Job overview
Senior Clinical Trials Pharmacy Assistant – Band - Permanent
Hello! My name is Lina and I am the Clinical Trials Pharmacy Technician Team Manager for the Clinical Trials Pharmacy in Oxford.
As a Senior Technician I am privileged to manage and support our fantastic technical team of Pharmacy Technicians, Assistants and Practitioners as we provide support services to clinical trial research teams on all our Trust sites throughout Oxfordshire.
The Clinical Trials Pharmacy consists of Pharmacists, Technicians, Assistants and Practitioners. We work closely with research teams across the trust and external representatives.
If you are interested in an informal discussion about the Clinical Trials Pharmacy Assistant role offered within our team then I would be very pleased to chat with you. You are more than welcome to call on the numbers below or even better, we can make an appointment for me to show you around and answer your questions. I look forward to hearing from you.
The majority of correspondence will be via the e-recruitment system; therefore you should check your emails regularly including junk mail folders in web-based email products.
Main duties of the job
As a Senior Clinical Trials Pharmacy Assistant in our team, you will have an extremely varied role – you will be involved in maintaining the supply chain of Clinical Trial medications to research nurses who deliver treatment to patients, maintaining financial records, completing drug accountability activities, closing down and archiving of completed studies, as well as facilitating meetings from sponsors.
A successful candidate should possess BTEC Level in Pharmacy Service Skills, equivalent qualification or related degree ( pharmaceutical or science degree). Applicants without these qualifications will still be considered. However, they will be required to undertake the provided relevant qualification in Pharmacy Service Skills.
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Regrettably, this advertised position is not eligible for visa sponsorship.
Working for our organisation
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research. The Trust comprises four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury. For more information on OUH please view
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