Job overview
Pharmacy Clinical Trials (Health Science) Practitioner – Operational Delivery - Band - Permanent
Hello! My name is Lina and I am a Clinical Trials Pharmacy Team Manager for the Clinical Trials Pharmacy team in Oxford and I'm very excited to share this new and exciting career opportunity with you.
The Clinical Trials Pharmacy consists of Pharmacists, Technicians, Assistants and Apprentices. We work closely with research teams across the trust and external representatives. Our fantastic team of setting up Pharmacists and Technicians work on monthly R&D targets to open new Clinical Trials and we currently have over active studies.
If you are interested in an informal discussion about the Pharmacy Clinical Trials (Health Science) Practitioner – Operational Delivery 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 Pharmacy Clinical Trials (Health Science) Practitioner – Operational Delivery in our team, you will have an extremely varied role.
You will support and assist with the operational delivery of Pharmacy Clinical Trial Service, support senior Pharmacy Clinical Trials Managers and Associate Director for Pharmacy Clinical Trials, Research and Manufacturing to develop processes to improve service delivery. You will plan projects to improve service delivery, using QI methodologies, support the writing of business cases to develop staff or infrastructure, manage the data and write monthly performance reports. You will ensure that Pharmacy procedures relating to specific clinical trials involving Investigational Medicinal Products (IMP’s) are in accordance with appropriate regulations (ICH/GCP, EU Directive //EC, FDA, GMP) and within Research Governance Framework.
A successful candidate should possess:
1. BTEC / NVQ Level Pharmacy Services
2. Degree in a relevant Scientific subject
3. Business Administration qualification or commitment to achieve within months
4. Registration with Science Council as Science Technician
5. Extensive experience of the day-to-day management and handling of IMPs.
Applicants without these essential qualifications will not be considered.
Please make sure that you read the job description and person specification attached, and that your statement in support reflects this as your application will be judged against these criteria.
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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