmacist in clinical trials who will be involved in the management of the set up of non-oncology clinical trials involving medicines hosted at the CUH site working with other members of the site research team as well as trial sponsor representatives.
We have a well established and friendly team of Pharmacists and Technicians in our Pharmacy Clinical Trials Department who work closely as a team to manage the set up and running of clinical trials involving medicines.
Main duties of the job
The main role of the job is to work with relevant members of the study site teams, sponsor teams and the pharmacy department in order to ensure trials involving medicines are able to run according to study protocol, following established trust policies and procedures and within the guidance of Good Clinical Practice which is embedded within the Medicines for Human Use (Clinical trials) regulations 2004. Good planning, organisation and communication is essential alongside a basic knowledge of clinical trial regulations in the UK and Good Clinical Practice (GCP). Previous experience in hospital pharmacy or research is desirable but not required.
Person specification
Qualifications
* Postgraduate pre-registration/trainee year
* Registered with GPhC
* Relevant post-graduate or equivalent experience
* Training certificates in GCP from a recognised organisation, or working towards
* Clinical Diploma
* MRPharm Soc
Experience
* Post-registration experience of hospital pharmacy
* Experience of working with clinical trials
* Writing reports, guidelines and procedures
* Audit methodology
* Minimum of six months hospital pharmacy experience
* Previous experience of more than one hospital
* Working in a GMP environment, particularly aseptic services
* Previous experience of electronic prescribing systems/health record
* Good clinical knowledge of drugs and therapeutic trends within general
Knowledge
* Documentation associated with clinical trials
* Awareness of GCP, GMP and other legislation relevant to clinical trials.
* Utilisation of software that includes word processing, spreadsheets, databases & presentational packages.
* Own research interest (could be systems/ processes)
* Member of other professional groups relevant to clinical pharmacy group
* Ability to solve regulatory and logistical problems associated with clinical trials.
* Commissioning and funding pathways within the NHS
* Funding arrangements for non-commercial clinical trials
Skills
* Good organisation skills/ time management.
* Ability to remain calm and work effectively under pressure and to deadlines.
* Able to prioritise workload and target efforts appropriately
* Self-motivated and enthusiastic.
* Good written and verbal communication skills.
* Able to give oral presentations appropriate to the level of the audience
* Able to produce written support materials for training
* Proven ability to teach and train a range of staff groups
* Able to work well in a team
* Ability to listen and act on direction from senior staff members
* Exhibits skills that can be shown to be kind, safe & excellent
* Communicates effectively with internal & external groups
Additional Requirements
* The ability to understand and behave at all times, towards patients, visitors and colleagues according to the Trust values of safe, kind, excellent.
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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