Senior Pharmacy Assistant - Clinical Trials
NHS AfC: Band 3
Main area: Clinical Trials pharmacy
Grade: NHS AfC: Band 3
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref: 349-CSS-6834598*
Site: Royal Manchester Children's Hospital
Town: Manchester
Salary: £24,071 - £25,674 Per Annum, Pro Rata
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 14/01/2025 23:59
Job overview
The Clinical Trials Pharmacy Department is looking for a dependable, enthusiastic and motivated pharmacy assistant to join our team. The individual will help us deliver a high quality and efficient patient-focused service.
The successful candidate must have a strong work ethic, excellent IT skills, proven organisational skills, attention to detail, and excellent communication skills. This role involves a mixture of clerical/administrative work alongside dispensing duties to maintain the day-to-day running of the Clinical Trials dispensary under the supervision of our Pharmacy Technicians/Pharmacists.
A Level 2 NVQ Certificate in Pharmacy Service Skills is essential, as is experience of working in a pharmacy dispensary, the ability to work as part of a team, and evidence of good written/verbal skills. You should ideally have four GCSEs, including Maths, English, and a Science subject. Enthusiasm for a new challenge and a willingness to learn are key. Experience in hospital pharmacy is desirable but not essential as full training will be provided.
Main duties of the job
You will be a key member of staff in helping us evolve the pharmacy service in line with the NHS plan for pharmacy. As part of the Clinical Trials Pharmacy Team, you will help us provide Investigational Medicinal Products to wards and departments across the sites. There is a positive attitude towards development of staff within the department, and you will be encouraged to participate in our in-house training programs to develop your skills and improve patient care.
Working for our organisation
MFT is one of the largest NHS Trusts in England with a turnover of £2.8bn. We’re creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year. Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 30,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals.
We’ve created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research and innovation through our Electronic Patient Record system. We’re proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience you’ll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the ‘Supporting Documents’ heading. You’ll need to read the ‘Candidate Essentials Guide’ that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification for critical information before you submit an application form.
Diversity Matters
MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post.
Person specification
Qualifications
* NVQ2 in Pharmacy Services or equivalent nationally recognised qualification
* 2 GCSEs or equivalent grade C or above in Mathematics and English
* 4 GCSEs or equivalent in Mathematics, English, and 2 sciences
Knowledge
* Following procedures
* Working in a team
* Participate in training programmes
* Hospital Pharmacy experience
* Clinical Trials Experience
* Knowledge of hospital computer systems
* Knowledge of Good Clinical Practice
Skills
* Able to provide and receive information, verbally and written.
* To communicate effectively with other healthcare professionals
* Good organisational skills.
* Methodical, accurate working.
* Able to use common software packages eg email, word, excel.
* Evidence of good personal time management.
This post will require a submission for Disclosure to be made to check for any unspent criminal convictions.
Name: Gayle Silvester
Job title: Senior Pharmacy Technician - Clinical Trials
Email address: gayle.silvester@mft.nhs.uk
Telephone number: 0161 701 4353
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