Employer Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type NHS
Site Royal Liverpool Hospital
Town Liverpool
Salary £24,071 - £25,674 per annum
Salary period Yearly
Closing 10/03/2025 23:59
Senior Pharmacy Assistant - Clinical Trials
Band 3
Job overview
Come and join our friendly pharmacy clinical trials team.
We provide pharmacy support for the expanding Research work of the trust across sites. We have a large portfolio of drug studies requiring the input of the pharmacy department, across all clinical specialties.
We support the NIHR Royal Liverpool Clinical Research Facility in the conduct of first in human studies.
We work with external trial sponsors such as pharmaceutical companies, universities and CTUs to ensure the correct and safe management of clinical trial medication.
You will assist in the maintenance of trial drugs, dispensing, labelling, recording drug accountability and temperature monitoring of any areas storing clinical trial medication at both the Aintree and Royal Liverpool Hospital sites.
You will also meet with external trial representatives during their monitoring visits to discuss the conduct of the trials at site.
You will be trained in the main dispensary and be included on the late and weekend rotas.
Full training in our in-house procedures and policies will be given.
In order to be considered for the band 3 post you must hold NVQ2 in pharmacy services (dispensing).
Applicants who do not hold the required NVQ may be considered for an annex 21 contract and enrolment on the NVQ2 apprenticeship course.To be considered for this, candidates must be able to evidence residency in the UK for a minimum period of 3 years and previously have not undertaken any other pharmacy qualifications.
Main duties of the job
In this role, you will assist in the pharmacy to support the clinical trials activity of the Trust for studies involving medicines and working in accordance with current legislation, GCP and Trust SOPs.
You will work as part of the Clinical Trials & Pharmacy team in providing an efficient, effective and safe clinical trials service in accordance with departmental and Trust standards and procedures.
You will assist in the provision and development of the clinical trials service to LUHFT and dispense Clinical Trial prescriptions accurately in accordance with departmental and Trust standards in accordance with Good Clinical Practice and Clinical Trial regulations.
Working for our organisation
Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust comprises Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital & Royal Liverpool University Hospital.
We are part of NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group, formed on 1 Nov 2024 from the coming together of LUHFT and Liverpool Women’s NHS Foundation Trust. The Group was born from a shared aim to improve the care we provide our patients.
UHLG is one of the largest employers in the region, with over 16,800 colleagues dedicated to caring for our communities - from birth and beyond.
Aintree University Hospital is the single receiving site for adult major trauma patients in Cheshire and Merseyside and hosts a number of regional services including an award-winning stroke facility. Broadgreen Hospital is home to elective surgical, diagnostic and treatment services, together with specialist patient rehabilitation. Liverpool Women’s Hospital specialises in the health of women and babies, delivering over 7,200 babies in the UK’s largest single site maternity hospital each year. The Royal Liverpool University Hospital is the largest hospital in the country to provide inpatients with 100% single bedrooms and focuses on complex planned care and specialist services.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
You will work as part of the Clinical Trials & Pharmacy team in providing an efficient, effective and safe clinical trials service in accordance with departmental and Trust standards and procedures.
Your responsibilities will include:
1. Dispensing of clinical trials prescriptions, including all required accountability and completion of paperwork
2. Receipt of deliveries of clinical trial materials
3. Management of storage of investigational medicinal products
4. Attendance of monitoring visits and following up of actions
5. Management of generic trials email inbox
Person specification
Qualifications
* GCSE Grade A-C in Mathematics and English or equivalent (UK ENIC required)
Experience
* Demonstrable experience in retail/hospital pharmaceutical work
Knowledge
* Ability to use different IT applications
* Stock Control systems
* Computerised dispensing system
* VDU use
Skills
* Methodical approach
* Flexible
* Professional attitude
* Commitment to CPD
Please ensure you check the email account (including junk/spam boxes) from which you apply regularly as we will use this to contact you regarding your application.
Posts advertised to ‘internal staff’ are open to employees of hospitals within University Hospitals of Liverpool Group and you should confirm your employment within your application form.
Only those applicants who demonstrate clearly how they meet our person specification will be shortlisted for interview.
The Trust is committed to promoting a healthy work-life balance and achieve fair, equitable and consistent practice. We welcome flexible working requests and will consider a variety of flexible working arrangements from day one of your employment. Not all roles are suitable for every flexible working opportunity all of the time. Flexible working options may include reduced hours, compressed hours, fixed shifts, time back in lieu and home working.
The Trust is committed to promoting equality and diversity; we value the contribution of individual talent, skills, knowledge and experience and aim for a workforce demography representative of the local community. We encourage applicants from the following groups that are currently under-represented in our workforce: black, Asian and minority ethnic, lesbian, gay, bisexual and Transgender (LGBTQ+), disabled, male and age 16-24.
The Trust is committed to safeguarding children and adults. All staff must ensure they adhere to the organisations safeguarding policy and comply with the Local Safeguarding Children and Adult Board procedures.
If you have any personal requirements that will enable you to participate in our recruitment process please contact a member of the Recruitment Services by phone on 0151 706 4666 at the earliest opportunity to ensure that measures can be put in place to enable your application for this post.
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