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Charing Cross, Hammersmith, St Mary's, Queen Charlotte's & Chelsea and Western Eye.
With five world-renowned hospitals, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust is full of opportunity if you are looking to develop your healthcare career.
We are an NHS Trust of approximately 16,000 people, providing care for over a million and a half patients from north west London and beyond every year.
We have a rich heritage and an ambitious vision for the future of our patients and local communities.
With our partners, Imperial College London, and The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, we form Imperial College Academic Health Science Centre, one of 6 academic health science centres in the UK, working to ensure the rapid translation of research for better patient care and excellence in education.
We are proud of our heritage in innovation and we are early adopters of new insights in technologies, techniques and treatments for improving health.
Job overview
We are looking for a committed and driven pharmacy technician to lead clinical trials in NIHR Imperial Clinical Research Facility (ICRF) based at Hammersmith Hospital. The post holder will be based in ICRF but line managed by the Clinical Trials Lead Pharmacist and is expected to work in both departments.
The job involves trial set up, attending SIVs, preparing documents, maintaining electronic access to randomisation systems and similar, receiving IMPs, monitoring storage conditions and any other tasks required for the trials. The post holder will also work in the pharmacy department to ensure stocks of IMPs are sufficient, order more as required and be in contact with the sponsor/sponsor representative for drug-related matters. They will also work with their pharmacy colleagues to prepare and dispense study medication to ICRF, ensuring accountability records and pharmacy site files are maintained. There may also be some cross cover at other Trust sites, especially St Mary's Hospital where the Children's CRF is located.
You would gain experience in coordinating a portfolio of clinical trials ranging from phase 1 dose finding studies to experimental medicine, and a new but fast-growing pipeline of Advanced Therapy trials, as well as gene-modified trial products.
Applicants need post-registration training and experience in Hospital Pharmacy including previous experience in at least one of the relevant areas.
Main duties of the job
* To maintain and develop the Pharmacy dispensary clinical trial service to ensure smooth running of clinical trials in ICRF.
* To assist research teams, Sponsors and others in the setting up and running of clinical trials, liaising with relevant parties with regard to all pharmaceutical aspects of clinical trials involving pharmaceutical preparations, and to provide advice to research teams and the clinical trials team on dispensing of products.
* To co-ordinate all pharmaceutical aspects of clinical trials requiring dispensing or supply and to be responsible for ensuring the effective, efficient and high quality supply of medications to patients undertaking clinical trials.
* Ensuring that all pharmacy, and where appropriate nursing and medical, staff are appropriately advised and trained on the running and dispensing of clinical trials.
* To assist feasibility teams in costing queries to enable financial agreements for clinical trials to drawn up accurately and quickly and in accordance with Trust and national guidelines. To ensure that wherever possible all monies due to pharmacy are invoiced, collected and necessary records maintained, in liaison with research teams, Joint Research Office and the pharmacy clinical trials team.
* To actively identify opportunities to improve the quality and efficiency of the clinical trials service and to work with the Lead Pharmacists for Clinical Trials to harmonise and better the service.
Working for our organisation
At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care.
Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You'll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career.
Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to Work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.
We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly, part time or job share. Please talk to us at interview.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required.
For both overviews, please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert.
Person specification
Education/ Qualifications
Essential criteria
* Recognised pharmacy technicians qualification e.g. NVQ Level 3 in Pharmacy Services
* Registered Technician with the GPhC
* Mandatory professional CPD as defined by the GPhC
Experience
Essential criteria
* Post qualification: solid grounding in all aspects of hospital pharmacy practice including aseptic services, ward/distribution services, dispensary and clinical trials
* Previous experience in training others
* Previous experience in looking after pharmacy computer systems
Desirable criteria
* Previous clinical trials or dispensary management experience.
Skills
Essential criteria
* Excellent and professional written communication skills
Right to work
If you need sponsorship to work in the UK, please visit the Home Office website for information on sponsorship and visa status before you fill in your application form. Due to recent changes in the UK immigration rules which affect Skilled Worker Visas, Global Business Mobility, Higher Skill Level and Increased Salary Thresholds, please ensure that you are able to meet the requirements to live and work in the UK before applying. Further information about eligibility is available on UK Visas and Immigration - GOV.UK
Please ensure you check your emails regularly as this is how we will communicate with you throughout the recruitment process. If you are shortlisted you will be contacted by email and text message (if you provide a mobile contact number).
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Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
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.
Documents to download
* Job description (PDF, 576.3KB)
* FRF form (PDF, 304.6KB)
* Our Strategy 2023-25 (PDF, 230.4KB)
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